http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/103639934.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUnOiP3UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
Author: Gary Hoffman
The Makropulos Case, Coliseum, London
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/22/the-makropulos-case-review
Les VÍpres siciliennes, De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9c2cc52a-c65e-11df-9cda-00144feab49a.html
Bartoli to Helm Salzburg Whitsun Festival
http://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?archived=0&storyID=23567&categoryID=1
L.A. Opera to deliver ‘Il Postino’ premiere
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/19/entertainment/la-ca-daniel-catan-20100919
WNO’s ‘Opera in the Outfield’ event is a family-friendly day with Verdi
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/19/AR2010091904311.html
Fidelio, Welsh National Opera/ In the Penal Colony, Music Theatre Wales
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/8014259/Fidelio-Welsh-National-Opera-In-the-Penal-Colony-Music-Theatre-Wales-review.html
Un ballo in maschera at the Washington National Opera
Verdi’s 1859 hit Un ballo in maschera is an inspired choice to open an operatic season.
Hugo Wolf’s Spanisches Liederbuch at Wigmore Hall
In this recital of thirty-four songs selected from Hugo Wolf’s
Spanisches Liederbuch, Ian Bostridge and Angelika Kirchschlager
revealed the profound emotional intensity of Wolf’s art; the concentrated
ardour of their performance intimated the heightened passion and expressive
angst which, as well as driving Wolf’s creative spirit, also led to
persistent depression and resulted in insanity and finally death in mental
asylum at the age of 42.
New York City Opera Names Charles R. Wall as Next Chairman of the Board of Directors
http://www.operatoday.com/documents/NYCO_Board.pdf