http://diepresse.com/home/kultur/news/591056/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/kultur/klassik/index.do
Author: Gary Hoffman
Krisen und Triumphe: Jonas Kaufmann erinnert sich
http://www.focus.de/kultur/kunst/musik-krisen-und-triumphe-jonas-kaufmann-erinnert-sich_aid_546888.html
Prom 51, Royal Albert Hall, London TÍte ‡ TÍte Festival, Riverside Studios, London CosÏ fan tutte, Village Underground, London
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/prom-51-royal-albert-hall-londonbrt234te-224-t234te-festival-riverside-studios-londonbrcos236-fan-tutte-village-underground-london-2064616.html
BBC Prom 54; La fanciulla del West; Joyce DiDonato; Simon Keenlyside; Kronos Quartet
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/aug/29/proms-mark-anthony-turnage-edinburgh
David McVicar’s Salome
This high-concept Salome takes place in Nazi Germany.The set has two levels: on top, Herod revels with the banqueters; below, we see a dingy basement, full of kitchen workers, relaxed soldiers, and the prostitutes who help them relax.
At Bard Festival, placing Berg at center of modern musical Vienna
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/08/29/alban_berg_the_focus_of_the_21st_annual_bard_music_festival/
Opera San Jose plans ‘gigantic’ production for West Coast premiere of ‘Anna Karenina’
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15894366?nclick_check=1
La fanciulla del West/L’Heure espagnole, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/749b8c4e-b169-11df-b899-00144feabdc0.html
Us and them is the cultural problem, not Pomp and Circumstance
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/27/social-divisions-elitism-elgar-culture