http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/28/DD6Q1B812D.DTL
Author: Gary Hoffman
An Interview with William Price
Composer William Price was born in Missouri (1971) and raised in Alabama, where he is presently professor of music theory at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The Maestro Was Miserable
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703478704574612031825771904.html
Long wait rewarded with near-perfect production
http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/opera-2009-highlights/2009/12/17/1260639250928.html
Elektra at the Met
The roles Richard Strauss composed for his “chorus” of Five Serving Maids in Elektra — all that remains in the opera of the commentator chorus in Sophocles’ tragedy — are short but arduous.
Authenticity online: British Library allows virtual browsing of original Messiah score
http://thestar.blogs.com/soundmind/2009/12/a-facsimile-of-the-original-score-of-messiah-by-george-frideric-handel-has-been-in-print-for-a-while-now-you-can-flip-thr.html
Medical Miracle: Opera Singer’s Lost Voice Returns
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/opera-singers-lost-voice-returns-devastating-diagnosis/story?id=9364014
Ernani: The Case for Early Verdi at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Productions of Giuseppe Verdi’s early opera Ernani have become relatively infrequent primarily because of the difficulties of casting the work requiring four demanding roles.
Sergei Leiferkus at Wigmore Hall
Exchanging the stage of The Royal Opera House — where he is currently
performing the role of His Highness in Tchaikovsky’s fairy-tale opera,
The Tsarina’s Slippers —
PÈnÈlope in Manhattan
The one thing certain about the judgment of history is that history will change its mind.