John Fitz Rogers is presently an associate professor of composition at the University of South Carolina School of Music.
Author: Gary Hoffman
Notes of Ancient Greece in a Seldom-Seen Work
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/arts/music/11faure.html
Puccini Romance
This disc faces a marketplace already crowded with similar compilations from major companies who can raid their archives to offer competitive interpretations at bargain prices.
Emma Matthews in Monte Carlo
Emma Matthews is an English born soprano currently resident in Australia where she has sung with the state based opera companies as well as the national company Opera Australia where she is currently a soloist.
Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the MET
The Tales of Hoffmann is a cruel piece, for all the wit of the macabre tales on which it is based and the sparkle the dying Offenbach put into his last and grandest score.
A Streetcar Named Desire at Opera Australia
Musically, Australia looks to Britain and Europe, especially for its operatic diet and America’s considerable operatic output has been overlooked.
Andrea ChÈnier, Paris Opera (Bastille), Paris
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc859ede-e5aa-11de-b5d7-00144feab49a.html
Tchaikovsky’s Sure-Footed ‘Slippers’
Spearheaded by a stunning design concept for The Tsarina’s Slippers, London’s Covent Garden served up as delectable a production as could be desired, and introduced its lucky patrons to a jewel of an under-performed comic opera in the bargain.
‘Threepenny Opera’ makes most of grunge factor
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/08/DD4V1AU3FP.DTL