http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/6629452/Elisabeth-Soderstrom.html
Author: Gary Hoffman
The Tsarina’s Slippers, Royal Opera House, London
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/30a87f82-d77c-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html
From the House of the Dead at the MET
Leoš Jan·ček’s From the House of the Dead is a
very odd duck to find on the stage of a grand opera house.
Die Rheinnixen by New Sussex Opera
London has long been spoiled in the operatic rarity department, thanks to companies like Opera Rara, Chelsea Opera Group and University College Opera populating various areas of the Venn diagram that is obscure repertoire.
John Adams is feeling festive
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-john-adams15-2009nov15,0,224344.story
ROSSINI: Otello — Bad Wildbad 2008
Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia (‘Othello, or The Moor of Venice’): Dramma in three acts.
You want to know what’s wrong with the Met?
http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/091113-NL-MET.html
City Opera’s Comeback
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704402404574527573397165480.html
Baritone Nathan Gunn excels in American repertoire in Cleveland recital
http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2009/11/post_13.html