http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bal-ae.artsscene29sep29,0,2156188.story
Author: Gary Hoffman
James Levine to Undergo Back Surgery, Cancels Performances
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/james-levine-to-undergo-back-surgery-cancels-performances/?hp
VERDI: Otello — Vienna 2006
Otello: Dramma lirico in four acts.
Music composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Arrigo Boito after The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice by William Shakespeare.
‘Siegfried’ at Los Angeles Opera
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/09/siegfried-at-los-angeles-opera-.html
The Met’s Twist on ‘Tosca’? It’s the Audience That Gets the Knife.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/22/AR2009092200045.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Die schˆne M¸llerin by Mark Padmore, Wigmore Hall
Schubert’s first song-cycle is a perfect choice with which to open a
new concert season, and the Wigmore Hall was packed on Friday evening in
anticipation of this recital by tenor Mark Padmore, much admired for the focus
and concentration of his ‘story-telling’, and Paul Lewis, one of
the most expressive and poetic of pianists today.
Haydn’s Le pescatrici at Bampton Classical Opera
Bampton Classical Opera have two areas of specialism: little-known gems of the late eighteenth-century and ‘opera in adversity’.
Return to the Origins — Chamber Opera in Crisis Times
Chamber opera is coming back after a period when it appeared to be confined to experimental works.
The Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/97771b66-a076-11de-b9ef-00144feabdc0.html
Technology changes the face of productions
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-techno13-2009sep13,0,7151605.story