Although the cutesy title sounds like something conjured up by a community
college marketing intern working for a mid-sized city orchestra’s ticket
office—where every concert featuring Wagner and Brahms gets the sobriquet
“Teutonic Titans”—don’t be put off by the moniker. This film is a brilliant adaptation of Monteverdi’s Fourth Book of Madrigals that is totally faithful to the composer’s music.
Author: Gary Hoffman
The Full Monteverdi: A Film by John la BouchardiËre
Soprano Acclaimed for Wagner Roles
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/19/AR2009081903913.html
Siegfried/Gˆtterd‰mmerung, Seattle Opera
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/110684fa-8c11-11de-b14f-00144feabdc0.html
Mozart and Gluck — Mixed Results at Santa Fe
It is never easy to revive a success. Audiences will remember the first run of a show and consciously or not, compare a revival with earlier favorable impressions.
Opera being composed on Twitter
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8193917.stm
Monteverdi: L’incoronozione di Poppea
This excellent production of Monteverdi’s final (premiered in 1643) and most problematic opera features first-rate singing and a very effective (and restrained) staging.
Semiramide at Caramoor
You need three or, ideally, four top-flight bel canto specialists to do anything like justice to Rossini’s Semiramide, his last and grandest Italian score. Otherwise why go to the expense?
On deception at Sferisterio Festival, Macerata, Italy
L’inganno is this year’s theme at the Sferisterio Festival in Macerata, Italy.
Seattle to mount new “Tristan” in 2010
SEATTLE – Underscoring its role as America’s leader in the world of Wagner, the Seattle Opera will stage an entirely new production of Tristan und Isolde in 2010.