http://www.scena.org/blog/2009/07/letter-from-munich-trouble-in-tahiti.html
Author: Gary Hoffman
Magic Flutes & Enchanted Forests: The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater
Readers may recognize the author of this book, David J. Buch, a specialist on the origins of the libretto to Mozart’s Magic Flute.
Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Covent Garden
Music-masters, singing lessons and serenading bands all abound in
Rossini’s comic masterpiece, Il Barbiere di Sivilglia, but at
this performance it was the medical rather than the musical puns which drew the
loudest laughs.
Korn/Ferry Sponsorship Pullout Shakes Holland Park: Interview
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aXW7yhWyxbLY#
Down on a Virginia Farm, a New Festival of Music
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/arts/music/14beggar.html
SF Opera celebrates beginning new era with incoming music director Nicola Luisotti
http://www.examiner.com/x-2366-SF-Opera-Examiner~y2009m7d13-SF-Opera-celebrates-beginning-new-era-with-incoming-music-director-Nicola-Luisotti
The Royal Opera’s 2008-9 season ends in a blaze of glory with Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Puccini’s Tosca
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/5796134/Il-Barbiere-di-Siviglia-Tosca-review.html
Bright lights among the shades — The passion of Orpheus pervades a historic Aldeburgh Festival
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article6682456.ece