http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/arts/music/09bastille.html?scp=3&sq=&st=nyt
Author: Gary Hoffman
Soprano Upshaw muse to composer
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090709/ENT07/907090331/1025/ENT/Soprano+Upshaw+muse+to+composer
An Acrobatic Approach to a Ruminative Tale of Love
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/arts/music/09amour.html?hpw
“American Idols” of opera, SFO’s Heidi Melton and Leah Crocetto, win big bucks $75,000
http://www.examiner.com/x-2366-SF-Opera-Examiner~y2009m7d8-American-Idol-of-opera-SFOs-Heidi-Melton-wins-25000-Leah-Crocetto-wins-50000
In Performance: Bach Festival opens
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-classical-beat/2009/07/in_performance_bach_festival_o.html
Opera Maverick Makes Small Festival a Top Draw
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/arts/08iht-loomis8.html?ref=arts
Saariaho’s sumptuous L’amour de loin at the ENO, London
Absence of plot is by no means an impediment in opera.
Coming Up Big in a Tiny Space — The Castleton Festival Stages ‘Turn of the Screw’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/05/AR2009070502601.html?hpid=artsliving
Dessay takes on Verdi’s Violetta for 1st time
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iqHbybuoZmj7Iqv1ItcZbD82ExpQD9991Q980