Superlatives were in short supply when the curtain fell on Tristan und Isolde at Chicago Lyric Opera on January 27.
Author: Gary Hoffman
A Catnip Role for a Soprano as a Tragic Actress
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/arts/music/09adri.html?ref=arts
Classical honors have an L.A. note
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-grammyclassical9-2009feb09,0,7825384.story
Crossing the Great Divide: The Diversity of Anne Sofie von Otter
http://www.playbillarts.com/features/article/7907.html
New staging of ‘Orfeo’ was too great a divide
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/printer2/index.asp?ploc=t&refer=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/classical/399263_orfeo09q.html
Opera San Jose’s new production of “Cosi fan tutte” is a winner
http://www.mercurynews.com/puzzles/ci_11657712
At the Aspen Music Festival, recession seems just a rumor
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_11638789
Welsh National Opera’s new co-production of The Marriage of Figaro
http://www.herefordtimes.com/leisure/4110368.A_marriage_made_in_heaven/