http://diepresse.com/home/kultur/klassik/441676/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/kultur/klassik/index.do
Author: Gary Hoffman
La Rondine, Metropolitan Opera, New York
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/05cf7f9e-d8dc-11dd-ab5f-000077b07658.html
I listened to every Handel opera – and lived
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article5419433.ece
ThaÔs at the MET
Everyone who likes Massenet’s ThaÔs seems to feel obliged to apologize for it, or to become defensive: it’s not that bad, they all seem to say.
Berlin Mayor Taps Salzburg Bigwig to Run Barenboim’s Sad House
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=au_qkEzFIhNk&refer=muse
George Steel Says He Doesn’t Want to Join New York City Opera
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=am4og4fOaYB4&refer=home
Intermezzo, Theater an der Wien, Vienna
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a0945a6-cdcf-11dd-8b30-000077b07658.html
The Play of Daniel — A Medieval Music Drama from Beauvais
Can we call The Play of Daniel an opera, or “music drama” (as this performance put it), when such terms did not exist, and would not exist for centuries to come when the piece was devised, around 1200, by the cathedral chapter of Beauvais?