The concert ì20th-Century Masters,î presented by the Grant Park Music Festival, Chicago on 27 and 28 June 2008 featured several pieces performed for the first time under the auspices of the Festival.
Author: Gary Hoffman
Duel lyrique de haute volÈe pour gentlemen
http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2008/07/09/duel-lyrique-de-haute-volee-pour-gentlemen_1068113_3246.html#ens_id=1068200
CosÏ fan tutte, Aix-en-Provence Festival
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2292d5b8-4dcc-11dd-820e-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
How SFO Closed Its Season
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121547549707834097.html?mod=opinion_journal_leisure_art
Levine Wages Berliozís Trojan War
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/arts/music/08troy.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin
`Soldaten’ Moves 974 People but Not One Heart: Review
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=akOilKVp81OA&refer=muse#
The Rakeís Progress, Royal Opera House, London
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bab058c-4d06-11dd-b527-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
Crossing the Sea, at Wilton’s Music Hall
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article4280202.ece
On the Right Track With ‘Die Soldaten’
http://www.nysun.com/arts/on-the-right-track-with-die-soldaten/81279/
Unusual Fare at Opera Festival of St. Louis
My visit to two rarely mounted pieces at the Opera Festival of St. Louis brought to mind the little girl with the curl, for when it was good, it was very very good and when it was bad, it was, um. . .er. . .