That Fed Dostoevsky ñ sure plays a mean pinball!
Author: Gary Hoffman
KUMMER: Cello Duets
If Friedrich August Kummer is not a household word in your home, no reason for concern ó he is one of the prolific Kleinmeistern of the post-Beethoven generation, a generation for which the cost of printing had dropped so much that it was financially possible for a composer to produce hundreds of published opuses.
Frankurt Opera ó The Rape of Lucretia
Plainly put, Frankfurt Operaís ìThe Rape of Lucretiaî could be offered as a textbook example of just how great a performance can be when everything goes right.
Barenboim and Berlin ó beauty and brilliance
BERLIN ó Which car-rental agency was it that was once No. 2 and ìtrying harder?î
A Rising Star in L.A. Operaís Young Artist Program
http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-soprano6apr06,1,1905589.story
ANNA BOLENA ñ English Touring Opera
In a climate in which bel canto opera seems to be enjoying a steady and welcome revival, ETO opened their current season with a welcome production of Donizetti’s historically dubious…
SUSANNAH ñ English Touring Opera
The most interesting opera on ETO’s Spring 2008 tour was Carlisle Floyd’s 1950s tale of religious hypocrisy in the rural Deep South, based on the Apocryphal tale of Susannah and the Elders.
Gheorghiuís Big Screen ëBohËmeí
http://www.nysun.com/arts/gheorghiu%E2%80%99s-big-screen-%E2%80%98boh%C3%A8me%E2%80%99
DON GIOVANNI ñ English Touring Opera
The last of the three operas on ETO’s Spring 2008 tour was sung in English, and updated to a Spain of the mid-twentieth century under Franco.