Not long ago, English National Opera declared an intention to capitalise on its name and history by placing greater emphasis on English works.
Author: Gary Hoffman
Otello ó Kirov Opera
Despite 19th-century Russiaís reputation as an Italian opera haven, Verdiís late masterpiece Otello found acceptance there only with great difficulty, even though in its 1889 premiere the title role acquired a great local interpreter in the Mariinsky Theater primo uomo, Nikolai Figner.
Composer Karlheinz Stockhausen dies
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j2OLVL0rWGZE0bskTr5kVlUqJLag
6 Characters in Search of a Dimension, in Different Operatic Tempos
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/arts/music/10next.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin
JÈrÙme Deschamps veut redorer líOpÈra-Comique
http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2007/12/10/03004-20071210ARTFIG00381-jerome-deschamps-veut-redorer-lopera-comique-.php
Lust, greed, sex, lies, betrayal, pain and death
http://media.www.dailyutahchronicle.com/media/storage/paper244/news/2007/12/06/Redux/Lust-Greed.Sex.Lies.Betrayal.Pain.And.Death-3136144.shtml
A Tour of Russian Works, Led by the Locals
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/arts/music/06gerg.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin
Ian Bostridge: ‘Sid Vicious was a Romantic’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/12/06/bmbostridge106.xml