http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/story/312391.html
Author: Gary Hoffman
Lyric’s ‘Frau’ casts a mighty shadow
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-mxa1119_frau_archivenov19,1,5377760.story
Concert review: Fleming, Botti enchant at Dallas Opera gala
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-fleming_1118gl.ART.State.Edition2.36d23a2.html
Verismo Rarities, Teatro Grattacielo
Part of the fun of visiting the many companies that specialize in unearthing forgotten operas lies precisely in not knowing what you’re going to get.
Norma returns to the Met
The bel canto era, insofar as the contemporary public considers it at all, is usually thought of as the golden age of vocal beauty for its own sake.
Pascoe comes to grips with the Don
Mozart made it easy for the Philistines. They see Don Giovanni thrown into the flaming jaws of Hell and hiss: “Two thousand women seduced and abandoned! “
Jan Neckers on Recently Released Reissues and Historicals
The first opera performance I consciously attended while being definitely hooked to the genre due to records, was Guillaume Tell more than 40 years ago.
Karlsruheës Don Gets Down
The Badisches Staatstheater seems to have borrowed with a vengeance the catch-phrase from John Watersí recent ìA Dirty Shame,î namely: ìLetís go sexiní!î I canít recall ever seeing a ìDon Giovanniî
with more lip-locks, grinding torsos, leg-wraps, and groping embraces.