Delectable talent elevates this elixir

http://www.newsday.com/features/printedition/ny-secfirst4742578may16,0,6558420.story

Vanessa, Teatro Massimo, Palermo

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d2f000b2-e432-11da-8ced-0000779e2340.html

Parsifal, Metropolitan Opera, New York

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/558b4320-e432-11da-8ced-0000779e2340.html

Deep Baritone: Dmitri Hvorostovsky

http://www.newyorkmag.com/arts/classicaldance/classical/profiles/16993/index.html

In Concert With Camilla Tilling: A Sweet Scandinavian Sampler

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/15/arts/music/15till.html

The Pageantry of Wagner in ‘Parsifal’ at the Met

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/15/arts/music/15pars.html

Barenboim and La Scala Have Deal

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MUSIC_BARENBOIM?SITE=NYSAR&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-05-15-09-57-57

For Tan Dun’s ‘First Emperor,’ the Met Does a Way-Out-of-Town Tryout

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/arts/music/14lips.html

Who dares, wins

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1772720,00.html

Barenboim Faces Heady Welcome, Thorny Challenges at La Scala

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=aPrAumRE2ZHM&refer=culture