The Barber of Seville at Millennium Centre, Cardiff

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1589081,00.html

Ariane et Barbe-bleue, State Theater, New York

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3f068298-39f3-11da-806e-00000e2511c8.html

Puccini’s Familiar Tale, but Peering Into the Dark Future

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/11/arts/music/11tosc.html

In Search of a Maiden With One Bare Foot

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/arts/music/10ross.html

A Short Bernstein Opera on a Troubled Marriage

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/arts/music/10trou.html

Don Carlo at ThȂtre du Capitole, Toulouse

http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3246,36-697344@51-627783,0.html

The Carmelites at ENO

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14936-1813699,00.html

Bluebeard and His Wives in the Age of Empowerment

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/08/arts/music/08aria.html

‘Carmen’ With an Unexpected Gypsy

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/08/arts/music/08carmen.html

Sarah Connolly, St John’s, Smith Square, London

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article317583.ece