De Simone rewrites Paisiello

http://www.giornaledellamusica.it/rol/scheda.php?id=1809&l=1

Damrau, soprano with big future, stars in Met debut

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=20&ID=244106&r=0

‘Carmen’ glistens, fascinates

http://www.suntimes.com/output/delacoma/cst-ftr-lyric26.html

A Celebratory Crown of Froth Fit for a King

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/26/arts/music/26viag.html

‘Falstaff’ With All the Details in Place

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/26/arts/music/26fals.html

Welcome to the Golden Age

http://www.nysun.com/article/20527

Canadian Opera Co.’s ‘Macbeth’ falls flat

http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/2005/09/24/pf-1233102.html

The hopelessness of modern opera

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/09/24/bmohagan24.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/09/24/ixartleft.html

Mimi Lives, as BohËme Hits Performance 1,166

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/24/arts/music/24bohe.html

Maskarade at ROH

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1574825,00.html