Le Figaro is reporting that L’Opéra-Comique has been decreed an “établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial” under French law. Its charter is to provide a broad diversity of “expressions”…
Category: News
La Scala Readies for Opening Night on December 7
‘Beautiful lady’ regains her looks and rediscovers her voice John Hooper in Milan Saturday November 20, 2004 The Guardian Mauro Meli, the artistic director of the world’s most famous opera…
Thomas Quasthoff Releases Autobiography
Quasthoff, der Grosse Der Bariton hat in einer aufwühlenden Biographie aufgeschrieben, wie er trotz seiner Behinderung zum Weltstar wurde “Rechts, links, rechts, links, rechts, links metronomt mein Kopf auf dem…
Lady Macbeth at the Bolshoi
Dangerous Music When Stalin pulled Shostakovich’s opera “Lady Macbeth” from the Soviet stage, the composer had good reason to fear for his life. By Raymond Stults Published: November 19, 2004…
The Cost of Doing Business
Opera House faces price scrutiny Arts organisations such as the Royal Opera House face the risk of losing their charitable status over ticket prices under a proposed bill. According to…
Merkur Interviews Edita Gruberova and Friedrich Haider on the Dissolution of the Rundfunkorchester
Von Gefühl und Geist keine Ahnung Edita Gruberova und Friedrich Haider zur Auflösung des Rundfunkorchesters bq. Für den Bayerischen Rundfunk mit Intendant Thomas Gruber an der Spitze mag das Münchner…
Wiener Staatsoper Announces Program Remembering 50th Anniversary of Rebuilding of Opera House
On 5 November 2005, the Wiener Staatsoper will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the rebuilding of the opera house, which had been destroyed near the end of World War II.…
More on the Reopening of La Fenice and La Scala
Opera house rises from the ashes — again After fire and years of controversial renovations, Venice’s La Fenice and Milan’s La Scala raise the curtains By PAUL FRENCH Special to…
Pro Ópera on Daniel Catán’s Salsipuedes at HGO
Salsipuedes ha llegado a buen puerto Modelo que muestra a Ulises y Chucho a bordo de “El invencible” Dentro de la presente temporada de la Gran ópera de Houston, se…
Phoenix Rising
Venetian Phoenix Rises Operatically From the Ashes By ALAN RIDING [NY Times] VENICE, Nov. 14 – Destroyed by fire on the night of Jan. 29, 1996, and rebuilt during eight…