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…
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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…
Bodies Beautiful?
Should the Fat Lady Diet Before She Sings? By ANTHONY TOMMASINI [NY Times] THE dramatic soprano Deborah Voigt returns to the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday as Elisabeth in Wagner’s “Tannhäuser,”…
Northern Virginia to Have New Performing Arts Center
Concert Hall to Rise Near Manassas GMU, Pr. William To Share Funding By Eric M. Weiss and Michele Clock Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, November 12, 2004; Page A01 Prince…
Separating the Men from the Boys
Who wears the pants in this opera? By Mark Kanny TRIBUNE-REVIEW CLASSICAL MUSIC CRITIC Thursday, November 11, 2004 Perhaps the most novel aspect of Pittsburgh Opera’s upcoming production of “The…
La Fenice Reopens on 12 November
Traviata at Theatre La Fenice by Gillian Price [LEO — LA RIVISTA DI VENEZIA] The excitement in the damp autumn air is palpable. Venice’s beloved Fenice theatre is soon to…
Albany Records Announces New Recording by Angela Brown
On October 29, 2004, Angela Brown made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Aida in the great Verdi opera. Hailed in Opera News as “one of America’s most promising Verdi sopranos,”…