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Down on a Virginia Farm, a New Festival of Music
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/arts/music/14beggar.html
SF Opera celebrates beginning new era with incoming music director Nicola Luisotti
http://www.examiner.com/x-2366-SF-Opera-Examiner~y2009m7d13-SF-Opera-celebrates-beginning-new-era-with-incoming-music-director-Nicola-Luisotti
The Royal Opera’s 2008-9 season ends in a blaze of glory with Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Puccini’s Tosca
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/5796134/Il-Barbiere-di-Siviglia-Tosca-review.html
Bright lights among the shades — The passion of Orpheus pervades a historic Aldeburgh Festival
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article6682456.ece
Mortier Leaves Paris With an Ending That’s a Beginning
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/arts/music/09bastille.html?scp=3&sq=&st=nyt
Soprano Upshaw muse to composer
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090709/ENT07/907090331/1025/ENT/Soprano+Upshaw+muse+to+composer
An Acrobatic Approach to a Ruminative Tale of Love
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/arts/music/09amour.html?hpw
“American Idols” of opera, SFO’s Heidi Melton and Leah Crocetto, win big bucks $75,000
http://www.examiner.com/x-2366-SF-Opera-Examiner~y2009m7d8-American-Idol-of-opera-SFOs-Heidi-Melton-wins-25000-Leah-Crocetto-wins-50000