New York City Opera Appoints George Steel As General Manager and Artistic Director

http://www.operatoday.com/City%20Opera%20Leadership%20Announcement%201-14-08.pdf

Mark Padmore, Julius Drake and friends, Wigmore Hall, London

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c86de08c-dcd2-11dd-a2a9-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1

Blythe Sings Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ‘Orfeo’ at MET

http://broadwayworld.com/article/Stephanie_Blythe_Sings_Glucks_Orfeo_ed_Euridice_Title_Role_20090107

Plumbing the Exquisite Psychic Depths of Robert Ashley

http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-01-07/music/plumbing-the-exquisite-psychic-depths-of-robert-ashley/

Songs in English were Voigt’s biggest treat

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/37205064.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUss

German conductor Debus named music director of Canadian Opera Company

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iy59IVtOw9sUovjb0ev81prrmjXQ

Revisiting the Rare, in Search of a Surprise

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/arts/music/07jupi.html?ref=arts

Bayreuth: Sieben-Jahres-Vertr‰ge f¸r Wagner-Schwestern

http://diepresse.com/home/kultur/klassik/441676/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/kultur/klassik/index.do

La Rondine, Metropolitan Opera, New York

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/05cf7f9e-d8dc-11dd-ab5f-000077b07658.html

I listened to every Handel opera – and lived

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article5419433.ece