This sumptuous 2006 release was recorded live in the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg in late
1993 for European TV broadcast the following year.
Category: Reviews
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Sadko
Handel’s Flavio at NYCO
Incongruity was the rule of the day in the New York City Opera’s production of Handel’s Flavio, which opened on Wednesday, April 4.
Passion, pain paired in Berlin
It was, of course, a coincidence; on the other hand, on Berlin’s vital, vibrant and
all-encompassing arts scene one is continually overwhelmed by new perspectives on the creative
process and its product.
L’invitation au voyage: Mélodies from La belle époque
“Linvitation au voyage” is an appropriate title for this collection of French song, which makes available a number of fine performances of both familiar and rare works.
WAGNER: Lohengrin
With a label such as Gala, a purveyor of live recordings of various provenance, some adjustment to compromised sound quality can be expected.
A bride for sale at the Baltimore Lyric
The latest offering from the Baltimore Lyric Opera was Bedrich Smetanaís sparkling comedy Prodana Nevesta (ìBartered Brideî), a little gem of Czech Romantic nationalism that one does not see live very often these days.
BERNSTEIN: Fancy Free; Dybbuk
This excellent disc brings together two ballet scores from the far ends of Leonard Bernstein’s compositional career.
Kurt Weill on Broadway: Songs and Orchestrations by Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill’s perennial appeal can be attributed to various factors, not the least of which is the genuine craft of his stage works.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Film music has become a sort of refuge for some music lovers turned off by the work of those serious music composers who have turned increasingly away from attempting an encounter with a broader public, retreating into an insular word of academic composition.
The Metropolitan Opera on DVD: Elektra, Luisa Miller and Tosca
With some deliberation the Metropolitan Opera releases DVD versions of live television broadcasts from its heyday as a PBS mainstay.