The Comeback Composer Opera World Taps Handel To Woo New Audiences; Cleopatra in Gold Lamé By HEIDI WALESON The last time Michael Goodman had season tickets to the Metropolitan Opera…
Category: Reviews
FT: Orion/Saariaho, Bluebeard/Bártok BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
By David Murray Published: September 9 2004 05:00 | Last updated: September 9 2004 05:00 Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducted the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s grand new Orion followed by Bártok’s…
Simon Heighes Reviews L’Amfiparnaso
In the September 2004 issue of International Record Review, Simon Heighes reviews Orazio Vecchi’s L’Amfiparnaso, a new DVD under the Chandos Chaconne label. Composed in 1597, L’Amfiparnaso is a realization…
Fanfare Reviews Die Loreley
PACIUS Die Loreley * Osmo Vänskä, cond; Cornelius Hauptmann (Hubert); Soile Isokoski (Lenore); Riikka Rantanen (Bertha); Raimo Sirkiä (Otto); Topi Lehtipuu (Reinald); Arttu Kataja (Leupold); Lahti SO; Dominante Ch *…
Le Figaro: Charpentier en majesté
Charpentier en majesté Jacques Doucelin [08 septembre 2004] Bien avant d’imposer la victoire définitive de la vague baroque avec Atys, de Lully, William Christie s’était attelé à la redécouverte de…
NYT: Enough to Make Handel Reach for His Walkman
Enough to Make Handel Reach for His Walkman By ANTHONY TOMMASINI During the late 1720’s Handel had two rival prima donnas in the London opera company he ran: Francesca Cuzzoni…
Opera Japonica: Maria Nockin’s Letter from America
Summer in Santa Fe The most difficult tickets to obtain at Santa Fe this summer were for Vincenzo Bellini’s seldom performed opera, La sonnambula. It was a great pleasure to…
The Scotsman: When modern dance meets the Underworld
When modern dance meets the Underworld KELLY APTER Orfeo ed Euridice by Opera North and Emio Greco WHEN International Festival director Brian McMaster invited Italian dancer Emio Greco to Edinburgh…