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 *…
Category: Reviews
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…