*L’Incoronazione di Poppea Barbican Hall, London* By David Murray Published: October 28 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 28 2004 03:00 This was the third glorious concert-performance of a Monteverdi…
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FT Reviews Mercadante’s La vestale
*La vestale, Wexford Festival* By Andrew Clark Published: October 25 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 25 2004 03:00 The compacting of operatic history into a performable repertoire leads us…
FT Reviews Don Carlos at the Vienna State Opera
*Don Carlos, Vienna State Opera* By Larry L Lash Published: October 22 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 22 2004 03:00 Despite character motivation and plot development of revelatory clarity…
Four Reviews of Die Zauberflöte at the Met
*Julie Taymor — and Mozart Too* By HEIDI WALESON [Wall Street Journal] October 14, 2004; Page D7 New York The Metropolitan Opera usually showcases singers, not star directors, but the…
Thomas Quasthoff Sings Sacred Cantatas by Bach
*MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE* Thomas Quasthoff Sings Sacred Cantatas by Bach by Jürgen Otten It would be easy to describe or appraise the art of bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff by…
FT Reviews L’Incoronazione di Poppeia
L’Incoronazione di Poppeia, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris By Francis Carlin [Financial Times] Published: October 15 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 15 2004 03:00 If you liked David McVicar’s…
Two Reviews of “The Dialogues of the Carmelites”
*Unbearably Good* Classical Music BY JAY NORDLINGER [New York Sun] October 14, 2004 Is there any opera more shattering than “The Dialogues of the Carmelites,” when it’s done well? On…
A Review of Pelléas et Mélisande at Berlin
Pelléas et Mélisande, Deutsche Oper, Berlin By Shirley Apthorp [Financial Times] Published: October 14 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 14 2004 03:00 Yniold wants to know why these sheep…
Two Reviews of Rolando Villazón’s New York Recital Debut
*An Introduction in 5 Languages* By ANNE MIDGETTE [New York Times] The powers that be in the opera world are desperate to discover the next hot male phenomenon. On Monday,…
FT Reviews Elektra At Frankfurt Opera
*Elektra, Frankfurt Opera* By Shirley Apthorp Published: October 12 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 12 2004 03:00 “Everywhere, in all the courts, there are dead bodies, all who are…