Debussy tout feu tout glace La critique de Jacques Doucelin [15 septembre 2004] Une salle qui tousse à gorge déployée en été, hors de toute épidémie de grippe, au mieux…
Category: Performances
FT: Ariadne auf Naxos, Welsh National Opera, Cardiff
Ariadne auf Naxos, Welsh National Opera, Cardiff By Richard Fairman Published: September 14 2004 03:00 | Last updated: September 14 2004 03:00 The Prologue to Ariadne auf Naxos is all…
NYT: Anne Midgette Reviews Katya Kabanova
CRITIC’S PICK | ANNE MIDGETTE A Star to Shed Light on Janacek’s Bleak Operatic Landscape OPINIONS may differ as to what constitutes a highlight at the Metropolitan Opera these days,…
FT: Martin Bernheimer reviews Daphne
Daphne New York City Opera By Martin Bernheimer Published: September 10 2004 03:00 | Last updated: September 10 2004 03:00 It took 66 years for Richard Strauss’sDaphne to reach a…
WSJ: The Comeback Composer
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…
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…
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…