http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/01/la-opera-announ.html
Amsterdam Hercules Dazzlingly In Love
I had never personally imagined mythical Hercules as a WWF Wrestler-cum-Caveman but damn if Dutch National Opera’s staging of Francesco Cavalli’s Ercole Amante didn’t almost persuade me it could be so.
Jessye Norman — A Portrait
A sticker on the cover of the Decca DVD Jessye Norman a portrait describes the contents as “An intimate new film portrait of the great soprano.”
Choking Princess Draws Cheers, Robber Gets Greedy: Paris Opera
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aMS4gcJltNSI&refer=muse#
San Francisco Opera tightens belt for 2009-10
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/26/DDNM15H191.DTL
OCP’s ’09-10 season: Cuts and cutting edge
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20090127_OCP_s__09-10_season__Cuts_and_cutting_edge.html
Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne, Paris Opera (Garnier)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f00bdb14-ebc1-11dd-8838-0000779fd2ac.html
Orfeo ed Euridice at the MET
I am an ardent fan of Stephanie Blythe, and if you revel in sheer sound, she will delight you, too.
Anne Ozorio Interviews Ingo Metzmacher on Die tote Stadt
Erich Korngold’s Die tote Stadt comes to the Royal Opera House in January 2009. It’s the first time this production has been seen in London : it is the famed Willy Decker production from Salzburg in 2004 which did so much to restore Korngold’s status.
Pfitzner’s Palestrina at Bavarian State Opera
Writer Jens F. Laurson reports from Munich, where a new staging of Hans Pfitzner’s Palestrina opened Jan. 19 at the National Theater. The rarely-performed 1917 three-act opera stars Christopher Ventris in the title role.