http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article5181316.ece
Hˆlderin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d50dca80-b579-11dd-ab71-0000779fd18c.html
Revisiting Rossini’s ‘L’italiana in Algeri’
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20081118_Revisiting_Rossini_s__L_italiana_in_Algeri_.html
Doctor Atomic and Arjuna’s Dilemma
As Tom Stoppard put it, “There is an art to the building up of suspense.”
La Damnation de Faust at the MET
The Met has not staged La Damnation de Faust in a hundred years, since 1906, when it clocked a mere five performances.
Alarm over music academy spreads
http://www.theage.com.au/national/alarm-over-music-academy-spreads-20081117-6946.html
‘Porgy’ at last
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/classical/1282713,CST-FTR-porgy17.article
Opera singing a new tune
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/34425449.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUnOiP3UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
Opera in Germany
Following a recent visit to Germany, Wes Blomster surveys the vibrant opera scene in Berlin and Magdeburg.