Ernani and I Capuletti e I Montecchi on Dynamic DVD

Both these performances come from mid-2005. Teatro Regio di Parma presented the Ernani in May of that year; August saw I Capuletti e I Montecchi on stage at the Festival della Valle d’Itria di Martina Franca.

Andrew Lloyd Webber — A Classical Tribute

Countless must be the number of true opera fans who have heard well-meaning acquaintances say, “Oh I just love opera! Especially Phantom of the Opera.”

PUCCINI: Tosca — Bruxelles 1958

Tosca: A melodrama in three acts.

The Pearl Fishers at Lyric Opera of Chicago

The current revival of Georges Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers at Lyric Opera of Chicago (seen 25 October) brings together an exceptionally strong cast.

Houston brushes up its Shakespeare

In 1830, three years after the death of Beethoven and two after Schubert’s untimely demise, Berlioz, 27, dazzled the world with his phantasmagoric — perhaps drug-inspired — Symphonie fantastique.

A Truly Wacky Barber

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts/2008/11/07/372207.htm

It’s time for the arts to get creative — about money

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-notebook7-2008nov07,0,4984416.story

The Rape of Lucretia at Kings Place

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article5090195.ece

Bernstein in Beijing: China’s Classical Music Explosion

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1855684,00.html

Les Indes galantes, Barbican, London

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9edecc22-ab4f-11dd-b9e1-000077b07658.html