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.”
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.
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