Although performances of Handel’s more obscure large-scale works are relatively common in London, it is far less common that they are given in a venue as large and high-profile as the Royal Albert Hall, with a line-up of conductor and soloists that will attract a full house for a lengthy and static work on a hot summer evening.
JAN¡?EK: Osud
Jan·?ekís music has already been well served in this yearís Proms in a memorable evening conducted by Boulez (reviewed on this site by Anne Ozorio).
Bayreuth Chooses 2 Wagners to Manage Festival
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/arts/music/02bayr.html?hp
Irish mezzo soprano leaves mark outside Gaiety
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0902/breaking48.htm
Metropolitan Opera shuns Rufus Wainwright’s French libretto
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/09/02/bmrufus.xml
Stresa Festival, Stresa, Italy
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61030a64-783a-11dd-acc3-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1
Operatic Cargo of Tragic Love, Unloaded on a Brooklyn Pier
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/arts/music/01vert.html?ref=nyregion
Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’ Done Right in His Hometown
http://www.nysun.com/arts/mozarts-magic-flute-done-right-in-his-hometown/84561/
An Uglified ‘Rusalka’ in the World’s Most Beautiful Town
http://www.nysun.com/arts/an-uglified-rusalka-in-the-worlds-most-beautiful/84488/