When the Ringling Brothers folded their tents, opera took over. AÔda with elephants, and Walk¸re with real horses.
St. Francis in Amsterdam
It is a bit hard to know what to make of Olivier Messiaenís colossal piece ìSaint FranÁois díAssise,î beautifully mounted by Netherlands Opera.
Central City Opera at new height
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/jun/08/review-central-city-opera-at-new-height/
Opera: An inquisition devoid of opinion
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b6eb4d06-356e-11dd-998d-0000779fd2ac.html
Zurich Has Malibran to Thank
If you are going to produce Jacques Fromental Halevyís forgotten opera ìClari,î I urge you to first make sure you have a signature on the contact from a superstar with the firepower of Cecilia Bartoli.
Joye: Les plaintes de Gilles de Bins dit Binchois
The title of this recording ìJoy: the Laments of Gilles Binchoisî introduces a seeming contradiction, one that plays on a contemporaneous description of the composer as “pÈre de joyeusetË”óthe father of joyóin tension with an affinity for melancholy in his works.
SCHOENBERG: Moses und Aron
Even though it is one of the important operas of the twentieth century, Arnold Schoenbergís Moses und Aron is, perhaps, more esteemed than performed.