http://www.lesoir.be/culture/musiques/musique-patrizia-ciofi-a-2008-04-11-590774.shtml
Feisty Orchestra Fuels Brussels Opera Changes
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a8Rsjad5Li8g&refer=muse
KUMMER: Cello Duets
If Friedrich August Kummer is not a household word in your home, no reason for concern ó he is one of the prolific Kleinmeistern of the post-Beethoven generation, a generation for which the cost of printing had dropped so much that it was financially possible for a composer to produce hundreds of published opuses.
Frankurt Opera ó The Rape of Lucretia
Plainly put, Frankfurt Operaís ìThe Rape of Lucretiaî could be offered as a textbook example of just how great a performance can be when everything goes right.
Barenboim and Berlin ó beauty and brilliance
BERLIN ó Which car-rental agency was it that was once No. 2 and ìtrying harder?î
A Rising Star in L.A. Operaís Young Artist Program
http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-soprano6apr06,1,1905589.story
ANNA BOLENA ñ English Touring Opera
In a climate in which bel canto opera seems to be enjoying a steady and welcome revival, ETO opened their current season with a welcome production of Donizetti’s historically dubious…