http://www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/story/312391.html
Lyric’s ‘Frau’ casts a mighty shadow
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-mxa1119_frau_archivenov19,1,5377760.story
Concert review: Fleming, Botti enchant at Dallas Opera gala
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-fleming_1118gl.ART.State.Edition2.36d23a2.html
Verismo Rarities, Teatro Grattacielo
Part of the fun of visiting the many companies that specialize in unearthing forgotten operas lies precisely in not knowing what you’re going to get.
Norma returns to the Met
The bel canto era, insofar as the contemporary public considers it at all, is usually thought of as the golden age of vocal beauty for its own sake.
Pascoe comes to grips with the Don
Mozart made it easy for the Philistines. They see Don Giovanni thrown into the flaming jaws of Hell and hiss: “Two thousand women seduced and abandoned! “
BRUCKNER: Symphonie no. 7
Released as part of Orfeoís series entitled Festspiel Dokumente, this recording makes available on CD the concert performance at the Salzburg Festival of Anton Brucknerís Seventh Symphony by the Vienna Philharmonic that Hans Knappertsbusch conducted on 30 August 1949.
Jan Neckers on Recently Released Reissues and Historicals
The first opera performance I consciously attended while being definitely hooked to the genre due to records, was Guillaume Tell more than 40 years ago.