The Badisches Staatstheater seems to have borrowed with a vengeance the catch-phrase from John Watersí recent ìA Dirty Shame,î namely: ìLetís go sexiní!î I canít recall ever seeing a ìDon Giovanniî
with more lip-locks, grinding torsos, leg-wraps, and groping embraces.
Karlsruheës Don Gets Down
Gruberova on Nightingale Classics
Edita Gruberova’s North American fans, who can only hold onto dim hopes that someday the
European superstar will return to these shores, can always seek to sate their desire for her artistry by picking up the latest CD from Nightingale Classics.
Macbeth – Glyndebourne on Tour
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/WhatsOn/story.aspx?datetime=15+Nov+2007+13%3A15&tbrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=WhatsOn&category=WhatsOnReviews&brand=EDPOnline&itemid=NOED15+Nov+2007+13%3A21%3A12%3A177
Edward Hopper paintings inspire opera
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bal-li.arts15nov15,0,1222466.story
Mozart’s life in letters
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article2869775.ece?EMC-Bltn=FEJBG4
Libera ó Angel Voices
“They are boys, and they sing, but don’t call them choirboys. ‘Libera’ prefer to be called a vocal group ó a real boy band, if you like.”
ROSSINI: Torvaldo e Dorliska
Between the efforts of recording companies Naxos and Opera Rara, Rossini-philes have been living in a golden age.
Portraits of Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Olga Borodina
Philips decided some time ago that it no longer needed to be the audio representative for two fine contemporary singers of Russian origin, mezzo Olga Borodina and baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.