The great American opera? Ricky Ian Gordon’s “Grapes of Wrath” might be it.
Steinbeckís Suffering Okies Head West, Operatically
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/arts/music/12grap.html?ref=music
Star Power, Charisma and Ardor in ëOneginí
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/arts/music/12oneg.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin
Nachruf: Bei ihm war Oper stets hochexplosiv
http://www.diepresse.at/home/kultur/klassik/109808/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/kultur/klassik/index.do
All the Rage: ‘Otello,’ ‘Die Walkure’ and Pianists Par Excellence
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/09/AR2007020900535.html
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117932757.html?categoryid=33&cs=1
HANDEL: Agrippina
An expressionist portrait of the Roman she-wolf was the first, striking image of this production, originally devised for Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, by the fashionable British director David McVicar.
The Devil’s Dream
The duo of gambist Vittorio Ghielmi and lutenist Luca Pianca even has its own domain name
(www.pianca-ghielmi.com), as well as several previous releases, of which the first has perhaps my favorite CD title ever (Bagpipes from Hell).