Madcap Soprano, Brave Tenor Enliven Donizetti Opera in London

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aoLG6NISKjEg&refer=muse

Tristan und Isolde, Aalto Theater, Essen

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/433b7ec0-a254-11db-a187-0000779e2340.html

La Fille du Regiment, Royal Opera House, London

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/75e5ec12-a26c-11db-a187-0000779e2340.html

WAGNER: The Ring Cycle

It is a mystery as complex as the Kirovís Ring Cycle staging and equally inexplicable.

ARBOS: El Centro de la Tierra

Most heroes in costume drama movies speak lines directly from our own time. Iíve yet to see a cinematic Roman general, being a serious hero, look at an animalís liver and says: ì this smells bad; no battle todayî.

Le Donne di Puccini

The recording date is given as November the 12th 1994. Since recording sessions usually last more than one day, and as a radio orchestra is playing, we may safely assume this CD to be derived from a public broadcasted concert by the ë4 sopranosí capitalizing on the concept made popular by Domingo, Carreras, and Pavarotti.

Maturity, Femininity & Smarts

http://www.nysun.com/article/46533

WNO Season to Include Domingo Singing Handel

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011002258.html

New Operas at the Met: What Works?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/arts/music/11oper.html

MOZART: CosÏ fan tutte

The booklet essay by Gottfried Kraus (translated from the German by Stewart Spencer) for this TDK release of the 1983 Salzburg CosÏ fan tutte presents an intriguing history of the opera, with the Austrian festival taking in a central role in the work’s return to the standard repertory.