A yellow banner in the lower right hand corner of the slip case cover (identical to that of the jewel box and booklet) proclaims this CD as the “first world recording” of Gaetano Donizetti’s Alahor in Granata.
Rossini By The Sea 2006 Enjoying The Unexpected
The Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy, had as many surprises on the stage inside as the weather had outside.
Giulio Cesare, ThÈ‚tre des Champs ElysÈes, Paris
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/615aedc6-5f67-11db-a011-0000779e2340.html
City Operaís Great Innovator Returns, Baton at the Ready
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/arts/music/19rude.html
Berlioz’s `Troyens’ Has Battles, Wooden Horse at Paris Opera
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=abbAyruCvk6Q&refer=muse
Berlin’s Embattled Harms Fails to Triumph With `Germania’
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aW2PyRP9oszk&refer=muse
STRAUSS: Lieder
Virtuosic, expressive, subtle evocative ñ these words can be used to describe various aspects of the Lieder of Richard Strauss.