DONIZETTI: Alahor in Granata

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.

Theodora, Barbican Hall, London

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/47ce5bfa-5f66-11db-a011-0000779e2340.html

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

Haendel et son ´CÈsarª dans le dÈsert

http://www.liberation.fr/culture/musique/211275.FR.php

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.

Jephte/Dido and Aeneas

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14936-2406723,00.html