http://www.nysun.com/article/40452
German Leader Warns Against Censorship
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/27/AR2006092700401.html
Flaviano Labo – Vol III
According to Giancarlo Landini, author of the very interesting and detailed sleeve notes, Labo “has been sorely neglected, if not totally forgotten”.
Wagnerian welcome for an arts centre
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/34421da2-4d81-11db-8704-0000779e2340.html
Peter Gelb Era Begins at the Met
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/26/ap/entertainment/mainD8KCC76G0.shtml
Berlin opera canceled after religious threats
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/26/news/germany.php
A Mystery Opera, Played Out on Both the Stage and the Screen
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/arts/music/26stad.html
LEHAR: Schˆn is die Welt
CPO has recently given us a lot of wonderful Lehar recordings like Eva, Der Rastelbinder or Der Sterngucker (admired by Hofmannsthal who exclaimed after a performance: ëI wish, Lehar had composed Rosenkavalierí).
Met’s Glam Opening Has Minghella’s `Butterfly,’ Rufus (Update1)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aZuI4w82v69Y&refer=muse
POULENC: Gloria and Stabat Mater
In the 1930s, Poulencís turn to writing sacred choral music such as the Litanies ‡ la vierge noire and the Mass in G was closely linked to his new embrace of Roman Catholicism following the death of a close friend, the composer Pierre-Octave Ferroud.