PUCCINI: La Fanciulla del West

This Fanciulla is such a wonderful issue because, for once, none of the three protagonists ever recorded their role commercially, so that one is spared the many doublings often met in live recordings.

MAHLER: Symphony no. 8

During the last few years Antoni Wit has recorded Mahler’s symphonies one by one, such that he is building a fine cycle for the Naxos label.

The Metropolitan Opera Reaches Groundbreaking Agreements

http://www.operatoday.com/documents/Met_New_Media_release.pdf

All 22 Mozart Stage Works for TV and DVD

http://www.operatoday.com/documents/Mozart_22_Unitel_Classica Press Release.pdf

Le retour de l’opÈra franÁais

http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/20060905.FIG000000154_le_retour_de_l_opera_francais.html

Meet the iTunes Wannabes

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2006/tc20060905_083985.htm?campaign_id=rss_null

Science Says Kandinsky Was Right – Paintings Can Be Heard

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=50968

Operns‰ngerin Astrid Varnay gestorben

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,435155,00.html

The Magic Flute — Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1863246,00.html

The Bostridge Phenomenon

The curious phenomenon of British tenor manquÈ, Ian Bostridge, continues to astound, as his concert and even operatic dates, primarily in Europe, mount; his recordings increase, and his appeal to a certain section of the classical audience (they would likely call themselves, ìcognoscentiî) endures. I have to wonder why?