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
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?