http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/45820.html
The Dreams and Drama of Two Unconventional Operas
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/arts/music/02tomm.html
At Valencia’s Flashy New Opera House, A Battle Over Flashy Business Expenses
http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/4833.html
Belcanto: The Tenors of the 78 Era, vols. 1 and 2
Second only to soprano divas, history’s great tenors have received the most retrospective scrutiny.
Soile Isokoski / Marita Viitasalo ó Wigmore Hall, London
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1806142,00.html
Weill Double Bill, OpÈra national de Lyon
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5402464a-0532-11db-9b9e-0000779e2340.html
Mark Morris Talks About Purcell, Making Opera Sexy at the ENO
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=aUfJaar5liKc&refer=culture
Puccini: Sogno díor
Anyone who knows Giacomo Puccini only for his operas is in for a treat. Puccini: Sogno díor presents Puccini the songwriter, and what is fascinating about this little-known repertory is that it prefigures many of the delightful melodies that later appeared in his works for the stage.
Vier letzte Lieder in Sofia and Varna
On June 9th in Sofia and 16th at the Varna Summer Festival, celebrated soprano Krassimira Stoyanova made her Richard Strauss debut in Vier letzte Lieder in her native Bulgaria.
GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice
All the excitement and activity in the classical recording company world now seems to be in the budget area.