http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article549631.ece
Placido Domingo ó Great Scenes
Domingo-fans probably have all complete performances from which these scenes were culled, as they were widely broadcast in Europe during the eighties.
ENO’s `Makropulos Case’ Has Mackerras, 337-Year-Old Heroine
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=a.H4T_HzK11o&refer=culture
HALFFTER: Don Quijote
I can’t imagine a more utopian enterprise for a composer than writing an opera at the end of the twentieth century.
Urge.com and Online Classical (Whatever That Is)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/arts/music/19urge.html
Hvorostovsky Leads a Very Russian Decoding of Michelangelo’s Writings
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/arts/music/19dmit.html
VERDI: Don Carlo
For a time this Don Carlo was a return to times people thought long gone. As always, Dutch papers covered beforehand this new Decker production in depth, as the theme of liberty is an important one.
Met Orchestra/Conlon, Carnegie Hall, New York
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d9693ad0-e68f-11da-a36e-0000779e2340.html