http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/14/arts/music/14maye.html
Karita Mattila, Barbican Hall, London
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/39f8ff34-fbc6-11da-b1a1-0000779e2340.html
London’s New Old `Tosca’ Has Mopey Gheorghiu, Stunning Terfel
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=adxLGvqqqHus&refer=culture
Piero Cappuccilli: Recital
Can you believe it? With all the profound knowledge of my 24 years, I first visited the Verona Arena in 1968. On was Trovatore with Bergonzi, Gencer and, as Luna, Piero Cappuccilli.
PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi
Glyndebourne’s 2004 live recording of Gianni Schicchi, produced by Opus Arte, is quite possibly the most electric and riveting performance of this Puccini one-act opera.
Grendel, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/15bae226-faff-11da-b4d0-0000779e2340.html
Patricia Ciofi retrouve Dona Anna
http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/20060613.FIG000000194_patricia_ciofi_retrouve_dona_anna.html
WOLF: Prometheus — Orchesterlieder
Like other nineteenth-century composers, Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) orchestrated some of his Lieder, and his contributions to the genre of Orchesterlieder are impressive.
The Rake’s Progress ó Aldeburgh festival
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1795320,00.html