A Big Voice Inaugurates A Smallish Concert Hall

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/04/arts/music/04morg.html

New York City Opera Fails to Reach Agreement to Build New Home

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=avRJKronlxyo&refer=culture

Three Mozart Collections from Universal

A recent newspaper report ó the sort of item conveyed in a short paragraph and relegated to a column of such brief pieces ó summarized a study that argues that Mozart did not die a pauper, but actually had a fairly steady stream of income.

BROPHY: Mozart the dramatist

Brigid Brophy (1929-1995) was a noted novelist and critic who was passionately interested in opera, and especially Mozart and his operas.

ATTRAZIONE D’AMORE / VOYAGE TO CYTHERA

Passion for music is hardly rare, but it is welcome to hear it espoused in public, especially by some of the art’s strongest proponents.

Lost-and-Found Tale for the Ages

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/arts/music/02mass.html

Madam Butterfly — Coliseum, London

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1764987,00.html

Joseph Volpe Bids the Met a Most Operatic Adieu

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/arts/music/30waki.html

HANDEL: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Giulio Cesare in Egitto (HWV 17), Drama in three acts.

Music composed by Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759). Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym after an earlier libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani.

Review: BartÛk, ‘Bluebeard’ a haunting duo

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3765471