http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/09/AR2006040901070.html
Carmen, That Devilish and Dangerous Free-Spirited Gypsy, Is at It Again in a City Opera Production
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/10/arts/music/10carm.html
First shot Rings out in fight over classical downloads
http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=545902006
Preview: Il Re Pastore, Linbury Theatre, ROH, London
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article356792.ece
The Finnish Soprano Soile Isokoski Returns for New York Dates
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/arts/music/09gure.html
BELLINI: La sonnambula — La Scala 1955
La sonnambula, Melodramma in due atti
Music composed by Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835). Libretto by Felice Romani, based on La Sonnambule ou L’arrivÈe d’un nouveau Seigneur (1827) by EugËne Scribe.
Farewell, Maestro
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2006/04/10/entertainment/entertainment02.txt
Netrebko Romps Through Met’s ‘Pasquale’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/08/AR2006040800574.html
The Guardian on Helen of Troy and Opera
She’ll always have Paris
Sexual icon, dark temptress or a smutty comedienne? Helen of Troy has fascinated writers and composers for centuries.