‘Norma’: Bravura Coloratura

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/09/AR2006040901070.html

A No-Frills Passion Play

http://www.nysun.com/article/30681

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 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.

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