Rosie Millard on the price of tickets at Covent Garden

The Royal Opera House is publicly funded – so why does it charge more than £100 per seat, asks Rosie Millard

La Belle Helene, Coliseum, London

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article356359.ece

BELLINI: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Tragedia lirica in due atti e quattro parti.

Music composed by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). Libretto by Felice Romani, based on the play Giulietta e Romeo (1818) by Luigi Scevola.

Daniel Barenboim Talks About Wagner and the Nazis, Fame

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

The maestro and his demons

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/04/06/bmdan06.xml

Farinelli: The first pop star

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article356110.ece

La Belle HÈlËne, London Coliseum

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The Opera ‘Adriana Mater’ Addresses Motherhood in a War Zone

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

ROSSINI: Il signor Bruschino

ìA jewel box of a theaterî: that great clichÈ of the opera world comes to mind when viewing a production from the Schwetzinger Festspiele held at the Rokokotheater Schwetzingen.

Adriana Mater, Paris Opera, Bastille

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