http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/arts/music/19waki.html
WEBER: Der Freisch¸tz
Der Freisch¸tz, Romantische Oper in drei Aufz¸gen.
Music composed by Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826). Libretto by Friedrich Kind.
Please sir, more millions
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060218.MONEY18/TPStory/TPEntertainment/
Handel & Haydn Society presents musical salute to Mozart at 250
http://theedge.bostonherald.com/artsNews/view.bg?articleid=126809
VIVALDI: Arie díOpera
This recording is another gem from the Complete Vivaldi Edition, a collaboration of NaÔve (opus 111) and various Piedmontese institutions [see this authorís review of Vivaldiís Orlando in that series].
Dull, sleepy ‘Padlock’ gives way to dandy ‘Dido’
http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/reviews/critics/mmx-gjd267amt.13feb15,1,6323777.story?coll=mmx-home_bottom_hedsh2o
The Guardian Interviews Violeta Urmana: ‘My voice decides what’s good for me’
First she was forced to sing mezzo roles. Then she was invited to be president of Lithuania. Violeta Urmana tells Tim Ashley why she prefers life as a soprano
LA Times: A sense of adventure lost. And found.
Conservatism is once more on the rise in the orchestral world but the starchy old Met, under new boss Peter Gelb, is trying to buck the trend.