http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/arts/music/29shattuck.html?_r=1
In Salzburg, a Warm Birthday Party on a Cold Night
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/28/arts/music/28moza.html
Archived Met Broadcasts on BBC Radio 3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/radio3/aod.shtml?radio3/operaon3_sat
ROSSINI: Il Turco in Italia
Clearly someone at Naxos loves Rossini. The label only recently released a good Cenerentola with the most excellent Joyce Di Donato, and the back catalog contains many titles, including highly praised sets of Barbieri (with Ramon Vargas) and Tancredi (featuring Ewa Podles).
World Honors Mozart on 250th Birthday
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/27/ap/entertainment/mainD8FD2KN8C.shtml
Composer, and opera, are a mixed bag
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/arts/ny-secfirst4599267jan25,0,1530554.story?coll=ny-arts-headlines
A Master With a Mission, Despite Her Personal Trials
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/arts/music/27horn.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1
K¡LM¡N: Lieder
I wonder if a record company, any record company, would have taken the trouble of recording these songs if the composer had been Zoltan Kocsis or Deszˆ Ranki instead of Imre (his real first name) K·lm·n?
PADEREWSKI: Manru
Known for his virtuosity as a pianist, Ignacy Paderewski (1860-1941) is also known as a composer. While most of his works involve piano, he left a single opera, Manru, a three-act work that he composed between 1892 and 1901.
La Monnaie’s Foccroulle Updates Image, Dreams of Almodovar
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=a8NP0HLAjMvI&refer=culture#