Two of Finlandís greatest artistic luminariesócomposer Aulis Sallinen (b. 1935) and poet Lassi Nummi (b. 1928)ócame together to produce a fine new work, The Barabbas Dialogues (2004), which has been recently recorded and released on CD on the CPO label.
Mozart Rules From Salzburg to Santiago
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012601302.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/entertainmentnews
Watching the Master Emerge, Circa 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/music/salzburg-journal.html?8dpc
Fleming’s Sudden Departure Raises Questions
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/music/salzburg-journal.html?8dpc
BRITTEN: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings etc.
In an era where new studio recordings by major orchestras have dwindled to a pathetic dribble, leaving many fine institutions to start their own in-house labels, the Berlin Philharmonic still has an active contract with a major company (its conductorís label of many years, EMI) and releases come on a regular basis. A recent one features some of Benjamin Brittenís great work for instruments and tenor.
Norma in Munich ó Two Reviews
Bellini’s Norma is the story of a love triangle involving Norma, the Druid high priestess, Pollione, the Roman proconsul and father of Norma’s two children, and Adalgisa, a Druid acolyte and Pollione’s new conquest whom he intends to take to Rome. The role of Norma is generally considered one of the most difficult in opera literature. Few have succeeded in mastering it. Now Edita Gruberova, has taken on the role at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Here are two reviews.
Mozart at Lincoln Center ó Three Reviews
Earlier this week, Sir John Eliot Gardiner led the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and the Monteverdi Choir in two immortal Mozart works: the C-minor Mass and the Requiem, followed by an evening of Mozart’s orchestral works. Here are three reviews.
Violeta Urmana ó Lieder
ìCarmen, un bon conseilî warns Frasquita in the last act of the opera. So friends, heed my advice and donít play this CD in your car when you are accompanied by someone who likes opera but is not crazy on lieder.
Soprano Vaness to leave the UW
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002757688_vaness24.html