http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/arts/music/23golijov-extra.html?8dpc
KINDERMAN & SYER: A Companion to Wagner’s Parsifal
Some twenty years ago, a leading German musicologist remarked that the
music of Parsifal
BIZET: Carmen
On June 3, 1875, thirty-six year old Bizet died after having one, some say two, heart attacks preceded by other complications. Legend has it that the composer’s death was hastened by the failure of his latest work, Carmen.
WAGNER: Parsifal
Parsifal. B¸hnenweihfestspiel (“stage dedication play”) in three acts.
Music and libretto by Richard Wagner.
Symphony conquers majestic ‘Missa’
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2006/01/20/symphony_conquers_majestic_missa/
Cor blimey, look at the struts on that!
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14932-2000097,00.html
No Gaddafi? Send for Gilbert and Sullivan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=P8&xml=/arts/2006/01/18/bmrup18.xml