http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/13/arts/music/13tuck.html
Score is reunited 170 years after Mozart’s wife sliced it in two
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,26729-1980912,00.html
Tributes to Birgit Nilsson
Birgit Nilsson died on 25 December 2005 at age 87. Her death was announced on 11 January 2006. Here are three tributes to this great soprano.
Nanki-Poo, Yum-Yum and Other Eternal Verities
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/arts/music/12gilb.html
VERDI: Macbeth
This Macbeth, originally conceived by Phyllida Lloyd for a co-production of the Paris OpÈra and Covent Garden, is an excellent example of what nowadays is to be seen on most opera stages in Europe (and probably the States as well).
BELLINI: I Puritani
Through Rossini’s influence Bellini and his rival Donizetti were each invited to compose an opera for the ThÈ‚tre des Italiens in Paris. Bellini who, paranoid and delusional, thought he was the object of a sinister plan headed by Rossini to benefit Donizetti, went out of his way to ingratiate himself with the “Great Master” long before Donizetti’s arrival in the French capital. After a year of idle life in Paris, where he survived off the kindness of his hosts and friends, the Sicilian composer set to work on what would regretfully become his last opera: I Puritani di Scozia.
Swedish Soprano Birgit Nilsson Dies
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBIT_NILSSON?SITE=TXBRY&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
The New San Francisco Opera
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA [11 January 2006]: “The San Francisco Opera today unveiled a new visual identity for the Company, heralding the beginning of a new era under the leadership of David Gockley, who became the Companyís sixth general director on January 1, 2006. Elements of San Francisco Operaís new image include a new logo, a glamorous and sophisticated new look for the print materials, and a major redesign of the Companyís Web site.”