http://www.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1700397,00.html
WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen
It has been nearly thirty years since the centenary production of the Ring at Bayreuth, and the controversy and even scandal that it generated have long since faded into memory.
Dawn Upshaw ó Still Rising, Still Shining
http://www.classicalsinger.com/magazine/article.php?id=1245
BRUCKNER: Symphonie no. 6
The symphonies of Anton Bruckner deserve excellent performances to convey the intensity that the composer intended for them, and sometimes an individual performance can offer the opportunity to understand them more clearly.
DAVIES & JAHN: Care of the Professional Voice
This second edition, co-authored by D. Garfield Davies, Consultant Emeritus Otolaryngologist to The Middlesex and University College Hospitals, and Anthony F. Jahn, Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, was published by Routledge in 2004.
HANDEL: Radamisto
Handel went to London as a free-lance musician ñ i.e., ìon his own bottomî ñ in autumn 1710. His Rinaldo of February 1711, with its dazzling arias and scenic spectacles, was resoundingly successful.
The Medium/The Impresario/ Second Movement, Covent Garden Film Studios, London
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article341809.ece
Turandot at Carnegie Hall
On 30 January, the Collegiate Chorale presented Puccini: A Composer’s Journey. Here are two reviews.