Idomeneo, rË di Creta. Dramma per musica in tre atti (K. 366).
Music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Libretto by Giovanni Battista Varesco after IdomenÈe by Antoine Danchet.
Operatunity Winners ó Denise Leigh and Jane Gilchrist
When asked if I had any interest in reviewing the discs of ìthe Operatunity finalists,î I admit I was so ignorant of what Operatunity was that I had to make a quick web search to find out.
A Tenor Voice That Carries Across a Century
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/06/AR2006010601992.html
An unlikely heroine to the rescue …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1681768,00.html
Vienna returns Mozart’s Affection
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060107.wmozart0107/BNStory/specialTravel/
The Guardian on Lorenzo da Ponte
The phoenix
A poet, priest and womaniser, who ended his days as a grocer, he also wrote the words to some of the greatest operas. On the eve of Mozart’s 250th anniversary, Anthony Holden looks at the colourful life of his librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte
Dvo?·k und seine Zeit
Dvo?·k und seine Zeit ñ Dvo?·k and his Time ñ immediately conveys a singular perspective on some of the vocal music of AntonÌn Dvo?·k (1841-1904) in the context of his generation. Recorded on 17 August 2004, the music on this two-CD set is from the second of two programs that were given at the 2004 Salzburg Festspiel under the rubric of ìDvo?·k und seine Zeit.î
The Guardian on Beaumarchais
How to stage a revolution
Beaumarchais, the dramatist behind The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville, was more than a mere playwright – he shaped the 18th century.