On 8 January 2006, the Met Orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall with James Levine, RenÈe Fleming and Julien Robbins.
CILEA: LíArlesiana
For a work that is known as a one-aria-opera, four official (this one included) recordings is not a bad record. And of course most opera-lovers have not only ìE la solita storiaî in their many tenor recitals but know the baritone aria ìCome due tizziî and the mezzoís ìEsser madre Ë un infernoî as well.
MOZART: Idomeneo
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
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.