Katarina Karneus ó Wigmore Hall, London

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1669308,00.html

Push to Rescue Met Recordings

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/arts/music/16radi.html

Irresistibly moving ó Billy Budd, Coliseum

http://www.spectator.co.uk/artsreview.php?id=458

BOITO: Mefistofele

Mefistofele, Opera in un prologo, quattro atti e un epilogo

Music and libretto by Arrigo Boito (1842-1918), based on Faust: Eine Tragödie by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Pick of 2005: Opera

http://www.newstatesman.com/Arts/200512190045

Met Opera Slashing Budget

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OPERA_MET_BUDGET_CUTS?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Singer’s perfect storm ó Soprano Dawn Upshaw’s sense of adventure draws her to ‘El Nino’

http://www.dailynews.com/entertainment/ci_3311776

Bryn Terfel ó Millennium Centre, Cardiff

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1668529,00.html

Singing A to Z on the cusp of stardom

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/27f19678-6dd9-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.html

Malena Ernman, Simon Rattle and OAE at the Barbican ó Three Reviews

On 9 December 2005, Malena Ernman stepped in for an ailing Magdalena Koûen· at the Barbican in London. Here are three reviews.