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Parsifal, Music Center, Los Angeles
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BIZET: Carmen
Two recent releases document performances of Georges Bizetís Carmen that took place within just a few months of each other. The casts share many of the same performers, most notably the conductor and the interpreter of the operaís title role.
Michele Pertusi – Recital
Bass-baritone Michele Pertusiís voice is captured in this recital disc after only two years of formal studies. Taking this into account one can forgive what he calls ìimperfections: a few, slight musical errors, some invented or switched words, a Neapolitan pronunciation that is not quite perfect, an English one which could be improved on, a few marred notes.î
Strange Love ó The Metís weird new production bleeds the delicate chemistry out of RomÈo et Juliette
http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/arts/music/classical/reviews/15167/index.html
Kozena and Daniels, Barbican Hall, London
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Linbury Studio, London
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1652056,00.html
A Baritone and a Pianist in a Harmonious Conversation
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/29/arts/music/29imml.html
ROSSINI: Guillaume Tell
On 24 October 1998, the Vienna State Opera presented the opening night of its staging of Gioachino Rosssiniís Guillaume Tell. It was the first Staatsoper production in 91 years of Rossiniís final opera and masterpiece, as well as the Vienna premiere of the 1829 operaís original French-language version.