http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/22/arts/music/22ange.html
Bayerische Staatsoper on the Death of James King
http://www.bayerische.staatsoper.de/c.php/index_bso.php?dom=dom1&
RAMEAU: Les Indes galantes
Jean-Philippe Rameau is usually remembered today (when he is remembered at all) as an important musical theorist. This limited reputation is unfortunate, because Rameau was a masterful composer known for his sumptuous melodies and colorful harmonies.
Un Ballo In Maschera, Royal Opera House, London
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article328401.ece
Lyric’s ‘Marriage’ lovely but so confusing
http://www.suntimes.com/output/entertainment/cst-ftr-lyric21.html
Marta Eggerth, Legendary Soprano, Talks About Vienna, Career
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=aV.ry4MIEdYM&refer=culture
US-Tenor James King 80-j‰hrig verstorben
http://www.salzburg.com/sn/nachrichten/artikel/1835089.html
Verdi’s Macbeth — The Critical Edition
Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a weighty play, and Verdi’s Macbeth seems to be a weighty opera: the three volumes of this edition (two of the full score, plus a smaller Critical Commentary containing the critical notes and a description of the sources) weigh 16.6 pounds. It is remarkable to think that this is the first full score of either the 1847 original or the 1865 revised Macbeth ever published.
Verdi Songs
Iím told that, if an auditioning singerís repertoire includes a Verdi piece, the auditors will very likely choose to hear it, because singing Verdi well requires the full catalogue of skills: musical exactness, dynamic range, breath control, sensitive phrasing, the ability to provide a variety of colors in the voice, and, if possible, a large enough personality to truly fill out whichever character is being portrayed.