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.
VERDI: Macbeth
VERDI: Macbeth, melodramma in quattro parti.
Music composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play by William Shakespeare.
Falsetto castrati enjoyed rock-star status
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-11-19T153753Z_01_MOL956231_RTRUKOC_0_UK-ARTS-CASTRATI.xml&archived=False
Mastered Mozart, Preached Janacek, Schmoozed Shostakovich
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/arts/music/20whit.html