http://www.classicalsinger.com/magazine/article.php?id=1191
VERDI: Stiffelio
This is the third re-issue (in Europe anyway) on CD of the only existing studio recording of Stiffelio. Luckily it is a rather good one as its live competitors are not recordings for eternity. Neither Limarilli in 1968 nor Del Monaco (at his coarsest in 1972) have much sense of style, let alone a knack for true Verdi-phrasing. Not that JosÈ Carreras is flawless.
Happy birthday to the wizard of Oz
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14932-1866272,00.html
A SERIOUS KIDS’ OPERA
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/13/PKGE6FI7L91.DTL&type=performance
Juliette Has Fun (Before She Dies, of Course)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/arts/music/13gure.html
STRAUSS: Die Fledermaus
Music composed by Johann Strauss II.
Libretto by Richard GenÈe based on Henri Meilhac and Ludovic HalÈvy/Karl Haffner.
First performance: 5 April 1874 at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna.
‘Fidelio’ holds you captive … but not in a good way
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/11/DDGD1FLR3Q1.DTL&type=performance
A Gala With a Difference: Music as the Main Course
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/11/arts/music/11voig.html