Soprano Songs and Arias

For those who frequent the Santa Fe Opera and Houston Grand Opera, Ana MarÌa MartÌnez is well-known as a superb lyric soprano on her way to a stellar career. With the release of this collection of songs and arias for soprano, the rest of the world will come to know this as well.

Inauguration de la salle Garnier-OpÈra de Monte-Carlo restaurÈe

http://www.lefigaro.fr/perm/afp_depeches/clt/051117094623.2mvo85ht.html

Death, transcendence, beauty

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/11/17/Weekend/Death__transcendence_.shtml

Big-time singer who dreams of a smaller voice

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/11/17/bmnina17.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/11/17/ixartright.html

Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame, L’Esplanade, St-Etienne

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f54c8f70-5645-11da-b04f-00000e25118c.html

RomÈo et Juliette, Metropolitan Opera, New York

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/bebf1fc6-5646-11da-b04f-00000e25118c.html

Decca Classic Recitals

The first thought one has is ´ how nice to have those recitals back like they were issued ª. One remembers too well the first days of the CD when historical vocal recitals appeared more or less mutilated, often culled from two or more LPís so that some tracks were sorely missed.

Met Rarity: Barcarolle Simulated for a Movie

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/movies/15marg.html

The Real Bach at Leipzig

http://www.nysun.com/article/23052

STRAUSS: Lieder

The Lieder of Richard Strauss lend themselves well to various interpretations that bring out different aspects of the music.