http://www.whatsonstage.com/dl/page.php?page=greenroom&story=E8821132067924
Un ballo in maschera, Leipzig Opera
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4b3bf012-557c-11da-8a74-00000e25118c.html
A Mozart Clan: Nice Sounds Veiled by One Celestial Note
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/arts/music/15moza.html
Diva in a Verismo Rarity, Chewing Imaginary Scenery
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/arts/music/14zaza.html
STRAVINSKY : The Rakeís Progress
This production, from Glyndebourne in 1975, is a treasure of literate, artistically informed stagecraft. Opera is meant to be seen as much as heard, and productions like this prove that good staging brings a score alive.
Opera downsizes as Italy’s divas go on hunger strike
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1641479,00.html
Symphony and Opera take different paths to getting new behinds into those velvet seats
Classical performing organizations are feeling a little antsy nowadays, all except for the ones that are flat-out running scared.