http://news.ft.com/cms/s/19d06fb6-4f33-11da-9947-0000779e2340.html
MÈthodes & TraitÈs, series II: France 1800-1860 (Les grandes mÈthodes romantiques de chant), Vol. IV
As far back as the Middle Ages, students (often only identified as Anonymous) have recorded the methods of performance imparted by their masters. In later centuries, such illustrious teachers wrote and published their own methods.
RIGHINI: Il Convitato di Pietra (The Stone Guest)
Born in Bologna on January 22, 1756, Righiniís musical career started early when he was a choirboy at San Petronio. When he was nineteen, Righini made his professional singing debut as a tenor in Parma, and one year later he joined the Bustelli Opera in Prague.
Vienna State Opera marks postwar reopening
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/gossip/13091623.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
Staatsoper: Wenn der Herr Direktor W¸rstel ausgibt
http://www.diepresse.com/Artikel.aspx?channel=k&ressort=kb&id=517898
Larger than life ó Diminutive soprano Tracy Dahl must tap her inner diva to star in Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Lucie de Lammermoor’
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2005/11/04/larger_than_life/