http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7b50f154-104d-11da-bd5c-00000e2511c8.html
La Clemenza di Tito at Edinburgh
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1551110,00.html
Britten’s Curlew River in Edinburgh
Benjamin Britten’s opera Curlew River was inspired by the Noh plays he saw on his 1956 visit to Japan, after which he asked his regular librettist, William Plomer, to adapt Sumidagawa for him. Eight years later, the opera was composed. Since it lasts only an hour and requires a highly stylised kind of performance, it has never been a favourite with regular opera houses, but it makes for excellent festival fare. The Edinburgh Festival has mounted its own production, directed by Olivier Py, which is well worth catching.
Daily Telegraph Interviews Franz Welser-Möst
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/08/18/bmfranz18.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/08/18/ixartright.html
The Mariinsky on the Skids?
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16295766%255E16947,00.html