Cardillac at OpÈra Bastille, Paris

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1578110,00.html

Plenty of Gallic grace, but a lack of passion

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1295cebe-2b55-11da-995a-00000e2511c8.html

De Simone rewrites Paisiello

http://www.giornaledellamusica.it/rol/scheda.php?id=1809&l=1

Damrau, soprano with big future, stars in Met debut

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=20&ID=244106&r=0

‘Carmen’ glistens, fascinates

http://www.suntimes.com/output/delacoma/cst-ftr-lyric26.html

A Celebratory Crown of Froth Fit for a King

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/26/arts/music/26viag.html

‘Falstaff’ With All the Details in Place

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/26/arts/music/26fals.html

Welcome to the Golden Age

http://www.nysun.com/article/20527

BENNETT: The Mines of Sulphur

Glimmerglass Opera has been doing innovative and often remarkable work for a number of years. Thankfully, many of their productions have been shared with the New York City Opera and, thus, with a large opera-going public.

GLINKA: Ruslan and Lyudmila

Based on a tongue-in-cheek poem by young Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Glinkaís second opera Ruslan and Lyudmila (1842) is an epic adventure tale, in which three rival Russian knights roam the land in search of a Kievan princess kidnapped by a sorcerer.