Opera singer recovering after stabbing Doctors ‘hopeful’ about Giuseppe Di Stefano ROME, Italy (AP) — Italian tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano was being taken off sedatives and doctors were hopeful about…
Grammy Awards Nominations
The nominations for the 47th annual Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday in Los Angeles. The following were the nominees for opera and classical vocal performance recordings: Opera Recording: Monteverdi: L’Orfeo…
Elena Souliotis
MUSICA: E’ MORTA SOPRANO ELENA SOULIOTIS 04/12/2004 – (ANSA) FIRENZE, 4 DIC E’ morta improvvisamente oggi pomeriggio a Firenze la soprano drammatico Elena Souliotis, nota cantante lirica, amica di Fedora…
Music in the Making of Europe 1000-1300
Royal Holloway-British Library Lectures in Musicology Christopher Page, the founder and director of the ensemble Gothic Voices, will give a series of one-hour lectures at the British Library Conference Centre…
Rigoletto at Amsterdam (and an appraisal of tenor Joseph Calleja)
How does it come about that “modern” productions date so quickly while “traditional” ones can go on for ages ? Probably, because ideas that once were fresh and innovative are…
RAUTAVAARA: The House of the Sun
The House of the Sun Einojuhani Rautavaara, music and libretto Ondine 1032-2D Oulu Symphony orchestra Mikko Franck, conductor The recording company Ondine, based in Helsinki, has built itself an international…
VERDI: A Masked Ball
A Masked Ball Giuseppe Verdi, music and Antonio Somma, libretto English translation by Amanda Holden Chandos 3116 (2) London Philharmonic Orchestra David Parry, conductor In an era where major record…
Los Angeles Philharmonic Tristan Project
I spent a spectacular three days in Walt Disney Concert Hall taking in the magnificent music of Richard Wagner in what has been entitled The Tristan Project. At first, when…
Berlioz in Boston
Not strictly opera, but so full of the usual suspects . . . My experience of Berlioz’s Dramatic Symphony Romeo et Juliette (R&J) came full circle last night at Boston’s…
Teatro Colón Sings
Britten’s Venice Is Eclipsed by the Wonders of Colón By BERNARD HOLLAND BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 29 – The Teatro Colón is grand opera all by itself. Enter its front door…