*L’Incoronazione di Poppea Barbican Hall, London* By David Murray Published: October 28 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 28 2004 03:00 This was the third glorious concert-performance of a Monteverdi…
A Tribute to Robert Merrill (1919-2004)
*MEMORIES OF ROBERT MERRILL: AMERICAN OPERATIC ICON* by James Engdahl, Engdahl Artists International Robert Merrill, born Moishe Miller in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, passed away last Saturday, October 22,…
Walt Mossberg on Challengers to the iPod
*Three Challengers Take on the Mini* Latest ‘iPod Killers’ Score On Style and Storage Space, But They Aren’t Easy to Use October 27, 2004; Page D1 One of the key…
FT on the Future of Wexford Opera Festival
*Wexford’s dilemma for future operas* By Andrew Clark Published: October 27 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 27 2004 03:00 When Wexford’s opera festival was young and innocent, audiences used…
Looking for Wolfgang in All the Wrong Places
*Scientists dig up family skeletons* Luke Harding in Berlin Wednesday October 27, 2004 The Guardian It has been a mystery for more than a century – is a skull in…
Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne to Produce Auber’s Haÿdée ou Le secret
*Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne will produce on 28 November Hayedée ou Le secret, a comic opera in three acts by Daniel François Auber.* *Production Details* Libretto by Eugène SCRIBE Music…
FT Reviews Mercadante’s La vestale
*La vestale, Wexford Festival* By Andrew Clark Published: October 25 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 25 2004 03:00 The compacting of operatic history into a performable repertoire leads us…
Opera Omaha to Present Copland’s The Tender Land
*Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land: Opera About Midwestern Farm Family Opens Opera Omaha’s Orpheum Season November 17, 19, 21* Omaha, NE–Opera Omaha will open its Orpheum season of performances with…
FT Reviews Don Carlos at the Vienna State Opera
*Don Carlos, Vienna State Opera* By Larry L Lash Published: October 22 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 22 2004 03:00 Despite character motivation and plot development of revelatory clarity…
FT on Countertenor Lawrence Zazzo
*US countertenor who is a wow in Europe* By Francis Carlin Published: October 28 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 28 2004 03:00 It is always a good sign when…