Kát’a Kabanová, Paris Opéra (Garnier) By Francis Carlin Published: November 4 2004 02:00 | Last updated: November 4 2004 02:00 After Salzburg, Brussels, Barcelona, Toulouse and several showings on TV,…
Dario Volonté: A Biographical Note
by Miguel A. DeVirgilio Dario Volonté was born on September 1, 1963, in Buenos Aires, although his family came from a humble household some 250 miles north of the capital,…
An Interview with Ewa Podles
Contralto taking on fresh challenge in ‘Il Trovatore’ By TOM STRINI Journal Sentinel music critic Posted: Nov. 1, 2004 Ewa Podles, a leading international concert and opera contralto, will make…
Le Figaro Reviews Don Carlos at Wiener Staatsoper
Hommage à l’opéra français Christian Merlin [02 novembre 2004] Merci à l’Opéra de Vienne d’avoir osé ce à quoi Paris ne s’est pas encore risqué : ressusciter Don Carlos dans…
Peter Gelb and the Met
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Heidi Waleson opines on the future of the Met under Peter Gelb’s leadership. She maintains that, given his background with Sony, this is a radical…
FT Reviews Handel’s Guilio Cesare in Egitto
Guilio Cesare in Egitto, Boston Baroque By George Loomis Published: November 1 2004 02:00 | Last updated: November 1 2004 02:00 One of the many virtues of Handel’s Guilio Cesare…
Mefistofele in Amsterdam
by Jan Neckers Let’s start with the main assets of the new Mefistofele in Amsterdam: the singers. Gidon Saks has one of the biggest booming bass voices that ever sounded…
Obstacles to Celebrity
*Brownlee lends voice to the subject of race* By Richard Dyer, Globe Staff | October 31, 2004 African-American divas have swept triumphantly across the international operatic stage for decades, and…
MET Names New General Manager
*PETER GELB CHOSEN TO SUCCEED JOSEPH VOLPE AS GENERAL MANAGER* October 29, 2004 William C. Morris, president and chief executive officer of The Metropolitan Opera, announced today that Peter Gelb,…
A New Series on the History of Opera
Signifying Nothing: On the Aesthetics of Pure Voice in Early Venetian Opera Mauro Calcagno[1] Operas written in Venice in the 1640s feature surprisingly long melismas often setting seemingly insignificant words,…