FT Reviews Tamerlano

*Tamerlano, Opéra de Lille* By Francis Carlin Published: October 6 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 6 2004 03:00 There should be a golden rule for producers: don’t make life…

The Mariinsky’s New Season

*Voice activated* By Galina Stolyarova STAFF WRITER Photo by Meri Cyr / FOR SPT The Mariinsky theater, which opens its 2004-2005 season on Thursday, Oct. 7th with Glinka’s “A Life…

Le Monde on Film Makers and Opera

L’opéra au cinéma, entre chic et surprise LE MONDE | 30.09.04 | 14em5 La mise en scène d’opéra est, pour des cinéastes comme Benoît Jacquot, Atom Egoyan, Robert Altman… l’occasion…

Le Figaro on Charpentier Festival

FESTIVAL Marc-Antoine Charpentier à Ambronay Triomphe de la jeunesse Gérard Corneloup [30 septembre 2004] En cette année du bicentenaire de la mort de Marc-Antoine Charpentier, occasion unique de le sortir…

FROSCH at Innsbruck

Die Frau ohne Schatten, Tiroler Landstheater, Innsbruck By Larry L Lash Published: September 29 2004 03:00 | Last updated: September 29 2004 03:00 It was a strange match: Richard Strauss’s…

King’s Music Reviews New Recordings of Works by Rameau

Rameau : Platée Paul Agnew Platée, Mireille Delunsch La Folie & Thalie, Yann Beuron Thespis & Mercure, Vincent Le Texier Jupiter, Doris Lamprecht Junon, Laurent Naouri Cithéron & a Satyr,…

A Profile of Anna Netrebko

In the October 2004 issue of BBC Music magazine, Amanda Holloway writes: The phrase most often used of Anna Netrebko is a ‘package’: stunning looks, acting ability and a gorgeous,…

CDs Still Preferable to Downloads

Silicon Still Rocks the House By Cynthia L. Webb washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Tuesday, September 28, 2004; 9:38 AM The Internet may have forever changed the music business, but online downloads…

Die Walküre at the Met

Die Walküre, Metropolitan Opera, New York By Martin Bernheimer Published: September 28 2004 03:00 | Last updated: September 28 2004 03:00 For the past couple of decades at the Metropolitan…

FT Reviews La Rondine

La Rondine, New York City Opera By Martin Bernheimer Published: September 27 2004 03:00 | Last updated: September 27 2004 03:00 La Rondine certainly isn’t Puccini’s easiest or most successful…