FT: Orion/Saariaho, Bluebeard/Bártok BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London

By David Murray Published: September 9 2004 05:00 | Last updated: September 9 2004 05:00 Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducted the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s grand new Orion followed by Bártok’s…

Simon Heighes Reviews L’Amfiparnaso

In the September 2004 issue of International Record Review, Simon Heighes reviews Orazio Vecchi’s L’Amfiparnaso, a new DVD under the Chandos Chaconne label. Composed in 1597, L’Amfiparnaso is a realization…

Fanfare Reviews Die Loreley

PACIUS Die Loreley * Osmo Vänskä, cond; Cornelius Hauptmann (Hubert); Soile Isokoski (Lenore); Riikka Rantanen (Bertha); Raimo Sirkiä (Otto); Topi Lehtipuu (Reinald); Arttu Kataja (Leupold); Lahti SO; Dominante Ch *…

Le Figaro: Charpentier en majesté

Charpentier en majesté Jacques Doucelin [08 septembre 2004] Bien avant d’imposer la victoire définitive de la vague baroque avec Atys, de Lully, William Christie s’était attelé à la redécouverte de…

Andante: Santa Fe Opera Aims High

Santa Fe Opera Aims High By David Patrick Stearns Three of the 2004 season’s productions — Don Giovanni, Agrippina and La sonnambula (starring Natalie Dessay) — prove very worthwhile, even…

The Independent: The Sydney Opera House: a father and son enterprise

In 1966 Jørn Utzon was forced to quit as architect of the Sydney Opera House before it was complete. Next week, the first new interiors he and his son have…

ÓPERA ACTUAL: Angela Gheorghiu

Angela Gheorghiu “Sé lo que quiero en la vida” Todavía resuenan los ecos de su renuncia a esa Traviata que inauguraba la pasada temporada del Teatro Real. Después de su…

NYT: Enough to Make Handel Reach for His Walkman

Enough to Make Handel Reach for His Walkman By ANTHONY TOMMASINI During the late 1720’s Handel had two rival prima donnas in the London opera company he ran: Francesca Cuzzoni…

SFCV.org Previews SF Opera Fall Season

By Robert Commanday The opening of the season in San Francisco has always turned first thoughts to opera. The success of the San Francisco Symphony, its greater subscribership through Fall,…

NYT: Why the Dying Richard Strauss Couldn’t Get Enough of ‘Daphne’

Why the Dying Richard Strauss Couldn’t Get Enough of ‘Daphne’ By BRYAN GILLIAM ON June 11, 1949, his 85th birthday, Richard Strauss performed at his piano for the last time.…