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.…

Opera Japonica: Maria Nockin’s Letter from America

Summer in Santa Fe The most difficult tickets to obtain at Santa Fe this summer were for Vincenzo Bellini’s seldom performed opera, La sonnambula. It was a great pleasure to…

Pro Ópera: Deborah Voigt, en México

Deborah Voigt, en México Una de las más importantes sopranos de Estados Unidos visitó nuestro país a finales del pasado mes de mayo para dar dos recitales con la Orquesta…

Classical Singer Interviews Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo by Cristina Necula The term “force of nature” often applies to those human beings who encompass at once faith, passion, inexhaustible energy, and complete dedication to their mission…

The Scotsman: When modern dance meets the Underworld

When modern dance meets the Underworld KELLY APTER Orfeo ed Euridice by Opera North and Emio Greco WHEN International Festival director Brian McMaster invited Italian dancer Emio Greco to Edinburgh…