Anna Netrebko out of Covent Garden Traviata
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December 31, 2011
December 30, 2011
December 30, 2011
La Bohème, starring Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Simon Keenlyside, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, and Elisabetta Scano, will be re-released by Decca in February 2012 (originally released in 1999).
December 29, 2011
December 29, 2011
“Pappano, . . . at this point one of the most important people in opera, crowned a stunning year . . . with a concert recording of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell (EMI Classics). Rossini’s last opera, another important work opposing political repression, is, despite the familiarity of a small part of its very long overture, rarely staged (never mind that the enterprising SF Opera performed it twice in the 90s). But with Gerald Finley . . . in the title role, Pappano hit the apple at its core.”–Tim Pfaff, “Best classical discs 2011,” Bay Area Reporter
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Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dec. 1, Symphony Hall — Jiri Belohlavek, conducting; Sasha Cooke and Gerald Finley, soloists — One of the top ten performances of classical music in Boston and vicinity during 2011, according to Keith Powers of the Patriot Ledger. “Levine is gone, but his programming lingers, for this season at least. His survey of John Harbison's symphonies, including this performance of the fifth, added tremendous perspective and insight into that body of work. A major program that also included the fourth Beethoven concerto and his Leonore Overture.”
December 28, 2011
December 23, 2011
December 22, 2011
December 22, 2011
2011: A very mixed year for classical music in Boston–Lloyd Schwartz, the Phoenix.
December 13, 2011
Future Sony CD releases of Metropolitan Opera performances
Future Sony CD releases of Metropolitan Opera performances: release dates January 17, 2012, in United States, and February 6, 2012, in United Kingdom. Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore Roberta Peters, Carlo Bergonzi, Frank Guarrera, Fernando Corena, Loretta Di Franco, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Thomas Schippers 2 CDs taken from the March 5, 1966 live performance. CD, amazon.com CD, amazon.co.uk
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana, and Leoncavallo: Pagliacci Eileen Farrell, Richard Tucker, Cesare Bardelli, Lucine Amara, Franco Corelli, Anselmo Colzani, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Nello Santi In Cavalleria Rusticana, the first half of opera's most famous double feature, Eileen Farrell sings the role of the ill-fated Santuzza in what would be her last Met broadcast.
Pagliacci stars Franco Corelli as Canio, the clown who must make his audience laugh while he himself is consumed with despair, in what would be the famous tenor's only Met broadcast performance in the role.
2 CDs taken from the April 11, 1964, live performance. CD, amazon.com CD, amazon.co.uk
Verdi: Ernani Carlotta Ordassy, Giorgio Tozzi, Robert Nágy, Carlo Bergonzi, Leontyne Price, 2 CDs taken from the December 1, 1962, live performance. CD, amazon.com CD, amazon.co.uk
Verdi: Luisa Miller Richard Tucker, Ezio Flagello, Sherrill Milnes, Giorgio Tozzi, Nancy Williams, 2 CDs taken from the February 17, 1968 live performance. CD, amazon.com CD, amazon.co.uk
Cornell MacNeil, Ronald Reitan; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Thomas Schippers
Montserrat Caballé, Louise Pearl; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Thomas Schippers
December 5, 2011
Jul med Peter Mattei
An album of Christmas songs sung in Swedish by Peter Mattei, Jul med Peter Mattei, can be purchased as an mp3 download from amazon.com.
