Some bloggers have written about their experience at the New York Philharmonic’s Elijah in the past week:
November 14, 2010
November 12, 2010
November 12, 2010
James Oestreich reviews for the New York Times the New York Philharmonic’s performance of Mendelssohn’s Elijah. I infer from the review that I was correct in thinking that it would not be worthwhile for me to make the trip to New York to attend a performance.
August 24, 2010
Ariadne on Naxos
September 28, 2010, is the scheduled release date for the United States of a new recording, in English, of Richard Strauss’s opera Ariadne on Naxos, as part of the Opera in English series of Chandos records. The cast includes Christine Brewer, Gillian Keith, Alice Coote, Robert Dean Smith, and Stephen Fry. Richard Armstrong conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
August 31, 2010, is the scheduled release date for the United Kingdom, says amazon.co.uk.
April 4, 2010
April 4, 2010
Fabio Luisi to conduct Tosca and Lulu at Met Opera in April and May–talkoperaworld.com
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Alice Coote: Song at Its Finest, San Francisco Classical Voice
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Interview: Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, culturekiosque.com
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La Monnaie in Brussels has announced its 2010-2011 opera season.
The season will include performances of Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots in June 2011.
Music direction ¦ Marc Minkowski
Director ¦ Olivier Py
Set design ¦ Pierre-André Weitz
Costumes ¦ Pierre-André Weitz
Lighting ¦ Bertrand Killy
Chorus direction ¦ Martino Faggiani
Marguerite de Valois ¦ Marlis Petersen
Henriette Bonde-Hansen
Valentine ¦ Mireille Delunsch
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Urbain ¦ Yulia Lezhneva
Blandine Staskiewicz
Raoul de Nangis ¦ Eric Cutler
John Osborn
Comte de Saint-Bris ¦ Philippe Rouillon
Comte de Nevers ¦ Jean-François Lapointe
De Retz ¦ Arnaud Rouillon
Marcel ¦ François Lis
Jérôme Varnier
Cossé ¦ Xavier Rouillon
Tavannes ¦ Avi Klemberg
Thoré ¦ Marc Labonnette
Méru ¦ Frédéric Caton
Orchestra ¦ La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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From 3rd act of Idomeneo re di Creta at La Monnaie, Brussels. Malena Ernman in the male role as Idamante. 28th March 2010. Here with Gregory Kunde as Idomeneo and Sophie Karthäuser as Ilia.
