Richard Eyre’s new production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen for the Metropolitan Opera is, on most counts, a winner.
It’s light years away from its predecessor, an overdone Franco Zeffirelli gypsy extravaganza. In its dark spirit, it’s closer to Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s…
Elīna Garanča as Carmen.
The “The Met: Live in HD” series continues Saturday with a broadcast of Georges Bizet’s Carmen.
One of today’s hottest young mezzo-sopranos, Elīna Garanča, sings the role of the gypsy for…
Riccardo Muti
Musical America, the country’s leading source of information on all things related to classical music, whether in its printed directory or online at MusicalAmerica.com, has announced its awards for 2010.
They’re a…
De Niese as Cleopatra
An article by Vanessa Thorpe, arts and media correspondent for Britain’s Observer, notes the new dominance of slender, sexy sopranos at Austria’s Salzburg Festival. (See it here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/aug/16/opera-slimline-divas/print) Singers like…
