Editor's Choice
The music revolution starts here, (La Scena Musicale Online)
Loud pieces put orchestra musicians’ hearing at risk, (St. Louis Post-
Dispatch)
UBS Virtual Maestro allows Severance visitors to 'conduct' orchestra,
(The Plain Dealer (Cleveland))
Who killed the composer?, (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Classical music's twentieth-century tragedy, (Times Online)
Plus More...
2008-05-08
Mason Bates' premiere eclipsed by 'Carmina Burana' at California
Symphony concert (Review, Richard Scheinin - San Jose Mercury News)
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Review, Hugo Shirley - Musical Criticism)
Summer sounds: the best of the opera festivals (Article, Rupert
Christiansen - Telegraph.co.uk)
Beloved 'La Traviata' concludes Michigan Opera Theatre season
(Preview, Mark Stryker - Detroit Free Press)
Chorus member fills in as cold sidelines lead in La Bohème (News,
Lloyd Dykk - Vancouver Sun)
Vancouver Recital Society: Young Masters take the stage (Preview,
David Gordon Duke - Vancouver Sun)
Richard Margison, Tracy Dahl in Manitoba Opera lineup (News, Winnepeg
Free Press)
Regina Symphony Orchestra closing in on a star (Preview, Edward
Willett - Regina Leader-Post)
Thoroughly Modern Millie: Still charming, spirited at 60 (Preview, Ted
Shaw - Windsor Star)
From Bach to Miles Davis for Ottawa's Thirteen Strings chamber
orchestra (News, Steven Mazey - Ottawa Citizen)
National Arts Centre Orchestra trumpeter celebrates debut CD, upcoming
concert (Upcoming Events, Steven Mazey - Ottawa Citizen)
How the tablas have turned for Zakir Hussain (Preview, John Terauds -
Toronto Star)
Hip Hopera breaks ground, gently (Review, Ben Rayner - Toronto Star)
Tafelmusik Orchestra and Chamber Choir: Life, death and big bold music
(Review, John Terauds - Toronto Star)
Diary: Teiya Kasahara (Commentary, Teiya Kasahara - National Post)
Pelléas et Mélisande: Cast is a gift - the set, an obstacle (Review,
Ken Winters - Globe And Mail)
Hallé/Elder, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (Review, Alfred Hickling -
Guardian Unlimited)
Metropolitan Opera Season preview: Now hear this (Preview, Philipp
Brieler - PlaybillArts)
With divorce almost complete, a happy collaboration (with lots of
help) (Review, Anthony Tommasini - New York Times)
Pianist of Apollonian finesse fnds his inner dionysus (Review, Allan
Kozinn - New York Times)
Frances Yeend, Soprano at City Opera and the Met, dies at 95
(Obituary, Margalit Fox - New York Times)
LSM Blog:
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 8 (Gottschalk, Cossutta)
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 7 (Brahms, Tchaikovsky)
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 6 (Ridout, Dimitrova)
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 5 (Böhme, Caniglia)
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 4 (Cristofori, Peters)
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 3 (Simoneau, D'Oyly Carte)
Today's Birthday in Music: May 2 (A. Scarlatti)
Today's Birthday in Music: May 1 (Dussek)
Today's Birthdays in Music: April 30 (Lehár, Homer)
Today's Birthdays in Music: April 29 (Beecham, Mehta)
Today's Birthdays in Music: April 28 (LeFanu, Tate)
Met Opera in HD: La fille du Regiment
© La Scena Musicale 2000-2008
> Chorus member fills in as cold sidelines lead in La Bohème (News,
> Lloyd Dykk - Vancouver Sun)
Has this sort of thing been happening more frequently lately (usually it's
an audience member who happens to be a professional opera singer and
happens to know the role), or is it that it happens all the time and we're
just seeing it reported more reliably, or am I just crazy?
We all know the answer to the third item, but what about the other two?
> Metropolitan Opera Season preview: Now hear this (Preview, Philipp
> Brieler - PlaybillArts)
Let me know when they announce the production of "The Nose."
> Frances Yeend, Soprano at City Opera and the Met, dies at 95
> (Obituary, Margalit Fox - New York Times)
So it's Ye End for Yeend. She's in the Stoky/NYP Mahler 8th, as well as
the First Part that exists from Ormandy's performance at the Hollywood
Bowl, and Reiner's recorded "Elektra" excerpts. I know she was a Met
stalwart, but those are all the recordings of her that I have.
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