Today's Classical Music News – May 16, 2008
Michael Vincent
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Editor's Choice
Sir Colin Davis: Knit one, purl one, conduct one, (The Telegraph)
Latin class from a classical rock star, (Sydney Morning Herald)
CBC radio hearings may come to town, (Georgia Straight)
Violin swindler masterfully played his victims , (San Francisco
Chronicle)
Pierre Boulez looks to the future, (The Times)
Plus More...
2008-05-16
Cultural Life: Alice Coote, Opera Singer (Interview, Charlotte Cripps
- The Independent)
Opera Pacific makes the case for 'Susannah' (Review, Timothy Mangan -
Orange County Register)
Los Angeles Opera accessorizes 'Tosca' revival with Maria Callas'
jewelry (Article, David Ng - Los Angeles Times)
Opera Pacific's 'Susannah' (Review, Mark Swed - Los Angeles Times)
Opera Director Runs Naked, Swells Cut Deals at Glyndebourne (Article,
Warwick Thompson - Bloomberg)
New board for symphony (News, Joanne Paulson - Star Phoenix)
CBC decision strikes discord (Letters, Penny Essex - Peace Arch News)
Shakespeare set to music (Article, Joyce Kam - The Standard)
Eschenbach reflects on five years as musical direrctor (Interview, Tom
Di Nardo - Philadelphia Daily News)
Anna Netrebko/Rolando Villazon: La Boheme (Review, Geoff Brown - Times
Online)
He appears to have robotic self-discipline. But inside, Brown is a
ferment of emotion (Article, Dominic Lawson - The Independent)
Muti deal shows it's never wise to settle (Article, Bill Gowen - Daily
Herald)
Classical approach to Eagles' music (Article, Bradley Bambarger - Star-
Ledger)
Cellist reveals soul of great composers (Review, Barbara Zuck -
Columbus Dispatch)
American String Project hits all the right notes (Review, R.M.
Campbell - Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
For sisters, chamber music performance is family affair (Article,
Sarah Hoover - Baltimore Sun)
Prague's soundtrack factory (Article, Beth Potter - Christian Science
Monitor)
Chorale, orchestra find beauty in songs of lament (Review, William
Randall - Star Tribune)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: what a fabulous final flourish
(Review, Geoffrey Norris - The Telegraph)
Monteverdi's Poppea - 'It's the sexiest piece ever
written' (Interview, Martin Kettle - Guardian Unlimited)
Shaping a work that has returned to fashion (Review, Allan Kozinn -
New York Times)
A Brahms Piano Quartet, with no strings attached (Review, Vivien
Schweitzer - New York Times)
LSM Blog:
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Today's Birthday's in Music: May 15 (Monteverdi, Balfe)
Le Concours Musical International de Montréal - Du 19 au 29 mai 2008
Today's Birthday in Music: May 14 (Klemperer)
Today's Birthday in Music: May 13 (Sullivan)
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 12 (Massenet, Fauré)
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 11 (Weir, Gluck)
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 10 (Babbitt, M. Shostakovich)
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 9 (Giulini, von Otter)
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)
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