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January 2012
Editor's Notes Recent News
Featured productions New Feature - Video Trailers
Reviews by our critics Featured CD's
Featured Article Highlights during February
Aida by Lyric Opera of Chicago (photo Dan Rest / Lyric Opera of Chicago)
EDITOR'S NOTES
Happy 2012 to everyone!
As we enter a new year the opera world continues to be a troubled place. Opera Boston announced it would be closing at the end of 2011, while New York City Opera struggled to reach an agreement with its unions. Fortunately for NYCO the impasse was broken and the 2012 season will continue as planned.
But it is not all doom and gloom. There will be much to look forward to in 2012 including high profile Ring cycles in New York, London and Munich, and a whole host of other opera performances around the world. And of course they will all be covered here on The Opera Critic!
Michael Sinclair
Editor
Photos
Aida by Lyric Opera of Chicago
La Sonnambula by Oper Stuttgart
La Sonnambula at the Staatstheater Stuttgart (photo: AT Schaefer)
RECENT NEWS
>>The huge wind turbine, launched by Sir David Attenborough on the site of an old windmill above Glyndebourne, is already making a noise that protesters claim will ruin opera-goers' picnics.
(Telegraph)
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>>New York City Opera's orchestra union has ratified a new contract.
(Wall Street Journal)
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>>Los Angeles Opera to start dynamic ticket pricing next season, including a new low ticket cost of $18 for every performance.
(Los Angeles Times)
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FEATURED PRODUCTIONS
photo: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera photo: Tristram Kenton photo: Opéra national de Paris / Charles Duprat
THE ENCHANTED ISLAND
Metropolitan Opera
de Niese, Oropesa, DiDonato, Daniels, Domingo, Pisaroni
(c) Christie (d) McDermott
GIULIO CESARE
Opera North
Tynan, Rudge, Stephen, Laing, Riley, Taylor
(c) Howarth (d) Albery
MANON
Opéra national de Paris
Dessay, Filianoti, Ferrari, Lombardo, Heyboer, Gay
(c) Pido (d) Serreau
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HIGHLIGHTS DURING FEBRUARY 2012
2 Feb The Canadian Opera Company presents the Canadian premiere of Kaija Saariaho's L'amour de loin. 12 Feb New York City Opera begins its 2012 season with a new production of La Traviata directed by Jonathan Miller.
3 Feb David Pountney directs a new production of Puccini's Il Trittico for Opéra de Lyon. Lothar Koenigs conducts. 25 Feb English National Opera mounts a new production of John Adams' The Death of Klinghofer directed by Tom Morris.
4 Feb The Bavarian State Opera begins its new Ring cycle directed by Andreas Kriegenburg with Das Rheingold. 29 Feb David Daniels sings the title role in a new production of Handel's Rinaldo for Lyric Opera of Chicago. Francisco Negrin directs.
FEATURED CD's
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Soile Isokoski
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Diana Damrau
Liszt Songs
From the House of the Dead at the Vienna State Opera (photo: Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn)
REVIEWS BY OUR CRITICS
> Rasputin
Helikon Opera
by Glyn WIlliams
> Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Teatro alla Scala
by Sylvia Luraghi
> From the House of the Dead
Vienna State Opera
by Moore Parker
FEATURED ARTICLE
Designs fit for an opera diva
Helena Matheopoulos explores 'Fashion Designers at the Opera.'
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