Chicago Sun-Times Sat, 27 Oct 2007 2:04 AM PDT
Andrew Davis, music director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, is stepping down as artistic adviser of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for the rest of the 2007-08 season, the final year of his three-year contract.
Spotlight: Bartoli Says Opera in Italy Is a 'Disaster,' but She - and Pape and Ramey - Are as Lively as Ever
By Michael S. Markowitz15 Oct 2007
What the stars are up to, on stage and off.
Italy may be the spiritual home of opera, but one of its most famous divas, Cecilia Bartoli, says she's in despair over the state of music and culture in her native land. The Rome-born mezzo-soprano recently told the Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspeigel that opera in Italy is a "disaster" and that the cultural system is on the brink of collapse.
By Michael S. Markowitz15 Oct 2007
What the stars are up to, on stage and off.
Italy may be the spiritual home of opera, but one of its most famous divas, Cecilia Bartoli, says she's in despair over the state of music and culture in her native land. The Rome-born mezzo-soprano recently told the Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspeigel that opera in Italy is a "disaster" and that the cultural system is on the brink of collapse.
27 Oct 2007
New York City Opera's new-and-unusual production of Massenet's Cinderella tale - treated as a parable of the 1950s American Dream (Grace Kelly really did become a princess, after all) - opens Saturday afternoon at the New York State Theater.
Strikes Force Cancellations at Paris Opera
Strikes Force Cancellations at Paris Opera
26 Oct 2007
Friday evening's two performances at the Opéra National de Paris, one of them a world premiere, were cancelled Friday afternoon because of labor unrest.
27 Oct 2007
The finals of the Marguérite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Competition are held this weekend in Paris. The six finalists compete in solo recitals Saturday at the Salle Gaveau, with the concerto finals Sunday at the Salle Pleyel.
Slatkin-DSO Extension 'in Works'
Slatkin-DSO Extension 'in Works'
26 Oct 2007
Leonard Slatkin will start his new job as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's music director next fall, but a two-year extension to his three-year contract is already "in the works," the conduc
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