http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera The opera scene worldwide, according to Culturekiosque opera critic Joel Kasow. en-us Copyright 2008 Euromedia Group, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Sat, 17 May 2008 23:01:58 EST 1440 http://www.culturekiosque.com/special/images/ck_horizontal_logo.gif http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/satyagraha_glass_metropolitanopera176.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/satyagraha_glass_metropolitanopera176.html Aerialists, puppeteers and stilt walkers mark Philip Glass' semi-narrative opera about Mahatma Gandhi’s early years in South Africa. In Sanskrit. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/opera_cds113.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/opera_cds113.html If you have not yet observed the gift-giving tradition and are waiting for La Befana’s arrival on Epiphany, there are some magnificent CDs and DVDs that merit attention. Fri, 4 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/siegfried.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/siegfried.html The cast of the Opéra de Lyon slipped into something more comfortable for its production of Wagner's 'Siegfried'. Joel Kasow reports. Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/opera_cds_65.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/opera_cds_65.html Reviews of new releases by Anne Sofie von Otter, Evelyn Lear, Thomas Stewart, Ian Bostridge, Rolando Villazón, Irmgard Seefried, Leonard Bernstein and Thomas Hampson. Fri, 2 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/henze_phaedra.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/henze_phaedra.html German composer Hans Werner Henze's new concert opera "Phaedra" about a tormented queen infatuated with her stepson. Ciarán McAuley reviews the world premiere from Berlin. Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/books/sherrill_milnes.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/books/sherrill_milnes.html Sherrill Milnes’s autobiography, 'American Aria', has now been updated for a paperback edition. Read the review. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/opera_cds_64.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/opera_cds_64.html Opera CD reviews of Duets with Anna Netrebko (soprano)and Rolando Villazón (tenor), Mercadante's Maria Stuarda, regina di Scozia, Offenbach's Le Financier et le Savetier, Beethoven's Fidelio and Mariotte's Salomé. Tue, 7 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/opera_cds_63.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/opera_cds_63.html Opera critic Joel Kasow weighs in on new releases of Baroque opera and sacred music. Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/intervie/emmanuelle_haim.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/intervie/emmanuelle_haim.html Opera editor Joel Kasow chats with Emmanuelle Haïm, a photogenic French conductor who could just as easily entice men from the cover of Esquire . Her secret: "Just don't wear a super miniskirt or a strapless dress." Wed, 6 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/opera_cds_62.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/opera_cds_62.html New releases by Elîna Garanča, Joseph Calleja, Vivica Genaux, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón and a rare recording of Donizetti's Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal are among the CDs and DVDs under review. Wed, 2 May 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/comment/opera_in_concert.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/comment/opera_in_concert.html If you are attracted by the notion of appreciating the music without a directorial intervention, here is a choice of events in the coming months. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/rhecd61.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/rhecd61.html Anna Netrebko, Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, Magdalena Kozena, Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel and much more! Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/news/nicolas_joel.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/news/nicolas_joel.html "The sit-com surrounding the nomination of a successor to Gérard Mortier as Director of the Opéra National de Paris was finally resolved at the beginning of December," writes Joel Kasow from Paris. Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/rhecd60.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/rhecd60.html Opera critic Joel Kasow's Christmas pick of complete operas on CD and DVD. Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/books/opera_lovers_cookbook.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/books/opera_lovers_cookbook.html Joel Kasow reviews Francine Segan and the Metropolitan Opera Guild's guide to opera-themed parties, menus and recipes. Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/lohengrin_lyon.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/lohengrin_lyon.html Opera critic Joel Kasow on Wagner's 'Lohengrin' at the Opéra National de Lyon. Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/rhecd59.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/rhecd59.html Joel Kasow reviews the latest releases of operas by Bellini, Cilea, Massenet, Rameau, Marchetti and others. Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/news/opera_podcasts.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/news/opera_podcasts.html Will this bring new, and especially young, audiences to the opera? Mon, 9 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/news/elisabeth_schwarzkopf.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/news/elisabeth_schwarzkopf.html Soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf dies at 90. Joel Kasow reflects on her career and selects the German soprano's best recordings available on CD. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EST http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/choregies_d_orange.html http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/reviews/choregies_d_orange.html Verdi's 'Aida' was this year's big draw at the Antique Theatre of Orange, one of the best preserved Roman theatres in Europe. Fri, 4 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EST