Royal Opera Double Bill: L'Heure espagnole and Gianni Schicchi

Read the review in full here:

www.musicalcriticism.com/opera/double-bill.htm

Edinburgh Festival 2007-8 Preview

Finally announced, this year's festival features a string of operas and concerts on themes that go to the very heart of the business of making music:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/news/edinburgh-2007.htm


Also of interest: the new season at the Royal Festival Hall:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/news/sbc-2007.htm

Update: Holl/Schiff, Barbican Preview et al

New and recent articles of interest:

Schubert Lieder at QEH with Robert Holl and Andras Schiff
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/concerts/holl-schiff.htm

Great Performers at the Barbican Preview 2007-8
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/news/barbican-2007.htm

Interview with the mezzo-soprano Christine Rice on her forthcoming ROH role
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/interviews/rice.htm

Simon Rattle's new recording of Brahms' German Requiem
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/recordings/brahms-requiem.htm

Opera Holland Park's eclectic Summer 2007 Preview
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/news/ohp-2007.htm

The LSO's new recording of Sibelius Symphony No 2 and Pohjola's Daughter with Colin Davis
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/recordings/lso-sibelius-2.htm

Bryn Terfel and Sarah Connolly at the Barbican
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/concerts/bbcso-terfel.htm

The Tempest at the Royal Opera House
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/opera/tempest.htm

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