ENO's new Aida; Sibelius chez Salonen and Elder; Paolo Gavanelli interview on L'elisir d'amore; interview with Claire Rutter and John Hudson; CDs

It's massive update time again:

ENO's new Aida:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/opera/eno-aida.htm

Interview with Claire Rutter and John Hudson on ENO's new Aida:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/interviews/rutter-hudson.htm

Interview with the great Paolo Gavanelli on Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/interviews/gavanelli.htm

Hugo's reviews of all four of Salonen's Sibelius concerts at the Barbican:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/concerts/salonen-sibelius2.htm
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/concerts/salonen-sibelius1.htm

Mark Elder and the Halle doing Sibelius: The Origin of Fire in Manchester:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/concerts/halle-sibelius.shtml

Hugo on the completion of Schubert's 'Unfinished':
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/concerts/rfh-oae-jurowski.htm

Agnes on Mark Elder's celebration of the Elgar anniversary with the LPO:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/concerts/rfh-lpo-elder.htm

Una-Frances' feature on the Sibelius anniversary:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/news/sibelius.htm

Patrizia Ciofi in Bellini's La straniera at the RFH for Opera Rara:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/opera/or-straniera.htm

ENO's new production of The Coronation of Poppea with Kate Royal:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/opera/eno-poppea.htm

Cardiff Singer of the world Rosenblatt Song Prize winner Elizabeth Watts in Handel's Semele:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/opera/eoc-semele.htm

Alex Reedijk, director of Scottish Opera, on the Five:15 project:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/news/scottish-opera-5-15.htm

The Barbican announces details of their 2008-09 season, including several Handel operas and oratorios, a residency with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Riccardo Chailly, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager and much more:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/news/barbican-2008.htm

John Eliot Gardiner embarks on his Brahms cycle with the ORR:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/concerts/rfh-jeg-brahms.htm

Mary reviews two concerts in Edinburgh:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/concerts/rsno-clein
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/concerts/sco-brahms.htm


CDs
Vivaldi's Atenaide on Naive:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/recordings/cd-atenaide.shtml

Amanda Roocroft's sensational new CD on Onyx, including Tchaikovsky songs:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/recordings/cd-roocroft.htm

DVD review of The Callas Conversations Vol II on EMI:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/recordings/dvd-callas-conversations.htm

Lang Lang plays Beethoven's First and Fourth Piano Concertoson Deutsche Grammophon:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/recordings/cd-langlang-beethoven.htm

Boulez's new recording of Mahler's Eighth:
http://www.musicalcriticism.com/recordings/cd-boulez-mahler-8.htm


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