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Newsletter
109 is now available.
The
BBC are broadcasting Donizetti's La fille du régiment
from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, on this coming
Saturday, February 13 with Damrau and Flórez.
It will be available over the web for the seven days
following on www.bbc.co.uk/radio3
. This is a revival of the much
acclaimed production originally starring Dessay and
Flórez, see
here
for photographs of it.
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Roger
Parker has written an article, "Truly,
Madly, Deeply" , for
The Guardian on Donizetti's Lucia
di Lammermoor in conjunction with
English
National Opera's upcoming performances
of both it and The Elixir of Love. Photographs and
comments
from the original production can be seen
here.
The Teatro San Carlo, Naples, where the opera was
premiered, has opened recently after a two
year refurbishment. See here
for details.
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Dynamic
have released the world première recording of Arrieta's La Conquista
di Granata on CDS
618 taken
from a live revival in Madrid in 2006, the first performance
for around 150 years. You can hear an excerpt from it on that link.
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