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From:  "Wah Keung Chan @ La Scena Musicale" <wkchan@s...>
"Wah Keung Chan @ La Scena Musicale" <wkchan@s...>
Date:  Wed Jul 4, 2001  4:31 am
Subject:  New at La Scena Vocale - July 3, 2001


Here are the vocal/opera related articles and webcasts found at La
Scena Vocale http://vocale.scena.org. Visit http://en.scena.org for
other news.

News

On The Beat - Heppner signs recording contract with Deutsche
Grammophon; MOG Annual Membership Luncheon gathers Verdi greats,
Brian Kellow , Opera News, 7/3/2001
De Niro may star as mafioso Caruso, Richard Owen, The Times London, 7/2/2001
Florida Prostitute Admits Murders, Associated Press, 7/1/2001
Beleaguered Bolshoi appoints new saviour , GMN, 6/28/2001

Profiles / Interviews

Tenor Solo - Anthony Dean Griffey has carved out a singular career
playing opera's outsiders, Brooks Peters , Opera News, 7/3/2001
The Match Game -- Seattle Opera general director Speight Jenkins on
the process of casting, David Schiff , Opera News, 7/3/2001
The world's greatest opera company? Interview with director David
McVicar, Stephen Moss, Guardian Unlimited, 7/2/2001
Michael Kaiser - Selling Big Dreams on the Potomac, Elaine Sciolino,
New York Times, 7/1/2001
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - A German Diva Remembers, Gerhard R. Koch,
FAZ, 6/28/2001
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, the compelling voice next door, Wah Keung Chan
, La Scena Musicale, 6/27/2001
Yahoo! Chat with Elvis Costello & Anne Sofie von Otter,
iclassics.com, 6/23/2001
Anja Silja - 'If you've really loved once then life is over' , Tim
Ashley , Guardian Unlimited, 6/22/2001
Elvis Costello collaborates with opera singer Anne Sofie von Otter on
"For the Stars", Jodi Ross, CNN Interactive, 6/21/2001
Live Chat Transcript of Humphrey Burton on the Cardiff Singer of the
World Competition, BBC Online, 6/15/2001

Articles

Coda - Cancellation Blues, Brian Kellow , Opera News, 7/3/2001
Videos, Opera News, 7/3/2001
Letter from Paris, Stephen Mudge , Opera News, 7/3/2001
ViewPoint - Cast System, Rudolph S. Rauch , Opera News, 7/3/2001
The Fit Lady Sings - has opera casting become a triumph of the visual
over the vocal?, Steven Blier , Opera News, 7/3/2001
Exit Lines - Lotfi Mansouri steps down after 14 years as genearl
director of San Francisco Opera, Allan Rich , Opera News, 7/3/2001
The man who saved London's Royal Opera House, Alison Maitland,
Financial Times, 7/2/2001
The newest Grove Dictionary tries to bring it all together, Alex
Ross, The New Yorker, 7/2/2001
Director will bring new point of view to San Francisco Opera , R. M.
Campbell, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 7/2/2001
Cabbages and Rings - Behind the scenes of the Kirov opera company,
Amelia Gentleman, Guardian Unlimited, 7/2/2001

Obituaries
Joe Darion, Tony-Winning Lyricist of 'Man of La Mancha,' Dead at 90,
Playbill, 7/3/2001
Obituaries - Conductor/composer Giuseppe Sinopoli dies at fifty-four;
composer Robert Starer; soprano Graziella Sciutti; critic John
Ardoin; choreographer Ninette de Valois, Opera News, 7/3/2001
Soprano Gina Cigna Dies at 101, Associated Press, 6/30/2001
Opera star's death reflects art, Paul Gallagher, Scotsman, 6/3/2001


Reviews

In Review, Opera News, 7/3/2001
In the Penal Colony, Matthew Westphal, Andante.com, 7/3/2001
Dido Abandoned - by the Conductor, Susanna Migli, Andante.com, 7/3/2001
As Always, Pavarotti Aims High, Daniel Cariaga, LA Times, 7/2/2001
Makropulos Case at Glyndebourne, Erica Jeal, Guardian Unlimited, 7/2/2001
The Makropulos Case at Glyndebourne is better than ever, Rodney
Milnes, The Times London, 7/2/2001
Glyndebourne - 'Fidelio': The Heroic Life, Captured by Beethoven,
Lived by All, Paul Griffiths, New York Times, 7/2/2001
'Aida' Confronts a Wild Mike System, Anne Midgette, New York Times, 7/2/2001
Garsington's Strauss and Mozart - Imperfect match, Hugh Canning, The
Sunday Times, 7/1/2001
Lemieux an icon in progress, Arthur Kaptainis, Montreal Gazette, 6/29/2001

Webcasts

* Verdi's 'La forza del destino' , Global Music Network
* Midsummer Classics - Onlineclassics Gala, Online Classics
* Weekly Audio and Video Feature - June 30 - July 6, 2001, Mike Richter
* Novelist Ann Patchett Interview, Getmusic.com
* Verdi's Aida Live at the White Nights Festival, Global Music Network

News Release

Strauss: Arabella on DVD from DG, iclassics.com, 7/1/2001
Tenor Marius Brenciu wins both the main and song prizes at the
Cardiff Singer of the World, 6/16/2001
BBC Online TV and Radio Coverage of Cardiff Singer of the World
Competition, 6/14/2001
Sumi Jo Makes her Massey Hall (Toronto) recital debut on September
22, 2001, 6/12/2001
Vera Scammon Announces The S.O.S. (Supporting Our Singers) Vocal
Competition for Singers age 33 or Older, 6/11/2001

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