LA Times 

2011 Year In Review: Top Arts And Culture Stories.

Ai Weiwei, “The Book of Mormon” and Gustavo Dudamel receive acclaim.

TSA Chorus Checks In At LAX With Holiday Spirit.

Transportation Security Administration officers at Los Angeles International Airport aren’t just busy checking baggage and enforcing the 3-ounce liquid limit this year — they’re putting on a show.

The Telegraph

Ji Hyun Kim: New Face.

Rupert Christiansen introduces Ji Hyun Kim, The Tenor Playing Gastone In La Traviata.

New York Times

Opera Flourishing At The Extremes.

Allann Kozin on the increasingly extreme innovations in opera.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/arts/music/provocative-opera-at-2-extremes-early-and-new-music.html?_r=1&ref=classicalmusic