BACKGramophone
Watch soprano Angela Meade on the Gramophone Player
The Beverly Sill Artist Award- Winner currently starts at the Met in Verdi’s Ernani
Toscanini and Heifetz set the highest of standards
Two more titans of Gramophone for our Hall of Fame
Playing Debussy and Ravel on gut strings
David Watkin, cellist with the Eroica Quartet, explains his ensemble’s recent recording challenge
Championing Rattle for Gramophone’s Hall of Fame
The Berlin Phil’s conductor gets my vote.
The Times
Tyne Daly on the legend of Maria Callas
A final episode in the tempestuous life of Maria Callas is being recreated on the West End stage
The Guardian
Why there are so few female composers
Women who write music are still far outnumbered by their male peers. We need to adress this inequality. Here’s how
LA Times
Verdi, was a man of, and ahead of, his time
Los Angeles Opera’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ is but one example of a tale that resonates beyond its time
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-verdi-appreciation-20120205,0,3038942.story