BACKNew York Times
Met Opera To Broadcast ‘Ring’ Cycle In Movie Theaters In May
The Metropolitan Opera has announced that concurrent with its final live presentation of the Robert Lepage production of Wagner’s “Ring des Nibelungen” this spring (May 5-12), it will begin broadcasting the complete “Ring” cycle to movie theaters around the world.
LA Times
LA Phil Concerts With Dudamel, Salonen, Others Will Air On KUSC
A new series of broadcasts featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic in concert will be heard on classical music station KUSC-FM (91.5) beginning this weekend.
The Times
John Eliot Gardiner’s Bach Cycle Finds Donor
Wanted: 2,500 Bach lovers, each with 20 quid to spare. Previous experience of philanthropy not essential.
Independent
Glyndebourne Opera Is A Head In The Race
The new Glyndeboure opera, Gold Run, conducted by James Redwood, is about the Paralympic Games.
Gramophone
Few Conductors Speak Directly To Their Audiences, But When They Do Is It Informative And Engaging Or Downright Annoying?
Guardian
We Should Celebrate Debussy By Assessing His Real Legacy
In this anniversary year, forget the concept of Debussy the musical impressionist. I want to celebrate Debussy the sonic explorer.
The Rest Is Noise
In a Rest Is Noise exclusive, Alex Ross reveals to an anxiously waiting world the contents of the smoothie that Michael Tilson Thomas prepared onstage at Carnegie Hall the other night, during a rendition of Song Books and other works by John Cage.
http://www.therestisnoise.com/2012/03/mtts-smoothie.html