Opera arias by Mozart, Gounod, Rossini, Weber and Dvorak (Karita Mattila, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra, John Pritchard, cond.; Philips, 52:50). With her first operatic recital disc for Philips, ...

You might easily overlook Daniele Piattelli since he’s all but hidden amid the pistol-packin’ gentlemen and saucy ladies who fill the Golden Lily Saloon and Bathhouse. But your ears won’t miss his ...

This week we’ve a grandiose choral work inspired by a composer’s love for the beautiful game, along with two noisily enjoyable attempts to portray physical movement in musical terms. A frighteningly ...

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra concert at UCLA’s Royce Hall Sunday night did not make sense. Mannequins in the lobby displayed gowns courtesy of Judy Lee Design. The evening was titled “Italian ...

Opera fans are almost running out of superlatives to describe his voice. Rupert Christiansen meets Juan Diego Florez, a man whose time has arrived Vocal marvel: Juan Diego Florez relishes his vocal ...

Opera fans are a contentious lot, furiously sparring over the relative worth of leading singers, but a rare consensus has emerged around Joyce DiDonato, the down-to-earth mezzo with the gleaming voice ...

TWO hundred years after Peru became the first New World country to produce its own operatic culture, South America is throwing up a fresh generation of impressive young tenors. Jose Cura and Marcelo ...

Is there a better Rossini tenor than Lawrence Brownlee? The upcoming Bratislava concert has the answer. The question posed by music critic Alex Ross was likely rhetorical because Lawrence Brownlee ...