L.A. Opera plans 'Ring' 'for the millennium'
32 million USD for a 'not expensive' Ring. Poor sods in LA, getting John Treleaven as Siegfried...
Tenor Domingo to write opera book
The Joy of Opera will offer insights into masterpieces and describe the factors which make singers so good."Opera for so many people remains a mystery, a curious and strange art form when it really should be much more part of our everyday lives," he said.
Tenor Domingo to convert non-opera fans
The book will delve into great masterpieces by composers as diverse as Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini and Richard Strauss along with insights into why they are the best-loved works, and will discuss how performers create a role; the art of listening; the community formed by audience and artists; and what it takes to make an opera singer great.
