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Natalie Dessay Finishes What Barbra Streisand Started

2331 days ago
New York TimesMs. Dessay, a star soprano who retired from staged opera in 2013, has recorded a Michel Legrand song cycle intended for Ms. Streisand in the 1970s. more info

Review: Natalie Dessay, After Opera Left Her

2528 days ago
New York TimesThe French soprano, recently retired from staged opera, gave a recital at Carnegie Hall that showed off the intensity of her acting. more info

French soprano Dessay gives up opera but not the stage

3097 days ago
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - French soprano Natalie Dessay gave a recent recital in London that one critic called "sublime" and her latest CD of French art songs has been well received, but she says her fans will never see her again on the opera stage that mad... more info

Sue Gilmore: S.F. Opera star Natalie Dessay to appear at San Francisco screenings of 'Becoming Traviata' documentary

3951 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaQ&A sessions with the soprano will follow two showings of the film at Opera Plaza Cinema more info

Alexandre Tharaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit/Swinging Paris – review

4171 days ago
Guardian Music(Virgin Classics)The ballet by Milhaud gave its name in 1922 to a Parisian cafe that became a centre of fashionable nightlife. The versatile pianist Alexandre Tharaud has gathered some friends together to demonstrate the range and atmosphere of this ... more info

La Fille du Régiment – review

4361 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Opera House, LondonLaurent Pelly's production of Donizetti's lightweight comedy was originally built around the extraordinary talents of Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez. Now that they've moved on, some of the glamour they cast over the re... more info

Natalie Dessay – review

4407 days ago
Guardian MusicWigmore Hall, LondonThe leading French soprano has finally made her Wigmore Hall debut. With a programme of French song focusing on Debussy, but also encompassing Chabrier, Chausson and Duparc, Natalie Dessay could hardly have chosen better vehicles,... more info

Bellini. I just don't get it, Norma or no Norma...

4442 days ago
Guardian MusicI need help. What is there apart from empty rumty-tum, trivial jollity - well, and the odd good tune - in Bellini's bel canto operas?I remember when it happened, the first - and only - time I ever fell asleep in an opera. Jane Eaglen was on stage in ... more info

Tsar quality: Bolshoi theatre reopens after six-year overhaul

4537 days ago
Guardian MusicMedvedev and Putin to preside at gala opening of historic Russian theatre after work to restore pre-Soviet opulenceIt has been a renovation marred by endless delays and allegations of corruption, but on Friday the Bolshoi theatre finally opens its do... more info

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor – review

4614 days ago
Guardian MusicDessay/Beczala/Sulimsky/Bannik/Mariinsky Chorus and Orchestra/Gergiev (Mariinsky, 2CDs) Made in St Petersburg last year, this is, significantly, the first recording of a bel canto opera to come from the Mariinsky since Valery Gergiev began his overh... more info

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