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While the Barbican has been hosting the bulk of the ongoing celebration of the 30th anniversary of Les Arts Florissants, this programme consisting of Monteverdi's Sixth Book of Madrigals transferred aptly to a smaller and more atmospheric venue.

Hard to believe, but the tenor Philip Langridge reaches 70 next month. He gave advance notice of the event with a birthday recital, accompanied by David Owen Norris and the Doric Quartet, that attempted the almost impossible: to sum up in two hours a career that has perhaps been more varied than that of any other British singer of our time.

Arts Enter opens the 2009-10 theatre season Saturday at 8 p.m. The program is titled "Your Enchanted Evening" and will stroll through select periods of music from the classics to Broadway.

Arts Enter opens the 2009-10 theatre season on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 8 p.m. The program is titled "Your Enchanted Evening" and will stroll through select periods of music from the Classics to Broadway.

September 4, 2009 - I'm Robert Siegel. And I want to introduce you now to a piece of music.

Date : Sat, 5 Sep 2009 22:42:42 PDT National Public Radio September 4, 2009 Friday SHOW: All Things Considered 9:00 PM EST NPR Kim Kashkashian's Vocal Viola NOAH ADAMS, host: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.

CONDUCTOR John Eliot Gardiner deployed the forces of the English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir like a supreme military strategist, moving them around the stage during the performances to present this glorious music in the best possible light.

Those hoping to brush up their Ovid have a unique opportunity next weekend to do so in the company of St.

Edinburgh Festival 2009: return of the puppet masters One of the men behind 'War Horse' talks about making his creations sing .

Ruth Brauer-Kvam and Martin Niedermair. Photo: Edwina Pickles THERE is plenty in Barrie Kosky's Poppea for purists to get their knickers in a knot over.

Ruth Brauer-Kvam and Martin Niedermair. Photo: Edwina Pickles THERE is plenty in Barrie Kosky's Poppea for purists to get their knickers in a knot over.

ONE of the country's top soprano soloists is to perform with Harborough's Millennium Chorus in a concert marking the 250th anniversary of Handel's death.

Jamie Barton and Jamie Van Eyck in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria , Act II, Wolf Trap Opera It is no secret that Wolf Trap Opera's production of Claudio Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria was one of the most anticipated parts of our summer opera plans .

Monteverdi, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria , Les Arts Florissants, W. Christie Virgin Classics 7243 4 90613 9 2 Claudio Monteverdi settled in Venice, as maestro di cappella at San Marco, but was not to return to the genre of opera until a couple years before his death.

ON THE ROAD: John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir. The cantatas of Bach constitute one of the most incredible bodies of work completed by any single individual in any artform, not just music.

Clever use of media and an apocalyptic classical score lend this low-budget production the aroma of big-screen medical dystopias like Resident Evil and Mission Impossible II.

With 100 concerts in 58 days - and the First Night just a week away - we asked top singers, players and conductors share their picks of the Proms Pick of the Proms ... the big events, by the musicians.

Monteverdi's Last Operas -- A Venetian Trilogy by Ellen Rosand, UCalifornia Press '07, 447 pages, ISBN #0520249348. Index, bibliography, footnotes, eight appendices.

Mezzo soprano Bernarda Fink, under Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico, explores different composers' approaches to the role of the Virgin Mary in Christian theology.

The Monroe Area Opera, based in Sweetwater, Tenn., is looking for singers of all voice types to participate in four productions planned for ther 2009-2010 opera season.