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Articles by Fanfare Contributor David L. Kirk

A PASSION FOR OPERA: Learning to Love it: The Greatest Masters, Their Greatest Music. By Peter Fox Smith. North Pomfret, Vermont: Trafalfar Square Publishing, 2004.

MONIUSZKO: Straszny Dwór (Kaspszyk)

BEETHOVEN (Life and Times). By Martin Geck (translation: Anthea Bell). Vermont: Haus Publishing, Distributed by Trafalgar Square Books, 2003.

MONIUSZKO: The Haunted Manor (Jacek Kaspszyk)

FIRST NIGHTS AT THE OPERA. By Thomas Forrest Kelly. New Haven, CT. Yale University Press, 2004.

MONTEVERDI: Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (Harnoncourt)

I NEVER WALKED ALONE: The Autobiography of an American Singer. By Shirley Verrett, with Christopher Brooks. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2003.

MOZART, VOŘIŠEK (Karel Ančerl)

THE NEW YORK TIMES ESSENTIAL LIBRARY: OPERA . By Anthony Tommasini, New York: Times Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2004.

MOZART: Arias... (Christoph Genz)

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (Charles Rosekrans)

MOZART: Così fan tutti (John Pritchard)

ADAM: Giselle (David Coleman)

MOZART: Così fan tutti (John Pritchard)

ADAM: Giselle (Herbert von Karajan)

MOZART: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Arnold Östman)

AIRS D’OPÉRAS FRANÇAIS (Natalie Dessay)

MOZART: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Gustav Kühn)

BALLET FAVORITES (Erich Kunzel)

MOZART: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Marc Minkowski)

BAYER: The Fairy Doll... (Andrew Mogrelia)

MOZART: Die Zauberflöte (Bernard Haitink)

BECK: Symphonies... (Michael Schneider)

MOZART: Don Giovanni (Bernard Haitink)

BEETHOVEN: Fidelio (Karl Böhm)

MOZART: Don Giovanni (Zubin Mehta)

BEETHOVEN: Fidelio (Seiji Ozawa)

MOZART: Horn Concertos (Barry Tuckwell)

Bel Canto Arias (Joan Sutherland)

MOZART: Idomeneo (John Pritchard)

BELLINI: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Giuseppe Patané)

MOZART: Idomeneo, re di Creta (Colin Davis)

BELLINI: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Lorin Maazel)

MOZART: Komm, liebe Zither... (Erich Keller)

BELLINI: I Capuleti ei Montecchi (Brunco Campanella)

MOZART: La Betulia liberate (Mario Rossi)

BELLINI: I puritani (Riccardo Muti)

MOZART: La finta giardiniera (Arnold Östman)

BELLINI: I puritani (Riccardo Muti)

MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (John Pritchard)

BELLINI: I puritani (Richard Bonynge)

MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Zubin Mehta)

BELLINI: Norma (Gabriele Santini)

MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro. Don Giovanni.... (Jean-Claude Malgoire)

BELLINI: Norma (Julian Reynolds)

MOZART: Lucio Silla (Tomáš Netopil)

BELLINI: Norma (Oliviero de Fabritiis)

MUSIC TO THE BOURNONVILLE BALLETS (Lassen)

BELLINI: Norma (Richard Bonynge)

ONSLOW: Symphonies (Johannes Goritzki)

BENDA, G. A.: Der Dorfjahrmarkt (Hans von Benda)

PACIUS: Die Loreley (Osmo Vänskä)

BENDA: Der Dorfjahrmarkt (Hans von Benda)

PHILIDOR: Tom Jones (Jean-Claude Malgoire)

BIZET, STRAUSS (Christopher Hogwood)

PUCCINI Musicisti di Lucca: Vol. V (Gianfranco Cosmi)

BIZET: Carmen (Ernst Märzendorfer)

PUGNI: Esmeralda (Andrei Anikhanov)

BIZET: CARMEN (Herbert von Karajan)

REINTHALER: Jephta und seine Tochter (Wolfgang Helbich)

BIZET: Carmen (Plasson)

ROLANDO VILLAZÓN—OPERA RECITAL (Rolando Villazón)

BIZET: L’arlésienne (Michel Plasson)

ROSSINI: Adelaide di Borgogna (Carella)

BIZET: Symphony in C... (Charles Munch)

ROSSINI: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Ralf Weikert)

BIZET: Symphony in C... (Seiji Ozawa)

ROSSINI: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Ralf Weikert)

BRAHMS, MOZART, WOLF-FERRARI (Ferdinand Leitner)

ROSSINI: Il signor Bruschino (Claudio Desderi)

CATALANI: Loreley (Gianandrea Gavazzeni)

ROSSINI: Il signor Bruschino (Ion Marin)

CHOPIN: Die Kameliendame (Heribert Beissel)

ROSSINI: Il turco in Italia (Marzio Conti)

DELDEVEZ-MINKUS: Paquita (David Coleman)

ROSSINI: Il turco in Italia (Nino Sanzogno)

Die Frau ohne Schatten: Excerpts. (Excerpts. Franz Welser-Möst)

ROSSINI: La cambiale di matrimonio (Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli)

DONIZETTI: Anna Bolena (Elio Boncompagni)

ROSSINI: La cambiale di matrimonio (Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli)

DONIZETTI: Caterina Cornaro (Elio Boncompagni)

ROSSINI: La cenerentola (Piero Bellugi)

DONIZETTI: Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal (Elder)

ROSSINI: La donna del lago (Alberto Zedda)

DONIZETTI: Don Pasquale (Evelino Pidò)

ROSSINI: La pietra del paragone (Alessandro de Marchi)

DONIZETTI: Elvida (Antonello Allemandi)

ROSSINI: La scala di seta (Gianluigi Gelmetti)

DONIZETTI: Emilia di Liverpool (John Pritchard)

ROSSINI: La scala di seta (Marc Andreae)

DONIZETTI: Francesca di Foix (Antonello Allemandi)

ROSSINI: Le Comte Ory (Brad Cohen)

DONIZETTI: La figlia del reggimento (Marzio Conti)

ROSSINI: L’italiana in Algeri (Claudio Abbado)

DONIZETTI: La fille du régiment (Riccardo Frizza)

ROSSINI: L’italiana in Algeri (Donato Renzetti)

DONIZETTI: La fille du régiment (Roland Gagnon)

ROSSINI: L’italiana in Algeri (Nino Sanzogno)

DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (Friedrich Haider)

ROSSINI: L’occasione fa il ladro (Gianluigi Gelmetti)

DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (Herbert von Karajan)

ROSSINI: Mosè in Egitto (Antonino Fogliani)

DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (Jesús López-Cobos)

ROSSINI: Moïse (Georges Prêtre)

DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (Tullio Serafin)

ROSSINI: Moïse et Pharaon (Riccardo Muti)

DONIZETTI: Maria Padilla (Kenneth Montgomery)

ROSSINI: Moïse et Pharaon (Riccardo Muti)

DONIZETTI: Maria Stuarda (Fabrizio Maria Carminati)

ROSSINI: Opera Arias and Overtures... (Michael Hofstetter)

DONIZETTI: Pia de’ Tolomei (Parry)

ROSSINI: Tancredi (Riccardo Frizza)

DVOŘÁK, MASSENET, MEYERBEER (Jean Martinon)

ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville (James Levine)

DVOŘÁK, SMETANA (Herbert von Karajan)

ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie (Parry)

EXSULTATE JUBILATE (Olga Makarina)

ROSSINI: Torvaldo e Dorliska (Alessandro de Marchi)

EYBLER: Die vier letzten Dinge (Hermann Max)

SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3, “Organ”... (Christian Badea)

FRANCK, DUSSEK (John Barbirolli)

SCHNEITZHOEFFER: La Sylphide (Ermanno Florio)

GEMINIANI: Concerti grossi, op. 5 (After Corelli,... (Chiara Banchini)

SCHNEITZHOEFFER: La Sylphide (Florio)

GEMINIANI: Der Zauberwald. Concerto grosso... (Michael Schneider)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C (Günter Wand)

GOMES: Salvator Rosa (Maurizio Benini)

SPOHR: Zemire und Azor (Christopher Larkin)

GOUNOD, DELIBES, MESSAGER (Charles Mackerras)

STRAUSS, J.: Die Fledermaus (Theodor Guschlbauer)

GOUNOD: Messe solennelle de Sainte-Cécile (Hans Rudolf Zöbeley)

STRAUSS, WAGNER (Donald Runnicles)

GRAND PAS IN THE WHITE NIGHT (The Kirov Ballet)

STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier (Christian Thielemann)

GREAT BARITONE ARIAS (Tommi Hakala)

STRAUSS II, J.: Aschenbrödel (Michael Halász)

GREAT DANCERS OF OUR TIME (Vladimir Malakhov)

STRAUSS II, J.: Die Fledermaus (Herbert von Karajan)

GREAT DANCERS OF OUR TIME (Vladimir Malakhov)

STRAUSS II, J.: Die Fledermaus (Vladimir Jurowski)

GRIEG, SCHUMANN (Jansons)

SULLIVAN: Cox and Box (Gary McKercher)

GRIEG, SCHUMANN (Leif Ove Andsnes)

SULLIVAN: Patience (Blake Walter)

GRIEG: In Autumn... (Ole Kristian Ruud)

SULLIVAN: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan (Godrey)

GRÉTRY: Zémire et Azor (Doneux)

SULLIVAN: The Pirates of Penzance (William Elliott)

HUMMEL: Mass in d (Richard Hickox)

SULLIVAN: The Sorcerer (Gary McKercher)

HUMPERDINCK: Hansel and Gretel (Andreas Delfs)

SULLIVAN: The Sorcerer. Cox and Box (Madison Savoyards)

HUMPERDINCK: Hansel and Gretel (Charles Mackerras)

TCHAIKOVSKY, SAINT-SAËNS (Valery Gergiev)

HUMPERDINCK: Königskinder (Fabio Luisi)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Ballet at the Opera... (Colin Davis)

HÉROLD: La somnambule (Bonynge)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty (George Weldon)

JEWELS: Emeralds; Rubies; Diamonds (Paul Connelly)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (Anatole Fistoulari)

KÁLMÁN: Der Zigeunerprimas (Flor)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (James Tuggle)

LE JEUNE HOMME ET LA MORT & CARMEN (Paul Connelly)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (Valery Gergiev)

LEHÁR: Das Land des Lächelns... (Otto Ackermann)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (Valery Gergiev)

LEHÁR: Waltzes... (Willi Boskovsky)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (Vello Pähm)

LEHÁR: Zigeunerliebe (Beermann)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (Victor Fedotov)

LIGHT OPERA GEMS, GREAT VOICES OF THE PAST (Peter Anders)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake... (Vasily Petrenko)

LORTZING: Der Waffenschmied (Leopold Hager)

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker (Aleksandr Kopilov)

LORTZING: Der Wildschütz (Robert Heger)

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker (Evgeni Svetlanov)

MASCAGNI: An Introduction to Cavalleria rusticana (David Timson)

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beauty (Aleksandr Kopilov)

MASSENET: MANON (Jesús López-Cobos)

THE ART OF THE COLORATURA—FRENCH OPERA ARIAS (Elizabeth Vidal)

MASSENET: Sapho (Bernard Keefe)

THOMAS: HAMLET (Bertrand de Billy)

MASSENET: Thaïs (Marcello Viotti)

VERDI: Aida... (Daniele Gatti)

MAYA PLISETSKAYA—DIVA OF DANCE (Maya Plisetskaya)

VERDI: La traviata (Carlo Rizzi)

MAYR: Ginevra di Scozia (Severini)

VIENNA STATE OPERA GALA CONCERT—50TH ANNIVERSARY... (Various Artists)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer’s Night Dream... (John Nelson)

VIENNA, CITY OF MY DREAMS (Placido Domingo)

MERCADANTE: Maria Stuarda, regina di Scozia (Antonello Allemandi)

VIVALDI: Bassoon Concertos (Tamás Benkócs)

MESSAGER: Les deux pigeons (Richard Bonynge)

VIVALDI: Vespri solenni per la festa dell’assunzione... (Rinaldo Alessandrini)

MEYERBEER: L’esule di Granata (Carella)

WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Charles Mackerras)

MEYERBEER: Margherita d’Anjou (Parry)

WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Charles Mackerras)

MEYERBEER: Semiramide (Bonynge)

WAGNER: Die Meistersinger... (Christian Thielemann)

MEYERBEER: Semiramide (Richard Bonynge)

WEBER: Die drei Pintos (Paolo Arrivabeni)

MINKUS: Don Quixote (Nayden Todorov)

WEBER: Euryanthe (Gérard Korsten)

MINKUS: La Bayadère (David Coleman)

WEBER: Overtures (Wolfgang Sawallisch)

MINKUS: La Bayadère (John Lanchberry)

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