Opera
Classicalite's Five Best: Luciano Pavarotti Recordings
Decca Invites Pavarotti Fans to Record Their Versions of Puccini's "Nessun Dorma"
"Nessun Dorma" indeed--"none shall sleep"--in many opera-loving households this month, as Luciano Pavarotti's record company, Decca, marks 50 years since the late, great Italian tenor's international debut with a remarkable online contest. Five Quickies: Sir David Frost's Last Barenboim Interview, DiDonato Interviews Dame Janet Baker, iPad Saves Classical Music, Quinn Sullivan on Leno, Mozart Baby Pics
Here, then, is today's news: News gets made fresh everyday. And with the world's best musicians, singers, dancers and actors going back to repertory work after their summer stocks, there's more good news happening now than there was, say, back in August.