Opera Today (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
By John von Rhein [Chicago Tribune, 8 September 2008] Natalie Dessay creates entire operas around herself even when she's the only singer onstage. Such was the case at a packed Millennium Park on Saturday, when the alluring French soprano proved to be the brightest star of Lyric Opera's free showcase concert, "Stars of Lyric Opera."
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
... at selected cineams round the world. I was enthralled by the "Daughter iof the Regiment" with NAtalie Dessay which I saw last year at the Chauvel in Sydney. That is when I decided to make a visit to the Met my priority. Anyway...if you go to see it, look closely in the audience in row B on the left of the conductor ( three from the centre!)and you might see a familiar face. Particularly...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
NEW YORK "Lucia" lovers are in luck at the Metropolitan Opera these days.
A year after French soprano Natalie Dessay opened the season to acclaim in a new production of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor," a very different kind of singer scored her own triumph as the Scottish maiden driven to madness and murder.
Astonishingly, Friday night's revival marked the first time Diana...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
... -- "Lucia" lovers are in luck at the Metropolitan Opera these days.A year after French soprano Natalie Dessay opened the season to acclaim in a new production of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor," a very different kind of singer scored her own triumph as the Scottish maiden driven to madness and murder.Astonishingly, Friday night's revival marked the first time Diana Damrau, a German...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
A portrait of the "pugilistic" director rehearsing Manon at Lyric Opera of Chicago: he coaches; he rants; he flutters a fan; he kisses Natalie Dessay (repeatedly); he gets down on the floor with Jonas Kauffman; he tells the chorus, "I need a gaggle of trollops!"...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
... Thaïs; Angela Gheorghiu and Roberta Alagna in a new production of Puccini’s La Rondine; and Natalie Dessay leading up Bellini’s La Sonnambula.Among the directors: Mark Morris (a choreographed version of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice), Anthony Minghella, and that old friend (and once managing director) of Scottish Opera, John Cox. Well, stop dreaming – it’s absolutely true. Over ten Saturdays...
PlaybillArts.com (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Lyric Opera of Chicago's first Discovery Series podcast of the 2008-09 season - featuring Manon star Natalie Dessay - is now available for download.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
... 7: "Lucia di Lammermoor."March 7: "Madama Butterfly."March 21: And Bellini's "La Sonnambula"* with Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez.May 9: "La Cenerentola."Except for the Monday night gala, performances are on Saturdays, with encore showings on Wednesdays. Locations include Pacific Place, Seattle; Alderwood 7, Lynnwood; Bella Bottega, Redmond; Auburn 17, Auburn; Century Theatres,...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
The singer-songwriter Joan Osborne shares what she’s listening to now: the Ting Tings, Natalie Dessay, Cat Power, Gnarls Barkley and Al Green.
