EdCone.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Rescue mission hazardous to employees of rescuer: How many jobs will Bank of America Corp. cut in its planned purchase of Wall Street giant Merrill Lynch & Co.? ...Aite Group Alois Pirker said in a report last week that the...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Prince Alois, hereditary ruler of Liechtenstein, yesterday confirmed that his tiny Alpine state was poised to seize the initiative after mounting international...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Prince Alois confirms that his tiny Alpine state is poised to launch an initiative that could see it provide tax information about foreign account holders in return for guarantees they would not be punished unduly
News & Information (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Prince Alois, hereditary ruler of Liechtenstein, confirmed on Friday that his tiny Alpine state was poised to seize the initiative after mounting international challenges to its financial sector’s controversial……Read more
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Crown Prince Alois said the principality would find "sensible solutions" for existing customers when it exchanges information.
Wine Spectator (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
This shows lots of sliced green apple and honey on the nose. Full-bodied, with tangy acidity and a vibrant finish. Drink now. 11,000 cases made.
Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
TEMPE, AZ--(Marketwire - August 7, 2008) - Constitution Mining Corp. ( ) announces the appointment of Alois Wiget to its Board of Directors. Mr. Wiget has served, and ...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
TEMPE, AZ (MARKET WIRE) Constitution Mining Corp. (OTCBB: CMIN) announces the appointment of Alois Wiget to its Board of Directors.
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Kyle Gann follows up on the David Byrne vs. Bernd Alois Zimmermann controversy that sparked so much discussion here and elsewhere. While I still think people are trying to weigh down Byrne's arguments with baggage he did not pack himself[1],...
such stuff (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s 1965 opera “Die Soldaten,” the story of a woman’s degradation at the hands of a series of heartless soldiers, has a prelude of such stupefying intensity that it stands for the moment as the ne plus ultra. The full orchestra sustains an enormous dissonance spread out over many octaves. Beneath it, the timpani pound out, “in iron rhythm,” the note D—perhaps a nod backward
The Rambler (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Or: How many nights do you need to sell out at up to $250 a seat before critics stop calling you perversely obscure? According to David Byrne’s review of Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s Die Soldaten in New York, more than five. Byrne’s review is full of dumb*, but here’s a quick compare-and-contrast between his oppressively conservative version [...]
Opera Today (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
By HEIDI WALESON [Wall Street Journal, 10 July 2008] The technical wizardry of the Lincoln Center Festival production of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's "Die Soldaten" is spectacular. Initially produced by the RuhrTriennale Festival in Germany, the New York version is staged in the vast volume (200 by 300 feet, 80 feet high) of the Park Avenue Armory's vaulted Drill Hall. The set (designed by Robert Innes...
Opera Today (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Bernd Alois Zimmermann was a sensitive, none too healthy 21-year-old music prodigy in 1939, when he was drafted into the German army.
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
David Byrne reviews the Lincoln Center Festival's insane Park Avenue Armory staging of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's 12-tone opera Die Soldaten: The playbill refers to the piece as both a monument and a tombstone, since music in this genre couldn’t really...
Sequenza21/ (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Few operas I have seen have left as great an impact on me as Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s Die Soldaten which I originally saw at City Opera in the early ’90s and just saw again in its current run at the Park Avenue Armory as part of the 2008 Lincoln Center Festival. (There are only two [...]
