Other websites about Simon

·        http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/ Simon's agent, Askonas Holt

·        http://www.sonybmgclassical.de/artists2.php?artist=328456  Simon’s Sony webpage

·        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofsimonkeenlyside/ Join this members only website for lively discussion of SK's performances and recordings.

·        http://www.johnrpierce.com/keenlyside.html

Japanese sites

·        Sheva’s Japanese website covering several ballet and opera subjects including SK:  http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/syeva/

·        Sardanapalus blog site : http://blog.so-net.ne.jp/sardanapalus/

·        Memorandum blog site (please tell us if you do not want this link) : http://b-memorandum.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

Our sister site...

http://www.geraldfinley.info/

Other artist-sites

·        Roberto Alagna: See Voce di Tenore

·        Piotr Beczala: http://www.beczala.com/index.htm

·        Joseph Calleja: http://www.josephcalleja.com/

·        José Carreras: See Voce di Tenore

·        Michael Chioldi: http://www.michaelchioldi.com

·        José Cura: http://kira.romeoandjuliet.net/kireannasweb/

·        Diana Damrau: http://www.diana-damrau.com/

·        Natalie Dessay: http://www.chez.com/dessay/

·        Placido Domingo: http://www.tenorissimo.com/domingo.htm

·        Julius Drake (pianist): http://www.juliusdrake.com/

·        Gerald Finley: http://www.geraldfinley.info/ Our sister site

·        Darron Flagg: http://www.darronflagg.com/bio.html

·        Juan Diego Flórez: http://www.mundoforo.com/florezidos/ (also see Voce di Tenore)

·        Angela Gheorghiu: http://www.angelagheorghiu.com/#

·        Rodney Gilfry: http://www.gilfry.com/

·        Tito Gobbi Association: http://www.associazionetitogobbi.com/

·        Susan Graham: http://www.susangraham.com/

·        Nathan Gunn: http://www.nathangunn.com/index.php

·        Thomas Hampson: http://www.hampsong.com/

·        Alison Hagley: http://www.hagleyfan.com/

     ·        Kathryn Harries: http://www.kathrynharries.blogspot.com

·        Steven Humes: http://www.stevenhumes.com/home.htm

·        Dmitri Hvorostovsky: http://www.hvorostovsky.com/index.htm

·        Kyle Ketelsen: http://www.kylek.net/

·    Angelika Kirchschlager: http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/kirchschlager/bio.html

·        Malcolm Martineau: http://www.martineau.info/index.php

·        Sherill Milnes: http://www.geocities.com/semilnes/home.html

·        Anna Netrebko: http://www.annanetrebko.com/

·        Thomas Quasthoff: http://www.gopera.com/quasthoff/en/

·        Giuseppe Sabatini: See Voce di Tenore

·        Christine Schaefer: http://www.christine-schaefer.com/

·        Andreas Scholl: http://www.andreasschollsociety.org/default.html

·        Bo Skovhus: http://www.badix.ch/voc/skovhus.html

·        Bryn Terfel: http://www.terfeliaid.co.uk/ (official website, costs £15 per year)

·        Voce di tenore: http://jcarreras.homestead.com/index.html

A very thorough and entertaining site dedicated to José Carreras, Giuseppe Sabatini, Juan Diego Florez and Roberto Alagna.

Where to buy recordings

·        http://www.amazon.co.uk

• House of Opera: non commercially available recordings of specific performances. The recording quality varies from very good (Tempest) to very poor (La Scala Zauberflöte): We feel that we should warn you, if you are considering buying from House of Opera, that we have recently heard of serious problems with delivery (posted 19 February 2007) http://store.operapassion.com/index.html

• Andante, a subscription website offering some recordings of Simon's concert and recital work: http://www.andante.com

Opera websites

• Visit the Operabase website to search for the last, current and announced future seasons of each opera house. Most of Operabase's information is provided free of charge, but it is limited in scope: http://operabase.com/intro.cgi?lang=en

• A new website for concert and opera reviews, articles and interviews on the web http://www.musicalcriticism.com/

• http://www.bach-cantatas.com/ A comprehensive site covering all aspects of Bach's cantatas and his other vocal works and over 3,900 short biographies of performers of Bach's vocal works (singers, conductors, vocal and instrumental groups) and players of his keyboard works. Webmaster: Aryeh Oron

• Opera Japonica website contains international news, reviews and reports together with information about the opera world in Japan: http://www.operajaponica.org/

• Music reviews and features:http://www.musicomh.com/

• Karadar Classical Music site. - very useful for information about composers and their works, and where opera libretti and lieder text (with translations) can be found:  http://www.karadar.it/Default.htm

Opera house, concert and festival websites

We’ve listed a few main venues, but for a comprehensive review of opera houses round the world we suggest this site:

http://www.operastuff.com/geopera.html

United Kingdom

·        Aldeburgh Festival: http://www.aldeburgh.co.uk

·        Edinburgh Festival: http://www.eif.co.uk

·        Glasgow – Theatre Royal: http://www.theambassadors.com/theatreroyalglasgow/

·        Glyndebourne Festival: http://www.glyndebourne.com/

·        Leeds - Grand Theatre: http://www.leedsgrandtheatre.com/

·        London - Barbican Centre: http://www.barbican.org.uk/

·        London - English National Opera, The London Coliseum: http://www.eno.org/

·        London - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London: http://www.royalopera.org/

·        London - Wigmore Hall: http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/index.cfm

·        Manchester – Bridgewater Hall: http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/

·        Scottish Opera: http://www.scottishopera.org.uk/cms/

Europe

·        Barcelona – Gran Teatre del Liceu: http://www.liceubarcelona.com/teatreliceu.asp

·        Berlin Phiharmoniker: http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/

·        Brussels – La Monnaie Opera House: http://www.lamonnaie.be/

·        Geneva – Grand Théâtre de Genève: http://www.geneveopera.ch/

·        Lucerne Festival: http://e.sommer.lucernefestival.ch

·        Madrid – Teatro Real: http://www.teatro-real.com/

·        Moscow – Bolshoi Theatre: http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/

·        Munich: www.bayerische-staatsoper.de

·        Paris – Théâtre du Chatelet: http://www.chatelet-theatre.com/index.php

·        Paris - Opera National de Paris (Garnier and Bastille Opera Houses): http://www.opera-de-paris.fr/

·        Salzburg – Easter Festival: http://www.osterfestspiele-salzburg.at/en/

·        Salzburg Festival: http://www.salzburgfestival.at/home_e.php?lang=2

·        Schwarzenberg Schubertiade: http://www.schubertiade.at/

·   Vienna – Konzerthaus: http://konzerthaus.at/hoehepunkte/

·         Vienna – Musikverein:http://www.musikverein.at/

·        Vienna - Staatsoper: http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node2/intro.php

·        Vienna – Theater an der Wien: http://www.theater-wien.at/spielplan/kalender/

·        Zürich: http://www.opernhaus.ch/

North America

·        Chicago – Lyric Opera: http://www.lyricopera.org/

·        Cleveland: http://www.clevelandorchestra.com/html/index.asp

·        Los Angeles - Walt Disney Concert Hall: http://wdch.laphil.com/home.cfm

·        New York - The Metropolitan Opera House: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/home.aspx

·        San Francisco Opera: http://www.sfopera.com/

Japan

·        Tokyo – Bunkamura Orchard Hall: http://www.bunkamura.co.jp/english/index.html