Here are some more great blogs and websites that you should try.
mvdaily.com This is a English classical music website called Music and Vision. Though British, it covers classical music all over the globe, including the US, and has plenty of reviews of opera and concerts, CDs and DvDs, book reviews, blogs, commentary etc. There is even an advice column for people with difficulties in classical music !
101cds.blogspot.com. This is an excellent blog for classical newcomers who are starting a CD collection. There is expert advice on how to go about doing this, and interesting comparisons of different recordings of the same work.
classicalnotes.net. Peter Gutmann, an enthusiastic but knowledgable amateur, offers interesting commentary on recordings by great musicians of the past, and some great living ones. There are surveys of recordings of famous individual works, such as Beethoven's fifth symphony, Dvorak's New World symphony, Schubert's Unfinished, and other famous masterpieces, comparing old and new recordings, and illustrating the changes in interpretive stle and recording technology.
Jessicamusic.blogspot.com Jessica Duchen is an English novelist, classical music fan, and wife of a violinist in the London Philharmonic. She offers the latest news in classical music , and offers many links to other classical music websites and blogs.
operachic.typepad.com This is sort of a gossip column for opera and classical music by a young American woman living in Italy. It's hip and trendy, but full of substance. You get all the latest gossip on the lives of today's most glamorous operas, conductors, directors and stage designers, plus ample links, and reviews of performances. There is a tendency to concentrate on the latest news at the legendary La Scala opera company of Milan.