tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post114536625094093270..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: Wann geht die nachste disembodied ving on veels?Maury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1146058959710466652006-04-26T08:42:00.000-05:002006-04-26T08:42:00.000-05:00Hi anon. The kid was the just crouching on the li...Hi anon. The kid was the just crouching on the little wing-as-swan synecdoche on wheels jobber and eventually stepped off it. It was not viewed to advantage from fam circ boxes, where you could see him there the whole time, shifting around a little, but then I mean Robert Wilson isn't exactly about they kind of magic trick where there's a puff of smoke and then, boom, the swan's a kind named Gottfried.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145974321324308592006-04-25T09:12:00.000-05:002006-04-25T09:12:00.000-05:00Act One: I think to myself, "Maybe the best thing ...Act One: I think to myself, "Maybe the best thing I've seen at The Met all year. I just saw Peer Gynt at BAM last week and I love entering this bizarre Wilsonian world."<BR/>Act Two: I fall asleep while peering through my opera glasses. I plan to watch Act Three from the video room where I'll be less self-conscious if I doze.<BR/>Act Three: On the subway back to Brooklyn I wonder how they stage the swan transformation. How did they do it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145585741001615162006-04-20T21:15:00.000-05:002006-04-20T21:15:00.000-05:00This only goes to prove that:(1) I keep winning mu...This only goes to prove that:<BR/><BR/>(1) I keep winning music quizzes that turn out to have no prize (see also Jessica Duchen's recent "Wagnerovsky" post),<BR/><BR/>(2) I was 4 years old about the same time as you, and<BR/><BR/>(3) Neither one of us has grown up yet.Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145550005254385162006-04-20T11:20:00.000-05:002006-04-20T11:20:00.000-05:00Ariadne: you win the prize. The implied joke vis ...Ariadne: you win the prize. The implied joke vis a vis Ms. De Vol is: "The weebles called. They want their wobble back." Ok p.s. there is no prize.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145543283989433382006-04-20T09:28:00.000-05:002006-04-20T09:28:00.000-05:00You mean, as in "Weebles wobble but they don't fal...You mean, as in "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down"?Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145479363080558652006-04-19T15:42:00.000-05:002006-04-19T15:42:00.000-05:00Oh, poo--maybe we'll end up at something else duri...Oh, poo--maybe we'll end up at something else during the middle. (Still wanna see DP and Nozze...) Midweek Wagner when I don't have class anymore is no grand difficulty, and since I'm sitting in the cheap seats I refused to pay weekend prices. Is that cheap? I guess I am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145391272266106322006-04-18T15:14:00.000-05:002006-04-18T15:14:00.000-05:00Monsterina: argh. Our timing. I'm at Parsifal on...Monsterina: argh. Our timing. I'm at Parsifal on the 12th. Which is probably good because weeknight Wagner is kicking my ass.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145390157780588352006-04-18T14:55:00.000-05:002006-04-18T14:55:00.000-05:00I go to Lohengrin this Thursday, and will report.G...I go to Lohengrin this Thursday, and will report.<BR/><BR/>Going to Parsifal the 15th-hint hint?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145387244892235642006-04-18T14:07:00.000-05:002006-04-18T14:07:00.000-05:00I think it was '98 but anyway, I'm not sure. I wa...I think it was '98 but anyway, I'm not sure. I was at the time unfamiliar with 1) Lohengrin, 2) Karita Mattila, and 3) Robert Wilson, so it was a lot to take in.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145385885864457772006-04-18T13:44:00.000-05:002006-04-18T13:44:00.000-05:00Ha, I've wanted Ariadne forever. At this point I ...Ha, I've wanted Ariadne forever. At this point I guess she's not interested, though, or she'd be doing it.<BR/><BR/>Was 1999 at all similar?JSUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02477558636942883735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1145380568660737512006-04-18T12:16:00.000-05:002006-04-18T12:16:00.000-05:00Matilla in Ariadne? Schwing!Matilla in Ariadne? <BR/>Schwing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com