tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post115973159617052709..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: Die Tote ScrimMaury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1160436518974015572006-10-09T18:28:00.000-05:002006-10-09T18:28:00.000-05:00Korngold = "a piece of cake", nobody's said that t...Korngold = "a piece of cake", nobody's said that to me before. Yes, MTS, now that's a *very* good vote! I'm about to try & put a few local conductors up to some. Wo. Korngold Deathiversary, here we come, ready or not...<BR/><BR/>As an aside, I have a feeling (the proverbial "sneaking suspicion"), that a live production of Heliane would/will be PHENOMENALLY EXPENSIVE, not because of the set or the singers, nor even the famosity (?) of the conductor, but because of all the instrumentalists required.<BR/><BR/>$$$Kaching!!!!$$$ as they say.<BR/><BR/>My fantasy Korngold conductor designate is a much more renegade concept than Tilson Thomas, though. (Betcha nobody can guess it!)Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1160411881403814762006-10-09T11:38:00.000-05:002006-10-09T11:38:00.000-05:00OK, this beats Fantasy Football. Here's a thought...OK, this beats Fantasy Football. Here's a thought -- Michael Tilson Thomas and the SF Symphony have been doing some great semi-staged opera performances the last couple of years. Mlada, Flying Dutchman, Le Rossignol, Oedipus Rex. They've been tossing off the Mahler 8th lately without a second thought, so Korngold would be a piece of cake.winpalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138998162300005843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1160329435373092992006-10-08T12:43:00.000-05:002006-10-08T12:43:00.000-05:00Although I have gotten to thinking more and more a...Although I have gotten to thinking more and more about whom I would nominate to conduct alot of '07 Korngold deathiversary music... <BR/><BR/>Hmmmm... Maybe I'll post something about that idea.Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1160280901365567252006-10-07T23:15:00.000-05:002006-10-07T23:15:00.000-05:00Jeritza! Did someone say JERITZA!!!??? And Die To...Jeritza! Did someone say JERITZA!!!??? And Die Tode Stadt! OMG, Das Wunder der Heliane!!!!!!??!! (Ooooh, talk dirty to me like that some more, you guys, please!!!!!!!)<BR/><BR/>rysaniefreak: I'm no historical genius, but if you're talking about Leonie Rysanek, I think there was a huge rift in the Korngold's political/social space time continuum back then. (Anyone with better history than me is welcome to set us straight on that one, though.)<BR/><BR/>Hey! Someone once said to me that they wished Renee had dug in her heels for a Tode Stadt at the Met, instead of a stupid Pirata. Was that you, Meretrice?<BR/><BR/>Everytime I try to talk to fellow musicians about doing a new Heliane, they shout me down, saying "It's too hard!" and indeed the score is ridiuclously densely scored (what are there, like 3 harps and all kinds of chimes and pianos and shit) and complex/difficult. But it's so GLORIOUS!!! Is Levine the only one who can handle it? <BR/><BR/>Not to mention the fact that it's going to take someone with Levine's clout & prestige to literally wrest the score, any full score, from the clutches of the Korngold Society and Schott. <BR/><BR/>"Help us Obi Wan Levine, you're our only hope!!!"Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1159898002928109832006-10-03T12:53:00.000-05:002006-10-03T12:53:00.000-05:00Yeah, I have a clown fetish.I don't really.Yeah, I have a clown fetish.<BR/><BR/>I don't really.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1159895887253168452006-10-03T12:18:00.000-05:002006-10-03T12:18:00.000-05:00Phares was about the only thing that kept me from ...Phares was about the only thing that kept me from plucking my eyes out with a stick during last season's THE LITTLE PRINCE. I totally admit it was my own damn fault for going in the first place. <BR/><BR/>I daresay he sounded even better here. <BR/><BR/>(I'd say he looked even better here, but he was, alas, dressed and painted as a Harlequin).Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04828036288155133139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1159833138397357642006-10-02T18:52:00.000-05:002006-10-02T18:52:00.000-05:00but did you notice that tuft of chest hair in the ...but did you notice that tuft of chest hair in the photo... hmmm.... we ain't talking that Nathan Gunn shaved look....Willymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652532356102638621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1159829484673285642006-10-02T17:51:00.000-05:002006-10-02T17:51:00.000-05:00I'd better hurry up and see this thing FAST! It's...I'd better hurry up and see this thing FAST! It's almost gone.<BR/><BR/>Re: Gioconda. See my remarks here:<BR/>chalkenteros.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>How long I will sustain my lame attempts at blogging? Eh, we'll see.Chalkenteroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08435851223758000117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1159814010102572222006-10-02T13:33:00.000-05:002006-10-02T13:33:00.000-05:00Thanks for the review. I love this opera, and hav...Thanks for the review. I love this opera, and have been waiting decades to see it (how pathetic does that sound?). Since NYCO is closer than Stuttbourg, or wherever it typically plays, this is the impetus for my cross-country trek later this month. Millo and Minghella are icing on the cake (oh, and a taping of The Daily Show. Jon Stewart -- cute AND brains). From your description, it sounds like I won't totally hate myself in the morning.<BR/><BR/>Now, if someone would just do <I>Das Wunder der Heliane</I>....winpalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138998162300005843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1159780379282675862006-10-02T04:12:00.000-05:002006-10-02T04:12:00.000-05:00Phares: sang The Pilot in NYCO's Little Prince.DT...Phares: sang The Pilot in NYCO's Little Prince.<BR/><BR/>DTS production: ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>Previous revival of NYCO's DTS production: beyond horrible.<BR/><BR/>Mattila and Vogt in anything: well, duh.<BR/><BR/>This format: enough.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Do you remember Anthony's <A HREF="http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/arts/music/classical/reviews/5220/" REL="nofollow">Senta</A>?JSUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02477558636942883735noreply@blogger.com