tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post1687643226172576095..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: Casting Rumors of the DamnedMaury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-21884768748896355042007-02-08T15:58:00.000-05:002007-02-08T15:58:00.000-05:00Yes, Maury, the bravo thing is fraught with signif...Yes, Maury, the bravo thing is fraught with significant issues. <BR/><BR/>1. Gender/number. Is it most politically correct to be gender specific with -o and -a, or is that sexist (kind of like the Screen Actors Guild does not use "actress" and only gives awards for Outstanding Performance by an (insert Male/Female) Actor). And once you start down that slippery slope, does one then need to also use "bravi," which somehow sounds so pretentious. Although a dear old friend who introduced me to the ways of opera queenery went so far as to use "bravi, bravi, tutti bravi" for the assembled cast.<BR/><BR/>2. Timing. Of course, no one wants to be that lone boor who always shouts his brava immediately after Desdemona's last Amen. But do you shoot your wad as soon as the diva appears from behind the curtain, or wait until she descends into her humble curtsy or spreads her arms in the Crucifixion position?<BR/><BR/>3. Volume. Assuming a universally good cast, does one gauge volume so that each successive ovation becomes cumulatively more impactful, leading up to the prima donna?<BR/><BR/>4. Length. Short, staccato with maximum percussive effect, or long and sustained?<BR/><BR/>These are pressing concerns. Would that all performances were like your Jenufa, where it doesn't matter and everyone simply screams like a ninny. That's heaven. Wish I had been there.winpalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138998162300005843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-16280192354642452362007-02-07T00:07:00.000-05:002007-02-07T00:07:00.000-05:00heh, maury -- you are too charming for your own go...heh, maury -- you are too charming for your own good.<br /><br />That domgraf-fassbaender Nile scene is one of my favorites, and the soprano, Xenia Belmas, is someone I have never heard of before or since though I find her singing pretty great.<br /><br />which reminds me -- I think it's past time for me to prune/add to my playlist.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585425683549946199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-19809552466304106622007-02-06T15:58:00.000-05:002007-02-06T15:58:00.000-05:00This was a really fantastic post. More like this, ...This was a really fantastic post. More like this, please!Grrghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411931791000663919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-51494450451658716472007-02-06T11:56:00.000-05:002007-02-06T11:56:00.000-05:00Heh. :)
I enjoyed a couple of the swell audio cli...Heh. :)<br /><br />I enjoyed a couple of the swell audio clips on your site this morning before reality sent its poison in and I had to go to work. A Nile Scene, I think with Domgraf-Fassbaender and...someone. Mornings turn into a haze of uncertainty.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-52281440208133762352007-02-06T01:59:00.000-05:002007-02-06T01:59:00.000-05:00maury, maury, maury. you must get over your gun s...maury, maury, maury. you must get over your gun shyness because I would so attend an opera just to hear you scream.<br /><br />well, it'd at least be a fringe benefit of attending an opera performance worth screaming about. heh.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585425683549946199noreply@blogger.com