tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post2892415252146444548..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: Quelle belle vie!Maury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-34275509052323312992009-05-30T08:48:47.565-05:002009-05-30T08:48:47.565-05:00I rented Aria years ago. It's all over the place ...I rented Aria years ago. It's all over the place but some things were really wonderful. I get a date of 1987 on it when googled. In some ways it presages the current style of opera production in this country (already established by then in Europe) that many object to. <br /><br />I think that in '87, however, the idea was more to do something like the rock videos on MTV. Those early MTV videos were creative, surreal, visually arresting--and have been credited by a number of American directors as a major influence on their style. <br /><br />As to armerjacquino's comment on Price in the Louise aria, I suspect it's very early Price when everything was high, golden shimmer and the darker colors that came later were not yet part of her sound. I could be wrong, but I was struck by the lightness and ease of everything in that aria.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-634697706059309132009-05-28T22:18:51.974-05:002009-05-28T22:18:51.974-05:00Speaking of things that involve Derek Jarman, have...Speaking of things that involve Derek Jarman, have you seen Jarman's movie of Britten's War Requiem? I've heard it's supposed to be just staggeringly amazing (assuming, of course, one likes Britten), but even the not-big-fans-of-Britten have been saying good things about it.La Cowntessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373178747064421890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-29961657121781769812009-05-28T22:15:06.287-05:002009-05-28T22:15:06.287-05:00Meh. I must be feeling maudlin or something today,...Meh. I must be feeling maudlin or something today, because that made me a little teary.La Cowntessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373178747064421890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-18217632158793208882009-05-28T18:17:14.119-05:002009-05-28T18:17:14.119-05:00That's L. Price singing the Liebestod too!
I saw ...That's L. Price singing the Liebestod too!<br /><br />I saw this around when it came out; I remember who I saw it with, too - someone I haven't seen in 20 or more years. (But he has a distinctive name, which came up when Googled!)Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-58109028479388664032009-05-28T09:19:56.822-05:002009-05-28T09:19:56.822-05:00I saw this film a long time ago and only remember ...I saw this film a long time ago and only remember the <I>Liebestod</I> in the bathtub. Should watch it again. Schlock, schschlock (hmm, that doesn't work, does it?).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00958359135060298745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-37534690273410295982009-05-28T07:31:52.027-05:002009-05-28T07:31:52.027-05:00^^^ sorry, that was me. Hit return too soon ^^^
A...^^^ sorry, that was me. Hit return too soon ^^^<br /><br />Anyway- Jarman's an interesting one. He made some truly terrible films (I remember sitting in the Arts Cinema in Cambridge crying with laughter at his take on Edward II) but was also capable of work like this, for which your word 'exquisite' is the only description. Is there something odd in the mastering of the vocal, though? Price sounds- soubrettish.<br /><br />Am I on crack or was Liz Hurley not in 'Aria' somewhere?armerjacquinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-30203610514430537642009-05-28T07:30:17.306-05:002009-05-28T07:30:17.306-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.jondrytayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07014577384156823525noreply@blogger.com