tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post4332425898550714905..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: 2nd Anniversary=Paper, more specifically KleenexMaury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-49755864632565272032008-02-13T15:58:00.000-05:002008-02-13T15:58:00.000-05:00Of course, they could just hire a tenor who doesn'...Of course, they could just hire a tenor who doesn't need to adjust the skin tone...<BR/><BR/>bearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-83467093309182719482008-02-13T05:00:00.000-05:002008-02-13T05:00:00.000-05:00I'm with you, Maury, on the blackface issue - we d...I'm with you, Maury, on the blackface issue - we don't expect our Madama Butterflys to look like 15-year-old Japanese girls, despite what the libretto says, so let's drop the whole minstrel show.<BR/><BR/>I was incredibly moved by a concert performance of the Willow song that Fleming gave here in the UK a few years back - it actually made sense of what until then I had thought of as one of the weaker passages in the opera.<BR/><BR/>DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-12877928384632134132008-02-12T23:16:00.000-05:002008-02-12T23:16:00.000-05:00It's funny you mention Margaret Price - I've been ...It's funny you mention Margaret Price - I've been listening to her Desdemona all week. <BR/><BR/>I had a Parterre box seat (I usually don't but, circumstances allowed it) and I thought the balance was awesome. I am usually a Grand Tier Box guy (best deal in the house - front row is a great view of the stage and awesome view of the orchestra - in that light, last night's star was really the English Horn player, who, btw, co-stole last week's Die Walkure with the bass clarinet.) <BR/><BR/>FWIW - I thought Renee was spectacular in Acts III and IV (in I and II she was muddier and wimpier than I would have expected). I loved Botha, although I feared he was going to trip and fall as he sang "Exsultate".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-74330984241714818452008-02-12T17:32:00.000-05:002008-02-12T17:32:00.000-05:00frcohn: I'm going to say you've won the MFI Mistak...frcohn: I'm going to say you've won the MFI Mistake Trifecta here. The Database thinks it is Giaiotti I have somehow transposed with Ghiaurov, and on top of that, ok I just remember watching it in high school and hearing her address him as "mio padre" and since I developed an allergy to Forza around then, I'm afraid I never gave it a further thought.<BR/><BR/>Also no, I don't think Amelia has a trill. Not sure about Forza due to above-mentioned allergy.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-43343126419966670512008-02-12T17:05:00.000-05:002008-02-12T17:05:00.000-05:00oops--I see you meant Leontyne Price. silly bunt! ...oops--I see you meant <I>Leontyne</I> Price. silly bunt! Still, I very much doubt that Ghiaurov ever played the Marquis of Calatrava to Mme's Leonora...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-71398668157129841182008-02-12T16:50:00.000-05:002008-02-12T16:50:00.000-05:00In what kind of performance would Ghiaurov have pl...In what kind of performance would Ghiaurov have played Maggie Price's <I>father</I>? You see, when a shiksa refers to someone as her "Father Guardiano," it doesn't mean she has actually sprung from his mighty Bulgarian loins. Whatever--I would love to hear an M. Price Forza, no matter how geneologically confused.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, does Leonora have a trill in that opera? What about Amelia in Ballo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-51078811279625933352008-02-12T15:53:00.000-05:002008-02-12T15:53:00.000-05:00Aw, you don't want to out yourself? Anyhow, dance ...Aw, you don't want to out yourself? <BR/><BR/>Anyhow, dance companies have started to recognize the speed and reach of the blogs. Maybe the opera companies will catch up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-3826243913039460742008-02-12T15:37:00.000-05:002008-02-12T15:37:00.000-05:00P aka O: I always dress as if I were on my way out...P aka O: I always dress as if I were on my way out of a burning building so I couldn't tell you for sure what I was wearing last night.<BR/><BR/>Anyway sure, I'd love to have free, great seats, but I don't much expect the Gelb or anyone else to think of me as a major media outlet, so I'm not holding my breath.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-25916383401649055572008-02-12T15:21:00.000-05:002008-02-12T15:21:00.000-05:00So Maury, have you ever thought that we bloggers w...So Maury, have you ever thought that we bloggers who are always the first to get the story out and who go to mid-run performances that the msm never covers should have press passes to the Met? <BR/><BR/>I'm on the press list at NYC Ballet, Parsons Dance and MORPHOSES but getting press at the Met would be a big help in the $$$$$ department. Lisette thinks we should contact 'Pater' Gelb; I emailed the press person once but had no reply. Have you ever tried?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-49775610209203769802008-02-12T15:16:00.001-05:002008-02-12T15:16:00.001-05:00Oh, then I think you were very near us for Act II....Oh, then I think you were very near us for Act II. Red sweater? <BR/><BR/>It's funny because people who blog about ballet in NYC are all friends and we have meet-ups and go to performances together but the opera bloggers are all wrapped in mystery. <BR/><BR/>Someone did recognize me at WALKURE last Saturday though...he said "I know you, you have a blog, right?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-70600844242346202192008-02-12T15:16:00.000-05:002008-02-12T15:16:00.000-05:00Here's the Anne Frank opera I know about:http://ww...Here's the Anne Frank opera I know about:<BR/><BR/>http://www.longbeachopera.org/index.php/2008-Season/the-diary-of-anne-frank/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-5752615918215958932008-02-12T14:50:00.000-05:002008-02-12T14:50:00.000-05:00chalk: I guess, ok, it wasn't stunning. But it wa...chalk: I guess, ok, it wasn't stunning. But it was a lot better than I was expecting, and here and there it was very good.<BR/><BR/>P aka O: we switched sides at halftime (shhhh!) so: both.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-89118070079902713492008-02-12T14:37:00.000-05:002008-02-12T14:37:00.000-05:00Maury, my friend Lisette & I had a balcony box las...Maury, my friend Lisette & I had a balcony box last night. Which side were you on? We both thought it was the best thing Renee has done in the past few years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-55365082137125969922008-02-12T14:22:00.000-05:002008-02-12T14:22:00.000-05:00I'm interested to see how Botha does this in-house...I'm interested to see how Botha does this in-house. His performance over the radio was underwhelming, if pleasant. I couldn't agree more about Fleming.Chalkenteroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08435851223758000117noreply@blogger.com