tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post552060875238668752..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: Physician, heal thyselfMaury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-14743211639642859942008-10-16T20:08:00.000-05:002008-10-16T20:08:00.000-05:00PS...Ditto on the faux countdown thing. Sellars sh...PS...Ditto on the faux countdown thing. Sellars should be cited for audience abuse.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15748408812275965064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-10712669738662259712008-10-16T20:02:00.000-05:002008-10-16T20:02:00.000-05:00Careful. The second act sucks WAY worse than the f...Careful. The second act sucks WAY worse than the first. Glad to hear the staging is better than the SF/Lyric debacle. Someone please tell me they got rid of the maid.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15748408812275965064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-16200910749570695362008-10-14T10:19:00.000-05:002008-10-14T10:19:00.000-05:00danilo: there are certain pieces that are going to...danilo: there are certain pieces that are going to be haunted by LHL and that's that.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-25772665296156258392008-10-14T10:18:00.000-05:002008-10-14T10:18:00.000-05:00e: it always bothers me when they do that in movie...e: it always bothers me when they do that in movies, so I guess it would have bothered me a lot in the opera. Except not because I think I might have been sound asleep by that point.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-90714733154263131122008-10-14T09:55:00.000-05:002008-10-14T09:55:00.000-05:00The worst part of the San Fran premiere, Staging a...The worst part of the San Fran premiere, Staging and Libretto Problems notwithstanding, was knowing that "Am I in your light" was written for Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who was ill that season, and whom I'd only ever seen on video. (I thought her replacement, Kristine Jepson, did a wonderful job.) "I hope it's nothing serious," I thought. "Maybe I'll get to see her when they do it in New York."Dan Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02379073869436839786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-33542075357154751532008-10-14T09:19:00.000-05:002008-10-14T09:19:00.000-05:00The first act and its closing aria are definitely ...The first act and its closing aria are definitely the high points. The second act seemed endless and there's a terrible moment when a siren goes off and it is noted that this is the "five minute warning" - then the god-damned thing goes on for another 10 or 15 minutes. A cruel trick to play on a tired audience!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com