tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post112774509835270895..comments2024-03-18T05:17:45.683-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: I Vespri Siciliani — Struggles With VerdiCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128399591463533562005-10-03T23:19:00.000-05:002005-10-03T23:19:00.000-05:00"Great Music Drama"... right on. And I still feel ..."Great Music Drama"... right on. And I still feel bad for 'dissing' the Oberon libretto. :)jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128348687561072882005-10-03T09:11:00.000-05:002005-10-03T09:11:00.000-05:00Jens, regarding Verdi, you obviously enjoy great v...Jens, regarding Verdi, you obviously enjoy great vocal music more than you enjoy and appreciate great music drama.Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128110105215746712005-09-30T14:55:00.000-05:002005-09-30T14:55:00.000-05:00ooooohheeeeee ... OUCH! Anonymous obviously has in...ooooohheeeeee ... OUCH! Anonymous obviously has insider information. Do tell!Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128095832486603632005-09-30T10:57:00.000-05:002005-09-30T10:57:00.000-05:00the gal is too lazy to learn the text. that's what...the gal is too lazy to learn the text. that's what threw her off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128095434094843532005-09-30T10:50:00.000-05:002005-09-30T10:50:00.000-05:00Am loving this dialogue here ... I would have bee...Am loving this dialogue here ... I would have been all over Guleghina's screw ups (noticed every single one, and btw currently those who speak the language have the worst, the most atrocious diction in Russian) but also sympathetic. Singers really know and understand. <BR/><BR/>I wonder what the (insider's) scoop really was? What threw her off, I wonder?<BR/><BR/>Those of you who were there -Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128049680076196492005-09-29T22:08:00.000-05:002005-09-29T22:08:00.000-05:00(Ms Monika sez: I finally got my Blogger profile w...(Ms Monika sez: I finally got my Blogger profile worked out! office work left some brain cells alive!)<BR/>JFL, Guleghina screwed up royally, but at very advanced level- that is, on level to which the enthusiastic and still sober Russian Posse and EIAs were largely oblivious. The notes were mostly there, I think, I am not so familiar with Verdi's Opus Sicilianus, and she is good at fudging the Akimon Azukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18423660934565590684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128031788624365862005-09-29T17:09:00.000-05:002005-09-29T17:09:00.000-05:00Andrea, lift up your head- I'm all for DTPAs! Will...Andrea, lift up your head- I'm all for DTPAs! William Christie of Les Arts is a DTPA par excellance, no?<BR/>My first meeting with EIAs was at the Vermeer exhibition at the Washington National Gallery, several years ago; I was very excited to be able to see so much Vermeer goodness in one place, even though I’ve seen some of these paintings in Europe. I quickly made my way to the View of Delft. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128031191790002512005-09-29T16:59:00.000-05:002005-09-29T16:59:00.000-05:00Crimeny... where did my response go? Quickly again...Crimeny... where did my response go? Quickly again:<BR/><BR/>1.) Garth: I always give <I>Don Carlo<B>s</B></I> (5 act v.) a pass - in this review as well. On a good day, I'll even let <I>Rigoletto</I> slide by my cranky opinion. And today - hold onto your seats - I tremendously enjoyed (and whisteled along to) a recording of <I>Il Trovatore</I> that I shall review shortly. Speaking of which: jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128029517171264182005-09-29T16:31:00.000-05:002005-09-29T16:31:00.000-05:00Monika - Great mini-review! I like your perceptio...Monika - Great mini-review! I like your perception and description of things.<BR/><BR/>And now we have a new acronym, the EIA (Easily Impressed American). Ouch! They are out there. I must be the DTPA (Difficult To Please American)...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for writing in!<BR/><BR/>Andrea (ps the goose was in the Baltimore Figaro production that made me insane)Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128022451296852492005-09-29T14:34:00.000-05:002005-09-29T14:34:00.000-05:00Give me Gluck, Mozart, Wagner, Janáček, Strauss, o...<I> Give me Gluck, Mozart, Wagner, Janáček, Strauss, or Britten anytime</I> <BR/><BR/>I think that Verdi's <I><B>Don Carlo</I></B> is one of the handful of greatest operas ever written.Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128018534363582552005-09-29T13:28:00.000-05:002005-09-29T13:28:00.000-05:00Keep up the good work, JFL! A piece of Verdian gar...Keep up the good work, JFL! A piece of Verdian garbage by any other name (le garbage?) still don’t smell like roses. I saw Vespri yesterday- I got a cheap ticket- and it was a torturous evening for me. Looong, ludicrous plot, choppy music, cheap sets, these surtitles… I didn’t even notice the goose Andrea picked up, I was trying to listen to the Italian 101 texts, but I noticed that some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128015813620879402005-09-29T12:43:00.000-05:002005-09-29T12:43:00.000-05:00... and, hey, re the flags, maybe the stage direct...... and, hey, re the flags, maybe the stage director was thinking:<BR/><BR/>"If I raise and lower some famous flags, at strategic 'emotional' points, then I Vespri Siciliani will suddenly become as popular as Les Miserables!" <BR/><BR/>tee hee hee ...Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128010539278842272005-09-29T11:15:00.000-05:002005-09-29T11:15:00.000-05:00Reading and laughing along with you, there jfl! I...Reading and laughing along with you, there jfl! <BR/><BR/>I loved "The arrangement of different oversized frames on stage and the projection of closeups of paintings onto the back of the stage seem to say: 'We blew all the money on the singers -this will have to do.'" <BR/><BR/>I'm a singer and a long time opera watcher, and much of what you say is true. Poor acting, poor singing, phony sets Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.com