tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post112788079103492199..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Isabel Mundry's New Opera in BerlinCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1129072144949917232005-10-11T18:09:00.000-05:002005-10-11T18:09:00.000-05:00I don't know - but know OF - Die Weisse Rose - Ope...I don't know - but know OF - Die Weisse Rose - Opera... I am, after all, involved with the Weisse Rose (at least when I am in Munich; I am also a contributing member). How does it sound, though? Maazel's programming wasn't appropriate for the Bavarian Symphony Orchestra at all times, either - but in New York, of course, it is the audience that shares at least half the blame. For all its size and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1129038619656654632005-10-11T08:50:00.000-05:002005-10-11T08:50:00.000-05:00"Yes, it’s today’s New York Philharmonic, whose ut..."Yes, it’s today’s New York Philharmonic, whose utter lack of musical adventure surely makes it the most boring major orchestra in the world." -- Peter Davis in New YorkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1129034198290071202005-10-11T07:36:00.000-05:002005-10-11T07:36:00.000-05:00I'm going to go with a spelling of Udo Zimmermann ...I'm going to go with a spelling of Udo Zimmermann with two N's at the end -- per Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig, where he was director of the opera and the contemporary music studio prior to his move to Berlin.<BR/><BR/>All will be forgiven as long as everyone who gets this far down on this string goes out and makes a point of listening to Zimmermann's "The White Rose" chamber opera. Jens, I Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128796933602119212005-10-08T13:42:00.000-05:002005-10-08T13:42:00.000-05:00Yes, that explains it. Oops! I take the blame for ...Yes, that explains it. Oops! I take the blame for this one (for using the Google translator), everybody, and not the author.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128787547689533332005-10-08T11:05:00.000-05:002005-10-08T11:05:00.000-05:00Any chance the latter problem resulted from the fa...Any chance the latter problem resulted from the fact that "Carpenter is the translation of "Zimmerman"?jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128786227319555292005-10-08T10:43:00.000-05:002005-10-08T10:43:00.000-05:00Garth,I have done some checking, and as far as I c...Garth,<BR/>I have done some checking, and as far as I can tell, Udo Carpenter is a mistake in the article for Udo Zimmerman, as you suggested. It's an odd error, but there it is.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128775883377606282005-10-08T07:51:00.000-05:002005-10-08T07:51:00.000-05:00No offense taken. I welcome all correction of my G...No offense taken. I welcome all correction of my German translation.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128744223526566022005-10-07T23:03:00.000-05:002005-10-07T23:03:00.000-05:00If I spoke/read/translated a fourth language as we...If I spoke/read/translated a fourth language as well as you do German, I'd be bragging all day long. Certainly did not mean to be the 'Oberlehrer'.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128722039690106902005-10-07T16:53:00.000-05:002005-10-07T16:53:00.000-05:00Garth,It is always better to have Jens translating...Garth,<BR/>It is always better to have Jens translating from German than me! Sorry for the confusion.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128708845054584592005-10-07T13:14:00.000-05:002005-10-07T13:14:00.000-05:00On Odysseus:1.) Tarnow is misrepresented a bit: He...On Odysseus:<BR/><BR/>1.) Tarnow is misrepresented a bit: He doesn't say "Odysseus is a bad man", he says: "Odysseus ist schrecklich." Literally it means: Fearsome. That should probably be the translation, too, because he then continues: "For one to the 110 suitors... which he ends up killing". That is not only true, it's funny. It's supposed to be funny. <BR/><BR/>Then he rightly points out thatjflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128706304194389922005-10-07T12:31:00.000-05:002005-10-07T12:31:00.000-05:00Garth... I may not be a big Maazel fan, either - b...Garth... I may not be a big Maazel fan, either - but <BR/><BR/>1.) as you well know he's composing himself, which is intellectual work (hopefully not <I>only</I> intellectual) and<BR/><BR/>2.) He is active in promoting new music, still. For example he is comissioning/working on a chamber opera for his Chateauville Foundation. Well, at least that is what I hope/think. Of course it could just be a jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128705474414711382005-10-07T12:17:00.000-05:002005-10-07T12:17:00.000-05:00ouch. First Rate Maazel-whippin'.ouch. First Rate Maazel-whippin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128692142509521982005-10-07T08:35:00.000-05:002005-10-07T08:35:00.000-05:00By the way, I thought that composer Udo Zimmerman...By the way, I thought that composer Udo Zimmermann (composer of the [Catholic] Nazi-resistence chamber opera The White Rose)was director of the Leigzig Opera in 1998 (before heading off to Berlin). Udo Carpenter is a name new to me. Can we and jens check this...Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128691758904043242005-10-07T08:29:00.000-05:002005-10-07T08:29:00.000-05:00Unlike writers and painters, few composers have ev...<I>Unlike writers and painters, few composers have ever been interested in Homer's epic.</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks Charles. I'm a bit perplexed by critic Tarnow's comment above (in addition to his ridiculous comment about Odysseus being a bad man)... I imagine that there have been numerous Homer operas dating from Monteverdi to Dallapiccola and beyond. Perhaps Tarnow needs to spend more time with Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.com