tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post113025235630192112..comments2024-03-29T04:15:17.481-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: New Operas in the NewsCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1130517201839474392005-10-28T11:33:00.000-05:002005-10-28T11:33:00.000-05:00Andrea, the Mariinsky is trying to be a major inte...Andrea, the Mariinsky is trying to be a major international company and I'm sure that the performances will be in Italian and German (they just did a major Ring Cycle, in German, that you probably heard about.) Their most recent productions are all very visually exciting -- both the more avant garde MacBeth they did here, as well as the pair of Mussorgski operas (The Eugene O. was only fair, butGarth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1130453338680202062005-10-27T17:48:00.000-05:002005-10-27T17:48:00.000-05:00Thank you, thank you, Garth! I always enjoy readi...Thank you, thank you, Garth! I always enjoy reading your comments, and learn something new every time. <BR/><BR/>Mariinsky Turandot and Parsifal should be very interesting; wonder if they'd do them in Russian for us (it's quite a trip!) These stagings are intriguing - old or new, they seem to do them well.<BR/><BR/>The "cost" (how do they estimate that, if the government is paying for it?) is Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1130426561988496962005-10-27T10:22:00.000-05:002005-10-27T10:22:00.000-05:00Charles, thanks a million for fitting in world op...Charles, thanks a million for fitting in world opera updates while also tending to your AMS and teaching duties! I appreciated the "Seven Attempted Escapes from Silence" links which I had been meaning to track down myself but hadn't yet found the time. Thanks also for the Glyndebourne's youth opera project which I will look into later. (I know something about the Berlin Phil's fairly Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1130420454960313182005-10-27T08:40:00.000-05:002005-10-27T08:40:00.000-05:00Andrea,Not yet, but I will. Hopefully.Andrea,<BR/>Not yet, but I will. Hopefully.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1130402824685625072005-10-27T03:47:00.000-05:002005-10-27T03:47:00.000-05:00Did you guys look at those links I posted? I woul...Did you guys look at those links I posted? <BR/><BR/>I would like your opinions (ummm... at least I think I do...)!Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1130384680113594652005-10-26T22:44:00.000-05:002005-10-26T22:44:00.000-05:00Anonymous, no need to worry. You are always intere...Anonymous, no need to worry. You are always interesting, if occasionally cantankerous.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1130362799121858002005-10-26T16:39:00.000-05:002005-10-26T16:39:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1130384526874107622005-10-26T22:42:00.000-05:002005-10-26T22:42:00.000-05:00Time to delete comments. Just don't set your eyes ...Time to delete comments. Just don't set your eyes on mine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1130355203149420282005-10-26T14:33:00.000-05:002005-10-26T14:33:00.000-05:00Yeah, I saw the news about the Nancy & Tanya opera...Yeah, I saw the news about the Nancy & Tanya opera. Shoot, why not? <BR/><BR/>Don't know what to make about the Opera Babes program. Seems misguided to me. What they need to be doing with that money is giving 13-18 year old female singers who WANT TO SING OPERA some decent vocal training, in my opinion. Sheesh.<BR/><BR/>THIS is the opera I'd most like to see staged Callas in New Jersey (ha Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.com