tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post114928637043592638..comments2024-03-29T04:15:17.481-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Summer Opera: Orlando in MunichCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1150297980718340502006-06-14T10:13:00.000-05:002006-06-14T10:13:00.000-05:00I don't think baroque opera would have ever quite ...I don't think baroque opera would have ever quite taken off like it did, had it not been for Alden no.1 and his sometimes-outrageous, sometimes-bizarre, sometimes-enchanting directions. In costume stagings, that stuff would have been uniformly yawned out of the opera houses in Germany, back into obscurity. There is a reason why Munich lobs Alden every baroque opera that comes their way.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1150290215403980302006-06-14T08:03:00.000-05:002006-06-14T08:03:00.000-05:00You have every good reason to be proud of Munich, ...You have every good reason to be proud of Munich, certainly in the field of opera. If anyone is to be blamed, it's that Yank David Alden. Still, as you have said many times, better outraged than bored. I'll take Handel any way I can.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1150258926418323412006-06-13T23:22:00.000-05:002006-06-13T23:22:00.000-05:00Hey, I *love* Alden (and Konwitschny) - I grew up ...Hey, I *love* Alden (and Konwitschny) - I grew up with his Handel (well, small exaggeration - but it was his Guglio Cesare, the premiere of which I saw, that did the job) when they hadn't even heard of baroque opera at most of the US houses. And Paris Hilton at the Opera... I *could* think of worse.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1150246323681766922006-06-13T19:52:00.000-05:002006-06-13T19:52:00.000-05:00I'm sure it's moments like this that you are proud...I'm sure it's moments like this that you are proudest of your hometown. ;-)Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1150241900529655902006-06-13T18:38:00.000-05:002006-06-13T18:38:00.000-05:00That's hot.That's hot.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.com