tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post1413811108808819819..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: 'Traviata' Does Not Defy ConventionsCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-71757939064501419752008-09-28T00:11:00.000-05:002008-09-28T00:11:00.000-05:00I totally agree with the comment about the Tenor's...I totally agree with the comment about the Tenor's intonation. I Did feel that it was within Ms. Futral's range though...<BR/><BR/>Also... one thing that was very distracting about Ettinger's conducting was the occasional stomp he gave to the podium. I think that is just such a bad habbit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-22836433465707163762008-09-16T20:48:00.000-05:002008-09-16T20:48:00.000-05:00No, I mean the third act, the last one. In the for...No, I mean the third act, the last one. In the form in which it is usually performed, the original second and third acts are joined together.<BR/><BR/>As for Anne Midgette, I posted an <A HREF="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2008/06/anne-midgette-to-stay-at-wapo.html" REL="nofollow">appreciation</A> of her work as a critic when she was appointed as Music Critic at the Washington Post. As I said thenCharles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-69446690706456581932008-09-16T16:34:00.000-05:002008-09-16T16:34:00.000-05:00You mean the fourth act. By the way, what do you t...You mean the fourth act. By the way, what do you think of Midgette?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-27715081623057738352008-09-15T21:29:00.000-05:002008-09-15T21:29:00.000-05:00Oh, and reading Anne Midgette's review just now re...Oh, and reading Anne Midgette's review just now reminded me that I neglected to mention the dumb show that Sra. Domingo added to the third act, complete with the carnivalesque, top-hatted figure of death, swirling fog, and ominously passing scythe. Note to the director -- any viewer with half a brain knows already that Violetta is going to die. What Verdi and Piave did was subtle. Leave it be.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-18618473460794298602008-09-15T21:08:00.000-05:002008-09-15T21:08:00.000-05:00You are quite right: thanks for noticing that. The...You are quite right: thanks for noticing that. The accidental parenthesis misplacement has been corrected. And, yes, Lado Ataneli is not singing "Sempre libera" either.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-64193690848831027002008-09-15T16:52:00.000-05:002008-09-15T16:52:00.000-05:00the clip sounds like violetta's part of the brindi...the clip sounds like violetta's part of the brindisi and then part of "di provenza" to me, not "sempre libera."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com