tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post2342428105611751459..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Opera in the Summer 2007 (Europe)Charles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-89133878097595284082007-06-13T18:33:00.000-05:002007-06-13T18:33:00.000-05:00I went to the Amsterdam performances of Schreker's...I went to the Amsterdam performances of Schreker's great <I>Die Gezeichneten</I>, having seen the production in Stuttgart 5 or 6 years ago.<BR/><BR/>The conducting and playing (by the Concertgebouw no less, who are the NO's pit band) were out of this world, just totally spectacular. Ingo Meztmacher gets Schrker's idiom completely and conducted the hell out of it. The playing was to die for, Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-57790940035337361132007-06-04T15:56:00.000-05:002007-06-04T15:56:00.000-05:00Sir Spam Alot, or not.Sir Spam Alot, or not.Mark Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403713669935706127noreply@blogger.com