tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post7302439723466603833..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Washington Concert Opera: I PuritaniCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-51603304341577003752007-09-26T22:45:00.000-05:002007-09-26T22:45:00.000-05:00In Seattle here, we have seen a bit of Brownlee, a...In Seattle here, we have seen a bit of Brownlee, and I agree that he often stands out. Florencia and L'Italiana especially. We will see him in I Puritani in May 2008.El Doctorcitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110453836933276264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-63232366127268022562007-09-26T21:28:00.000-05:002007-09-26T21:28:00.000-05:00Twenty years on, my only real memory is of many pe...Twenty years on, my only real memory is of many people looking extremely Carpaccio; of the music itself not a note has remained in my head. I only remember my general feeling: that bel canto was an acquired taste, and I had not yet acquired the taste, and the music seemed Rossini being mediocre. Now I might react more favorably; but to compare, my reaction to that Favorita was that it deserved aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-85404901468190292692007-09-25T23:30:00.000-05:002007-09-25T23:30:00.000-05:00Point taken. However, the advantage of concert ope...Point taken. However, the advantage of concert opera is that you do not have to worry so much about the silly plot and how to stage it. Did you find the music worthwhile at all?Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-25871847192982493192007-09-25T20:54:00.000-05:002007-09-25T20:54:00.000-05:00A word to the wise about Bianca e Falliero: there'...A word to the wise about Bianca e Falliero: there's a reason that it remains a rarity. It was given a full stage production a number of years ago by the Florida Grand Opera, and having sat through one of those performances, my essential reaction was, does bel canto have to be that boring?<BR/>Perhaps some of it was FGO's fault, but it seemed to have every stereotype of bad bel canto except the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com