tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post2318050186284393975..comments2023-12-27T09:38:56.562+01:00Comments on Opera Cake: Lohengrin from Bayreuth nowOpera Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-14528213202898790842011-08-15T17:03:49.516+02:002011-08-15T17:03:49.516+02:00Maybe we were lucky in England, hardly any blips i...Maybe we were lucky in England, hardly any blips in transmission, and mostly during the interviews. What an audacious production, but it is exactly in the spirit of Wagner's own bizarre fantasies. The Rats are wonderful because you can identify with them and care about them more than some comic book Brabanters. And why not humour in Wagner ? In wit, there is wisdom. Come to Europe, La Cieca.Doundou Tchilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-68528684247935606222011-08-14T22:56:14.716+02:002011-08-14T22:56:14.716+02:00It was really great tonight! A priori you'd cr...It was really great tonight! A priori you'd cringe about the idea of having Brabant filled up with rats, and at some point you find them adorable :) <br /><br />The US productions are mostly old-fashioned. What annoys me is that this is regularly justified by the claim that the American singers actually hate the non-traditional stagings. <br />But when you see the American singers performing in Europe they are almost all sensational. They are taught the Regie is bad, and then they discover that through Regie thy can realize their full talent, i.e. they get to create scenically the characters they are (brilliantly!) taught to sing: Hendricks, Richards, Cutler, Polenzani, Mehta, Kunde, Delavan, Osorn, Forbis,... or Byers, Didonato, McKay, Maclean,... <br />We read Andrew Richards living the whole experience -- denying the talent he's had in him. <br /><br />It would be great if Gelb included ONE Regie production a year. Just one! That would spur enough discussions and the things would start to move on. <br /><br />Oh sorry... I got derailed :) It must be this Chardonnay. CheersOpera Cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-58476857688722828822011-08-14T22:16:32.619+02:002011-08-14T22:16:32.619+02:00My head is still reeling! What we are missing in t...My head is still reeling! What we are missing in the U.S. not having this level of production!La Ciecahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03638016724169904251noreply@blogger.com