tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post2420693539603480179..comments2023-12-27T09:38:56.562+01:00Comments on Opera Cake: Are you ready for la bellezza scaligera?!!Opera Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-68835929601681457082011-12-08T18:46:37.718+01:002011-12-08T18:46:37.718+01:00It is that and a fact that Carsen always insists o...It is that and a fact that Carsen always insists on the correlation life <--> theater, thus the mirrors, this the stage on the stage. <br /><br />The ending fits Carsen's way of seeing this opera: it is all about Don Giovanni. The other characters exist because-of/for Don Giovanni. <br />Good, bad, egocentric... it's him. Even at the very end it is all about him. It's him who smokes the last cigarette ;) <br /><br /><br />I especially liked the second-hand irony: Il commendatore sings from the presidential box. It is him who's financing [cutting the budget to] the theater. <br /><br />Carsen is always good, except that after a while his style gets too predictable. If you get to see his Les Contes d'Hoffmann (available on DVD) it is the show that he took a lot from while creating this production of Don Giovanni, and it is absolutely brilliant. <br /><br />CheersOpera Cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-21301873804480627132011-12-08T17:49:31.496+01:002011-12-08T17:49:31.496+01:00I just watched some trailers of this new DG. Does ...I just watched some trailers of this new DG. Does DG say "The Hell with you!" to the whole gang who condemns him and gets sent to the hell instead? If so, haha, quite clever indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-59467878084071197992011-12-08T09:51:34.797+01:002011-12-08T09:51:34.797+01:00Thanks John! Just being too busy! Next week will b...Thanks John! Just being too busy! Next week will be hellish too, but then I'll be hopefully cool and back to blogging again. <br />I have several files that never made it to the blog entries: Les Huguenots, Pape as Wotan in Berlin, Alcina, Der bizarre Freischutz, Alcina... that I should put in before the end of the year. <br /><br />YES yes, that Don Giovanni in Paris should be great. The production is excellent. The cast is promising too. My only worry is Petibon singing Donna Anna in the huge hall at Bastille, but in any case it should be good. Most of the revivals at the Paris Opera are very well done. It's the new productions that suck -- big time. <br /><br />Cheers!Opera Cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-17488785976569490752011-12-08T09:08:42.085+01:002011-12-08T09:08:42.085+01:00I am planning to go to Don G. at the Bastille in A...I am planning to go to Don G. at the Bastille in April. Can you recommend the production? Petibon & Gens will be an interesting combination.<br /><br />I miss your regular blogs. Do you tweet?Vecchio Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06667687814424223347noreply@blogger.com