tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post282666357268313620..comments2023-12-27T09:38:56.562+01:00Comments on Opera Cake: Grace for TreemonishaOpera Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-11112248867485989982010-07-18T20:29:56.614+02:002010-07-18T20:29:56.614+02:00I of course agree that if it was more often perfor...I of course agree that if it was more often performed it would have gotten better. <br /><br />You didn't say if you liked Willard, Grace and Adina!? ;)Opera Cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-84735763418420476052010-07-18T20:26:21.363+02:002010-07-18T20:26:21.363+02:00Thanks Jo for your note. I remember that I was unh...Thanks Jo for your note. I remember that I was unhappy with sets and most of what the director did in that show. However, choreography and music were very good + the singing was absolutely brilliant. <br /><br />To me the work tells the volumes about Joplin, and I was happy Chatelet decided to mount it. Don't you think Joplin was hugely avant-garde for his time. His main messages (education, women's rights, denounce manipulators... ) are perfectly valid today too. <br /><br />CheersOpera Cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-71685613635075069392010-07-17T22:58:24.726+02:002010-07-17T22:58:24.726+02:00Hi, O-C - this is a very late comment, but I just ...Hi, O-C - this is a very late comment, but I just found your blog. <br /><br />Wish I'd known about it before I attended Treemonisa at LeChatelet on Easter Sunday. They must have worked some bugs out, or gotten more comfortable, because the performance I saw was outstanding. As a complete Treemonisha-groupie - would you believe I saw a performance here in Oregon in Bend (!) more than 30 years ago? - I thought the Paris version got a few things wrong in characterizations and costumes, but so what? To me, the key was that they got the spirit. <br /><br />And just to quarrel with you a bit, I think this opera is more Puccini-like in structure and emotionalism. And remember, Joplin never got to tinker with it, the way other composers got to tinker with and improve their works. I absolutely adore this music and believe that the more often it is performed, the better it will get.<br /><br />Jopajaritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857471431301995471noreply@blogger.com