tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post4415131036925658895..comments2023-12-27T09:38:56.562+01:00Comments on Opera Cake: Stefan Herheim's Rusalka in Dresden [ossia Un Colpo di Genio]Opera Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-26410637629329435472011-01-20T19:16:15.084+01:002011-01-20T19:16:15.084+01:00Oh yes, he is definitely very special, extremely t...Oh yes, he is definitely very special, extremely talented plus witty. <br /><br />That Entführung was a bit of his statement to be the new exponent of deconstructionst current in opera producing. That Entführung has nothing to do with Entführung. The whole point was to create a very clean show that you can figure out easily only if make an effort to forget about Entführung you expect to see. <br /><br />Since the majority of opera aficionados are a little bit like babies and what to have the same story recounted every night, people came to see the same old stuff, and were unhappy because the Herheim show was completely different. But if you try to see the show as it is, you'll see that it is brilliant ;) <br /><br />That brings you back to the question how much and if at all the directors can be authorized to modify libretto. I believe in freedom to do what you think is best as long as you have artistic reasons to step outside of boundaries defined by libretto; if you want to bring to light a meaning of an opera that was not explored before... or to simply make it more relatable to our time, our worries, our lives.Opera Cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-49794335623868717632011-01-07T12:11:34.619+01:002011-01-07T12:11:34.619+01:00Sounds wonderful... is changed much from the La Mo...Sounds wonderful... is changed much from the La Monnaie 2008 production? <br />Will try to follow your advice and catch it in May: I have never managed to see a Herheim production live, and in full only his Salzburg Entführung (which I have to admit I find somewhat incomprehensible!). But clips from Parsifal, Rosenkavalier, Lohengrin make me think he must be very special!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com