tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post6852625349475994008..comments2023-12-27T09:38:56.562+01:00Comments on Opera Cake: "The merry widow" - Grahamless and joylessOpera Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-26190429611493859382012-03-07T12:07:31.346+01:002012-03-07T12:07:31.346+01:00Many thanks for your wishes. I shall attempt to re...Many thanks for your wishes. I shall attempt to remember to tell you how it goes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-43657387835554093512012-03-07T09:33:18.768+01:002012-03-07T09:33:18.768+01:00Thanks for that news!
Hope your show will look a...Thanks for that news! <br /><br />Hope your show will look and sound much better than mine did.Opera Cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-37659541908883856782012-03-07T08:54:11.500+01:002012-03-07T08:54:11.500+01:00Ms Graham came back last night and everyone seemed...Ms Graham came back last night and everyone seemed pleased.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-72409167710246065172012-03-05T09:00:30.442+01:002012-03-05T09:00:30.442+01:00Surely to the name of goodness, it would have been...Surely to the name of goodness, it would have been common sense to have an understudy for a twelve-performance production, instead of having to run around the world looking for a "replacement Widow" at the last minute. Naturally the other artists' schedules have already been drawn up and "windows" of availability can be hard to find. Nevertheless, I have every intention of attending the last performance, by which time all these setbacks and wrinkles will have hopefully been ironed out. This is a classic or standard set for the Merry Widow and should pose no stage problems. However, there is always someone fiddling and tinkering with what was perfectly fine the last time, and the "incongruent scenic solutions" you mention make me think of a remark made by a friend who is a conductor: "When I started out", he said, "the stage director did not even get his name on the programme!"<br />Let us hope Ms Graham's laryngotracheitis will disappear soon or that Garnier will be more successful in its research for a substitute.<br />No matter what happens, I'm going to attend, because, like you, I admire many of the second roles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-1521267688596430012012-03-05T08:10:49.316+01:002012-03-05T08:10:49.316+01:00Thanks Ricky! I see she sang the role in LA too. M...Thanks Ricky! I see she sang the role in LA too. My bad. <br />It's her European role debut then :)Opera Cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-13634072007717918902012-03-05T07:04:35.937+01:002012-03-05T07:04:35.937+01:00It was not supposed to be Susan Graham's role ...It was not supposed to be Susan Graham's role debut - I saw her sing Hannah G. at the Met in January 2004 (with Bo Skovhus) and she was excellent (even the floated B (or Bflat?) at the end of the Viljalied).<br /><br />RickyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com