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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: RE: Big B and I (and our wives) are off to LA tomorrow. . . posted by Thornhill on May 24, 2012 at 18:13:25:
It's a safe guess that at least 80% of each nite's audience (at the Met, Covent Garden, LaScala, you name it) are seeing an opera production for the first time, or maybe the second. At $200+ per seat, they don't feel jaded quite yet and expect a reasonable facsimile of the composer's intentions. This is particularly true of, and important with Wagner, whose stage directions must be followed explicitly, or the story and music don't fit together and the evening makes no sense.
A recent SFSO Rheingold had Fafner kill Fasolt with a sword (while the music clearly describes heavy blows from a cudgel). Later, the Gods pass into Valhalla through what appears to be a wedding portal. That's right, no Rainbow Bridge. One of the greatet moments in opera becomes pointless puzzlement.
Bayreuth has been an expensive travesty for decades now. Having a backdrop of flashing red LED's stand in for the fiery end of the Gods and overflow of the Rhein? Just for the sake of what, novelty?
We shall see how adaptable Mozart staging can be with this new LA production. I hope I won't feel shortchanged like so many operagoers nowadays.
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Follow Ups
- On the other hand... - Brian Cheney 19:28:31 05/24/12 (8)
- RE: On the other hand... - Thornhill 20:06:06 05/24/12 (7)
- Not with you there.... - Brian Cheney 21:09:03 05/24/12 (6)
- RE: Not with you there.... - Thornhill 21:44:36 05/24/12 (5)
- Still not with you there.... - Brian Cheney 08:41:54 05/25/12 (4)
- Sounds like you should just buy a CD of some old stodgy performance and stay home. That will ensure you - tinear 17:25:34 05/27/12 (3)
- The variable is.... - Huh? 09:45:12 05/28/12 (0)
- No argument there! - Brian Cheney 19:07:14 05/27/12 (1)
- "Freebird!" nt - tinear 07:04:30 05/28/12 (0)
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