In Reply to: In my humblest of opinions, you really want Brunhilde singing on a porch in Tennessee?? nt posted by jdaniel@jps.net on August 25, 2014 at 08:00:35:
OK, maybe Steber MIGHT have done a Lohengrin or some such, but certainly not a Ring Cycle and certainly NOT Brunhilde.
Mozart and Strause?
Yep.
Listening to Steber in 'Knoxville' right now, and she certainly does NOT sound like Brunhilde on a porch in TN. ;-)
First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass
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- To be fair, I doubt either Leontyne Price or Eleanor Steber did much Wagner... - Ivan303 08:19:28 08/25/14 (5)
- RE: To be fair, I doubt either Leontyne Price or Eleanor Steber did much Wagner... - rbolaw 08:54:52 08/25/14 (0)
- I was joking. : ) That said, their stylized singing doesn't do it for me, esp since the poem is about - jdaniel@jps.net 08:31:06 08/25/14 (3)
- Do keep in mind.... - Ivan303 08:50:02 08/25/14 (2)
- I'm aware, but IMHO Steber's highly-stylized singing doesn't mix well with Agee's lower-middle class imagery. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 08:58:29 08/25/14 (1)
- Agree that applies on some level... - Ivan303 09:39:26 08/25/14 (0)