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Shostakovich's "The Nose." Love the music, but the stage action is something else.
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But perhaps that was because they were on TV.
Nah, I just don't like them. And that's it.
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The dangling penis nose toward the end was predictable, yet still humorous. But there was insufficient gratuitous nudity and a dearth of insufferable nihilism to achieve the true height of Eurotrash staging. The material was ideal for it, so opportunity missed.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
To the gratuitous nudity and insufferable nihilism, I'd add the gratuitous anachronisms and the (also gratuitous!) deviations from original plot-lines found in most Eurotrash productions today, regardless of whether or not nudity or nihilism come into play.
Deconstructionism and Post-modernism: I sure wish they'd finish running their course! ;-)
I'm all for lots of nudity, gratuitous or otherwise, in opera and theater, dance and other performance art. Just think of the audiences orchestras would draw if all those babes of yours performed nude!
More seriously, it's not the nudity that bugs me about Eurotrash staging, it's the perversion of original plots into socio-political commentary.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
I think what gets me is ignoring the libretto in order to be "fresh".
I don't like it when the surtitles/translations have nothing to do with what is happening on stage.
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
Unfortunately I didn't open your posting until 21:55. As the rule is that I MUST start at 19:00 I look forward to seeing the video tomorrow evening.
to sit in the opera house and watch this without breaking into uncontrolled laughter and being thrown out.
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There was avery interesting interview with Barrie Kosky on BBC Radio 3 on Saturday. He is very much against beaming opera to cinemas, for example.
Anyway I look forward to 19:00 tomorrow to see the clip. It's nearly 23:00 here so bedtime methinks.
But why? He's not one of those fancy "elitist" types is he? ;-)
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I wouldn't call him elitist given the context of the entire interview. He is very concerned with the eauthenticity of the experience of opera however.
Many points are covered which I cannot precis here. His point on this subject is that the fundamental experience of opera involves the sound of an unamplified voice or voices in a specific space. This can only take place in the opera house itself. Outside of this you are not really experiencing opera. The risk is that the opera house will be turned into a kind of TV studio and that the art itself is eventually killed. He did say that he is pleased that such transmissions bring enjoyment to thousands of people but that this is not the same as the experience intended.
I am in agreement with his concern that the house may be turned into a TV studio. Ultimately the TV and not the opera director will begin to call the shots thus intefering with the opera production itself ( "you can't do that as it interferes with the camera angles" etc). I have already experienced the power of broadcasters over the event itself when I had to sit in a silent Royal Albert Hall for nearly an hour before a Prom could start because a cricket match had not finished in time on one of the BBC's channels that was also taking the Prom.
This has also been a concern of mine.
In the movie theater, the voices are waaay too loud and there are too many close ups where there should be none. The video director's choices are always a distraction. In short, the balance is off.
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
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Some of the dancers appeared to be men in drag - you are definitely corrupting our morals, young man!
I think they are ALL guys in drag, aren't they?
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I actually didn't notice the men in lace...ah.
I'm also proud to see the racially diverse nose legs in the Trio of Noses; we've come so far and now all will be undone.
When we talk about my mother's Sun-downing Syndrome, my brother reminds me of the day when he first realized I was exhibiting signs of Go-downing Syndrome.
ha ha
Now, you even got me afraid to listen to Jazz.
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