In Reply to: The silly thing about rating orchestras is ... posted by M. Lucky on February 12, 2007 at 09:13:29:
Last year when I was in Germany and the Netherlands I tried to pack as many concerts in as I could. I saw the Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin State Opera, Netherlands Philharmonic, Gardiner's period instrument orchestra, then a few days later back in the states the Met Opera and Philadelphia Orchestra. Technically everyone was equally excellent. What seemed to matter the most was who was conducting. Interestingly, I saw "Cosi" at the Met (Levine conducting) and BSO within a week of each other. I thought the no name cast at the BSO out did the MET, but that was because the production was far more clever and the BSO hall's small size made the experience more intimate and better suited the music.
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Follow Ups
- I sorta did that once - Thornhill 14:18:19 02/12/07 (4)
- Lucky doggy! - M. Lucky 16:27:46 02/12/07 (1)
- Re: Lucky doggy! - Thornhill 19:09:56 02/12/07 (0)
- good point... - docw 14:22:22 02/12/07 (1)
- Re: good point... - Thornhill 14:57:36 02/12/07 (0)