tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post382726863491865718..comments2024-02-25T13:20:20.620+01:00Comments on mostly opera: London: Rolando Villazón triumphs in Hoffmann´s Talesmostly opera...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-32567754287154208292009-03-15T12:32:00.000+01:002009-03-15T12:32:00.000+01:00"I'm glad Rolando is doing well. I can't wait to h..."I'm glad Rolando is doing well. I can't wait to hear him in Lucia next year."<BR/><BR/>If in was the Met production - I think we are still waiting ! <BR/><BR/>I heard one of later performances of Hoffman in which he had a very slow start. However by the end he was superb. <BR/><BR/>Hoffman is a very odd opera which I have seen a number of times and can't really make out. I can't helping think Horace Copehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14252742836195838447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-27351215616354897832008-11-30T00:00:00.000+01:002008-11-30T00:00:00.000+01:00And let's hope that the Met's production at least ...And let's hope that the Met's production at least gets the correct order of the acts (Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta--Nicklausse tells us as much in the epilogue). As one British reviewer pointed out, the edition is now discredited. I'm glad Rolando is doing well. I can't wait to hear him in Lucia next year.Donna Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00023777723335619213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-29349404531546744712008-11-29T22:26:00.000+01:002008-11-29T22:26:00.000+01:00Catherine and ChristinaLuise - A DVD release is hi...Catherine and ChristinaLuise - A DVD release is highly unlikely as this production has already been released on DVD with Plácido Domingo and furthermore is not "starry" enough.<BR/><BR/>However, the MET is pulling all the stops with a superstar casted Hoffmann to open December 2009 (Rolando Villazón, René Pape, Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Bartlett Sher directs, James Levine conducts), which mostly opera...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-19239637332941883922008-11-29T15:53:00.000+01:002008-11-29T15:53:00.000+01:00I saw the second performance of the run. Villazon ...I saw the second performance of the run. Villazon was not in faultless voice - a slight crack in the hideously exposed piano duet "C'etait un chanson d'amour" and the last "Toujours a toi!" did not ring the rafters in the way we all hoped. But he was a man vocally transformed since the Don Carlo. His commitment to the role is total and he received a well deserved ovation at the end.<BR/>All the curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05739148306934419721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-50075648071313842572008-11-27T13:59:00.000+01:002008-11-27T13:59:00.000+01:00Hey, it seems we all did flock to see this Hoffman...Hey, it seems we all did flock to see this Hoffmann ;-) It was true and unrestrained enjoyment and i could be happier about Rolando' performance.Haricleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550284403833944770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-23301357248099086482008-11-27T11:11:00.000+01:002008-11-27T11:11:00.000+01:00"Recently diseased"??????!!!!!!"Recently diseased"??????!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-90786352281230180932008-11-26T15:29:00.000+01:002008-11-26T15:29:00.000+01:00I agree with Catherine. I hope that a DVD will be ...I agree with Catherine. I hope that a DVD will be released ! =)ChristinaLuisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427044395204929781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-89912908539645559132008-11-26T13:37:00.000+01:002008-11-26T13:37:00.000+01:00Very, very good news !I hope a next dvd or BBC bro...Very, very good news !<BR/><BR/>I hope a next dvd or BBC broadcast (???)<BR/><BR/>Thanks from Paris for these interesting informations.<BR/><BR/>CatherineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com