tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post8352244907870225455..comments2024-02-25T13:20:20.620+01:00Comments on mostly opera: Robert Dean Smith debuts as Tannhäuser in Berlinmostly opera...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-36126324328023248642008-04-16T20:41:00.000+02:002008-04-16T20:41:00.000+02:00I saw this performance and it was thrilling! Espec...I saw this performance and it was thrilling! Especially the second act was marvellous. I had problems with the voice of Anne Schwanewilms. She disappointed me a bit, especially in the beginning but got better later on. Being a friend of Philippe Jordan I met him afterwards for supper and he was very happy with the performance. We can expect incredible performances of Wagner in the future and I'm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-23361108875317316522008-04-14T19:47:00.000+02:002008-04-14T19:47:00.000+02:00Thanks for pointing that out. I suppose I just ass...Thanks for pointing that out. I suppose I just assumed that Wagner performances were always run without subtitles at the Staatsoper Under den Linden, since I have attended quite a few Wagner performances there in the past years and they were never texted - i.e. Meistersinger, Tannhäuser, Parsifal and The Flying Dutchman. But I haven´t seen the Tristan yet (but I will in May).mostly opera...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-44608406240106323652008-04-14T08:19:00.000+02:002008-04-14T08:19:00.000+02:00If in stating "a house where Wagner performances a...If in stating "a house where Wagner performances are never texted" you mean that super-titles are never flashed for Wagner performances at the Staatsoper unter den Linden, you might want to fact-check that with the management. About the only feature of a recent TRISTAN performance under Barenboim that went flawlessly were the supertitles. If you mean something else, please clarify.Sam H. Shirakawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08927208953611998849noreply@blogger.com