tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post898706643526338780..comments2024-02-25T13:20:20.620+01:00Comments on mostly opera: Superb La Traviata productions on DVD: Robert Carsen from La Fenice with Ciofi, Saccá and Hvorostovskymostly opera...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-87900778296148979302008-09-13T01:26:00.000+02:002008-09-13T01:26:00.000+02:00Parsifal - we will have to agree to disagree on th...Parsifal - we will have to agree to disagree on this. I have actually heard several of these singers live as well, and it´s not just about looks, it´s about drama as well...Pavarotti has none of that, in my opinion and that´s why I find him completely uninteresting. The same applies, to the others you mention except Agnes Baltsa. I am surprised you put her in that category. I don´t think she mostly opera...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-44927761333417994752008-09-11T20:43:00.000+02:002008-09-11T20:43:00.000+02:00@NVI was listening to the Capuleti cd with Anna an...@NV<BR/><BR/>I was listening to the Capuleti cd with Anna and Elina today while back from work and I thought too that it was marvellous. Especially Anna!! Terrific, I kept listening to Ah Quante volte over and over again.<BR/><BR/>@ MostlyOpera<BR/><BR/>Mmmm...well, I had the chance to listen to many singers of the old school live...From Caballe and Pavarotti to Baltsa and Tomowa-Sintow, and I Parsifalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355495438180470535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-67828306122910134542008-09-11T16:29:00.000+02:002008-09-11T16:29:00.000+02:00"well I 'm a fan of "Prima la musica e poi le paro..."well I 'm a fan of "Prima la musica e poi le parole". Isn't that a general condition applied to opera?"<BR/><BR/>Parsifal, I am surprised to hear this from you..I don´t agree with you. On CD, of course. But live and on DVD, no.<BR/> <BR/>In short: I want good-looking/attractive singers who can both act and sing. If a singer is grossly overweight and/or is completely uninteresting to look at I domostly opera...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-82744234113989110952008-09-11T11:41:00.000+02:002008-09-11T11:41:00.000+02:00Well... I am half ok with you but only half.I didn...Well... I am half ok with you but only half.<BR/><BR/>I didn't see the Puritani DVD but the Netrebko's mad scene I found on youtube is not very good. Anyway, as far as the bel canto techniques are concerned. But maybe things are changing. I saw her live in Paris in june in Bellini's Capuletti, and she almost found Caballe-style high notes! Giuletta is clearly not a coloratura role like Elvira butAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-55671890703435823212008-09-11T10:29:00.000+02:002008-09-11T10:29:00.000+02:00If she were a dramatic soprano she would sing Gioc...If she were a dramatic soprano she would sing Gioconda, Tosca and Abigaille. But she is not. So, she can't sing Elvira in Puritani (the dvd is ridiculous), she 's a great Violetta on stage but she doesnt do justice to the partitura, she's a good Juliette and Manon- i have to agree with that... And regarding the "we are not dealing with CDs but with DVDs" thing...well I 'm a fan of "Prima la Parsifalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355495438180470535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-8511789409434183692008-09-10T21:28:00.000+02:002008-09-10T21:28:00.000+02:00You can't have it both ways... Netrebko is not a c...You can't have it both ways... Netrebko is not a coloratura soprano but a dramatic one. In my opinion she is perfect in Gounod's Juliette. And singing Juliette and singing Violetta...well, it is not the same thing. <BR/><BR/>Sure, I would never recommend the audio version of the Salzburg production. But we are not dealing with CDs but with DVDs...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-63817150518583054192008-09-10T20:32:00.000+02:002008-09-10T20:32:00.000+02:00Yeah, Netrebko is absolutely marvellous. That is o...Yeah, Netrebko is absolutely marvellous. That is of course if she could really sing Violetta. 'Cause she can't...Her pronounciation is terrible, her coloratura is...well, strange, the only thing I like about her in this Traviata are the dramatic climaxes and her fantastic stage presence...Parsifalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355495438180470535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-57629593704222372632008-09-09T00:27:00.000+02:002008-09-09T00:27:00.000+02:00Well... Sacca is really impossible. And I don't ta...Well... Sacca is really impossible. And I don't take to Ciofi's voice... <BR/><BR/>Fleming is vulgar as usual. It is grace and poise for the middle west. You heard her "dellAEAEAE TraaviaTAEAEAE" ? Those open sounds? Awful. And this hairstyle...<BR/><BR/>I couldn't look at Mussbach's production until the end (I am not an anti-Mussbach, I loved his Salome). No story. No singers. (Delunsch is not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com