tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post1412693958261923210..comments2024-02-25T13:20:20.620+01:00Comments on mostly opera: The alternative MET Anniversary Galamostly opera...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-26953843851757786592009-04-07T19:09:00.000+02:002009-04-07T19:09:00.000+02:00Of course. However, I have only heard Anja Kampe o...Of course. <BR/>However, I have only heard Anja Kampe once, as Senta, in Munich and somehow she didnĀ“t leave that big an impression..mostly opera...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-34731247883170412092009-04-07T10:37:00.000+02:002009-04-07T10:37:00.000+02:00What about Anja Kampe as Senta??? have you read th...What about Anja Kampe as Senta??? have you read the reviews of her Covent Garden debut? Seems to appear in L.A. and Washington but not at the Met...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-59118888534686334882009-03-17T00:26:00.000+01:002009-03-17T00:26:00.000+01:00Thank you for including the 'Maskerade' clip - I a...Thank you for including the 'Maskerade' clip - I attended the premier of this production in November 2006, and Reuter was outstanding from his very first note. Of course the Operan in Holmen only seats about 1450, so I don't know if his vocal impact will be as great if he ever does sing inside Sybil's Barn...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-48474161243012817262009-03-16T21:32:00.000+01:002009-03-16T21:32:00.000+01:00Of course Patrizia Ciofi should have been there. M...Of course Patrizia Ciofi should have been there. My mistake, sorry..mostly opera...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-16186555021696973552009-03-16T17:36:00.000+01:002009-03-16T17:36:00.000+01:00and PATRIZIA CIOFI !!!and PATRIZIA CIOFI !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-47213303531580975992009-03-16T15:42:00.000+01:002009-03-16T15:42:00.000+01:00well, i have more respect now for those who have n...well, i have more respect now for those who have not sing at met.. i can feel respet for an audience that clap in veryact of every opera even when the production is performed for 20 years...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-42720955022867005272009-03-15T17:00:00.000+01:002009-03-15T17:00:00.000+01:00The biggest problem with the Met, other than their...The biggest problem with the Met, other than their excruciatingly dull choices in repertoire, is that the actual opera house is an airport hangar. Years ago, I'd heard John Tomlinson at the Met as Guernemanz and he sound bad: wobbly, shouty etc. A few years after that, I heard him in the same role at the Staatsoper unter den Linden --which is about 1/3 the size of the Met-- and he didn't have Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-50859199422202437992009-03-15T13:20:00.000+01:002009-03-15T13:20:00.000+01:00My only experience of the Met being the radio or H...My only experience of the Met being the radio or HD broadcasts. It would seem that they keep big names on long after they are past their best!<BR/><BR/>They also seem to be slow in picking up people who are going down a storm in Europe. eg They only started with Algana when, to be honest, he was past his best.<BR/><BR/>Of course it would be completely scurrilous to suggest that opera goers are asHorace Copehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14252742836195838447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-16769481451025555752009-03-14T15:35:00.000+01:002009-03-14T15:35:00.000+01:00In my opinion, though the MET may not be a front-l...In my opinion, though the MET may not be a front-line venue regarding innovative approaches to opera, it is still the operatic venue in the world where most A list singers appear during one season.<BR/>Regarding the specific artists I mentioned, some of them may well be scheduled for future performances: Johan Reuter is still at the onset of his career and I am certain he will at some point mostly opera...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-8752837177336768592009-03-14T12:36:00.000+01:002009-03-14T12:36:00.000+01:00Agree with all of the above comments. Might add t...Agree with all of the above comments. Might add that there are singers who <I>have</I> previously sung at the Met, in some instances on numerous occasions, had great success and for inexplicable reasons have not been invited back in recent years. (It is possible they might have turned the invitations down, but while they may be established artists - very comprable to some on you list - they aremarcillachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10890948953007381186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-52439888513467706052009-03-14T01:42:00.000+01:002009-03-14T01:42:00.000+01:00Wow. Fantastic post, great idea. I'm really suprpi...Wow. Fantastic post, great idea. I'm really suprpised to see that some of these artist have never appeared at the Met. Especilly Mariss Jansons.<BR/><BR/>Though to be honest, Met has lost it's pole position in the opera world long time ago. so it's no that suprisingBogdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14736015779012529107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-16506253996610934392009-03-14T01:33:00.000+01:002009-03-14T01:33:00.000+01:00Gran seleccionThank youGran seleccion<BR/><BR/>Thank youAtthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992667625493705807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-59642169548641138062009-03-13T23:56:00.000+01:002009-03-13T23:56:00.000+01:00A great post Mostly, full of humour, and introduci...A great post Mostly, full of humour, and introducing (to me!) quite a few fine singers I'd never heard before.<BR/>I just wondered: what do you mean by <I>"for more, or rather less, obvious reasons"</I> ? Any precise idea why some of them don't sing at the Met ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com