tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post3875407272072543238..comments2024-02-25T13:20:20.620+01:00Comments on mostly opera: DVD: The Barenboim Salzburg Eugene Oneginmostly opera...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-66445542381007799272013-03-20T00:06:12.746+01:002013-03-20T00:06:12.746+01:00It's a shame to see how a rather uninspired st...It's a shame to see how a rather uninspired staging forces the singers to be true through their acting to the director's options and overall view of the opera. But then again, thank God it's the only thing the directors can (usually) mess with. To listen to Peter Mattei's wonderful Onegin (and, actually, to all of his roles) I would readily suffer terrible directing, and even Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-24677034668494962192012-01-21T23:48:12.995+01:002012-01-21T23:48:12.995+01:00How anyone can laud this dreary production full o...How anyone can laud this dreary production full of anachronisms is beyond me, as a lover of this opera. Tatiana commands her old nurse to bring her paper, pen and table to write her letter, then proceeds to bang it out on a typewriter sitting on the floor.<br />Inexplicably there is water all over the floor in the interior scenes. The duel takes place in the abandoned family home, Tatiana Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com