tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post6799741486252049563..comments2024-02-25T13:20:20.620+01:00Comments on mostly opera: DVD: Barenboim Bayreuth Meistersingermostly opera...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-72913747193191811212008-09-14T18:06:00.000+02:002008-09-14T18:06:00.000+02:00"Struckmann is really not THAT horrid but one does..."Struckmann is really not THAT horrid but one does worry about Terfel showing up. Hopefully Pape will have some room in his calendar."<BR/><BR/>Not for this. It coincides with the Berlin/La Scala production with DB, which is his first priority, as I understand it.´Apparently RP was the first choice Wotan for the MET and it looks like he is scheduled to share the part with Terfel in 2013 (as of mostly opera...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-68323281703085905962008-09-14T16:57:00.000+02:002008-09-14T16:57:00.000+02:00Gens voice IS somewhat too small for the Met (her ...Gens voice IS somewhat too small for the Met (her Elvira in Barcelona this year was, imo, slightly better than Roschmann's excellent rendition in Salzburg heard a few days later) but that hasn't prevented them from hiring singers whose voices are also too small but not nearly as beautiful and who themselves are not nearly as good looking. She too, as well as Magee, really LOOK that part, I think.marcillachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10890948953007381186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-35963825468335000532008-09-13T18:16:00.000+02:002008-09-13T18:16:00.000+02:00I always imagined Veronique Gens´ voice to be too ...I always imagined Veronique Gens´ voice to be too small for the MET, but I may be completely wrong as I´ve never heard her live.<BR/><BR/>Yes I realize someone at the MET seems to like Relyea. The thing with Relyea is that he looks OK and acts rather well, he is just such an unbelievably awful singer (in pure vocal terms). He will ruin this Berlioz-Faust production, which is really a shame as it mostly opera...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-45728566461494906362008-09-13T17:30:00.000+02:002008-09-13T17:30:00.000+02:00Also, Relya does, for some reason, seem to be some...Also, Relya does, for some reason, seem to be something of a favorite at the Met. He is the worst Figaro I've heard and has not, I don't think distinguished himself in other roles. <BR/><BR/>Still, even his Figaro is quite a few notches above some of the Contesses I've heard at the Met. This again begs the queston, why no Magee (who unfortunatly seems to have dropped the role)? Why no Gens?marcillachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10890948953007381186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-13305837541013879622008-09-13T17:21:00.000+02:002008-09-13T17:21:00.000+02:00No Antonacci. No Veronique Gens.Multiple appearan...No Antonacci. No Veronique Gens.<BR/><BR/>Multiple appearances by Tamar Iveri and Krassimira Stoyanova.<BR/><BR/>Hmm???marcillachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10890948953007381186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-25679598305364715372008-09-13T01:49:00.000+02:002008-09-13T01:49:00.000+02:00I completely agree on Emily Magee and I´ve wondere...I completely agree on Emily Magee and I´ve wondered why she hasn´t appeared more frequently at the major houses, Barenboim´s backing and all. She is a terrific actress and furthermore looks stunning.<BR/><BR/>Live, I´ve only heard her as Gutrune and the Rusalka-Foreign Princess, on DVD I´ve seen her in several part such as Elsa, Desdemona, Eva, Ellen Orford, Countess and Ariadne. She has never mostly opera...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-4530679460429698752008-09-11T21:26:00.000+02:002008-09-11T21:26:00.000+02:00I saw this production in Bayreuth in 1998. The two...I saw this production in Bayreuth in 1998. The two first acts were almost a disaster. Robert Holl was completely uninspiring, Peter Seiffert- a great Walther, but not this evening- was visibly ill and the production had an unbearable "petit bourgeois" aspect... Before the third act, Wolfgang Wagner appeared on stage and announced that Peter Seiffert was replaced by RDS. And something happened. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-73701311858372432062008-09-11T18:11:00.000+02:002008-09-11T18:11:00.000+02:00A typically astute contrast of Barenboim (familiar...A typically astute contrast of Barenboim (familiar from CD) and Thielemann (seen live in my - to this point only - trip to the Green HIll). <BR/><BR/>Emily Magee: Very curious to get a little more of your thoughts of her in this production and generally.<BR/><BR/>I liked her but was not overwhelmed by on the Barenboim Lohengrin and Meistersinger CDs. However, she did, from my perspective, marcillachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10890948953007381186noreply@blogger.com