tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post6878709587529068506..comments2024-02-25T13:20:20.620+01:00Comments on mostly opera: Bryn Terfel in Copenhagenmostly opera...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-44901306927013213802008-10-26T00:36:00.000+02:002008-10-26T00:36:00.000+02:00As far as I know Bryn Terfel has only sung Méphist...As far as I know Bryn Terfel has only sung Méphistophéles in the David McVicar/Pappano production you mention at Covent Garden 2004(with Alagna and Gheorghiu) a couple of seasons ago. I am not sure a final decision has been made regarding a DVD- release. Agreed, there is a disgraceful lack of suitable Faust-DVDs (read: There really are none)...<BR/><BR/>However, this McVicar thing is not the mostly opera...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-14813417591886454432008-10-25T14:06:00.000+02:002008-10-25T14:06:00.000+02:00Rather a short programme! If I am not seeing Bryn ...Rather a short programme! If I am not seeing Bryn in opera I would rather catch him in a lieder recital when there is none of the customary padding. Mind you many other singers are far worse offenders. I saw a recital with Gheorghiu recently when she sang at most 18 minutes of music in a programme lasting over two hours. In the second half we had to sit through 18 minutes of the Romeo and Juliet curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05739148306934419721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-9765012453591986972008-10-23T16:04:00.000+02:002008-10-23T16:04:00.000+02:00Before reading your post, I had no idea that Bryn ...Before reading your post, I had no idea that Bryn Terfel had, or indeed should want to sing Mephisto.<BR/>I have done my homework, and found this on YouTube:<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4I3obvWA4c<BR/>a clip from a 2004 production (not too bad looking, I daresay).<BR/>Compared to this, would you say that the BT you heard recently is... better ? much the same ? gone to the worse ?<BR/>I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com