tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post7205325684022530965..comments2024-02-25T13:20:20.620+01:00Comments on mostly opera: Tcherniakov Munich Carmelites - the collective suicide of a paranoid sectmostly opera...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-86145836588575784122017-03-26T04:28:55.349+02:002017-03-26T04:28:55.349+02:00I just wish it were still possible to get hold of ...I just wish it were still possible to get hold of a copy, used, new, whatever. From the snippets I have seen and this description, I can see why the Poulenc estate had it withdrawn, but as an opera director myself, I am fascinated by such radical rethinkings whether they entirely work or not.Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06342882935921907193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-7576561460803084082012-04-10T12:27:35.765+02:002012-04-10T12:27:35.765+02:00I really like those productions which tell another...I really like those productions which tell another story than the one the composer intended to tell... But it has to work. The problem with this production is that it works perfectly ( without the traditional historical and religious visual references) until the last five minutes. In fact, until this point, it is not really provocative. It is intelligent, moving, even if certain situations are NVnoreply@blogger.com