tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post7881352447064886353..comments2024-02-25T13:20:20.620+01:00Comments on mostly opera: Waltraud Meier as Carmenmostly opera...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-65594183167082416652010-01-21T17:52:25.326+01:002010-01-21T17:52:25.326+01:00My late husband and I attended to one of these per...My late husband and I attended to one of these performances back in 97. He was an admirer of Ms Meier, but her Carmen was so disappointing we left after the second act.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-86896594060097603532009-05-15T23:22:00.000+02:002009-05-15T23:22:00.000+02:00Beautiful! I love your blogBeautiful! I love your blogMr Adhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708152407551345403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-77529364562727480682009-04-29T14:22:00.000+02:002009-04-29T14:22:00.000+02:00Friends, look at this !!! Also in english.
http:/...Friends, look at this !!! Also in english.<br /><br />http://operadream.blogspot.com/2009/04/tenorista-lawrence-brownlee-v.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-34685776549336093872009-04-27T22:29:00.000+02:002009-04-27T22:29:00.000+02:00Personally I have always felt Carmen a difficult o...Personally I have always felt Carmen a difficult opera to pull off successfully. The simple and "versimo" nature of the story leaves the singers particularly exposed to incredulity - even more so today when we are used to more "acted" performances rather than "standard and deliver". <br /><br />Domingo was far too old for the part in 1997 - and that doesn't help. If you going to a film like Horace Copehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14252742836195838447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-23823208535321175592009-04-26T20:59:00.000+02:002009-04-26T20:59:00.000+02:00Oh, absolutely, Marcillac, I couldn't agree more: ...Oh, absolutely, Marcillac, I couldn't agree more: one of my favourite opera video stuff is her Ortrud in Lenhoff's Baden (I think) <I>Lohengrin</I>, and I was lucky enough to appear on stage (me a humble monk in the autodafe scene) alongside La Meier in the Alagna / Mattila / Van Dam Châtelet <I>Don Carlos</I> production, back in 1996... a thrilling experience !Beckmessernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-17122532772205316832009-04-26T19:11:00.000+02:002009-04-26T19:11:00.000+02:00FWIW, I've never seen even a minimally dynamic per...FWIW, I've never seen even a minimally dynamic performance of this production. No one has chemistry and even decent individual performances are hard to come by (by far the best being Pape as Escamillo). This is of course the more notable with people the stature of Meier and Domingo but it is a general problem.<br /><br /><br />Hopefully the new production will liven things up. <br /><br /><br marcillachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10890948953007381186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-32833332280996447892009-04-21T14:20:00.000+02:002009-04-21T14:20:00.000+02:00Meier is right...and you too.
It's a poor Meier in...Meier is right...and you too.<br />It's a poor Meier in Carmen.José Quintela Soareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12184044651028422090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-19425388830788249342009-04-19T10:20:00.000+02:002009-04-19T10:20:00.000+02:00... and here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7pI...... and here:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7pI7GmPXg<br />from 2'39, the first two verses of the Gipsy song (act II)Beckmessernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-54291586509673412422009-04-19T09:39:00.000+02:002009-04-19T09:39:00.000+02:00And here are the links to Georghiu as Micaela:
h...And here are the links to Georghiu as Micaela:<br /><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTG746uIFbQ<br /><br />and <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jWqkJvdp-k<br /><br />The blonde wig did indeed make it :-)))Beckmessernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-89081877075512622222009-04-19T03:57:00.000+02:002009-04-19T03:57:00.000+02:00Okay, now you've all got me curious. I have the w...Okay, now you've all got me curious. I have the whole performance but have never watched it. Guess, that's on my agenda for this coming week!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-71661593984391833142009-04-18T14:31:00.000+02:002009-04-18T14:31:00.000+02:00Thanks for uploading the Habanera as well...
Hmmm...Thanks for uploading the Habanera as well...<br /><br />Hmmmmm... what can I say now about these two short extracts...<br /><br />- an apparently dull and more-realistic-than-thou production<br />- a blatant lack of chemistry between Meier and Domingo - they seem (and, in some respect, are) to be coming from two different operatic worlds<br />- very much like Berganza, when she sang her first Beckmessernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-89632365775540110112009-04-17T18:58:00.000+02:002009-04-17T18:58:00.000+02:00Not very convincing, I daresay...
Mostly, you see...Not very convincing, I daresay...<br /><br />Mostly, you seem to have uploaded twice the same fragment (séguedille), or is it just my computer going wz2dhwxxk as it often does ?Beckmessernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-76317118973273689992009-04-17T14:25:00.000+02:002009-04-17T14:25:00.000+02:00Those looking for a Zeffirelli Carmen should check...Those looking for a Zeffirelli Carmen should check out the Carlos Kleiber 1978 performance on DVD where the video direction is also by Zeffirelli. Whenever you get tired of all the activity on stage you can just revel in Kleiber's glorious conducting or bask in Domingo in his absolute prime.<br />Zeffirelli regularly pans the camera towards Kleiber and the orchestra, who remain illuminated DBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-13677318257979483352009-04-17T04:50:00.000+02:002009-04-17T04:50:00.000+02:00I think there's also a clip of Angela Gheorghiu si...I think there's also a clip of Angela Gheorghiu singing Micaela's aria on youtube as well.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06745000204426665671noreply@blogger.com