Reply With QuoteBefore I've checked the favourite recording thread (I need to ask Hoffmann to put the links in from the list to the relevant section of the thread), what is the rest of the Chereau production like?Originally Posted by Amfortas
If you do the potted DVD, I strongly recommend checking out the 1980 Chereau/Boulez Bayreuth Walküre. Still hands down my favorite production of that opera.
Before I've checked the favourite recording thread (I need to ask Hoffmann to put the links in from the list to the relevant section of the thread), what is the rest of the Chereau production like?
Certainly not traditional (though not nearly as outrageous now as it seemed at its 1976 premiere). Worth checking out, particularly the Rheingold. For me, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung are forever spoiled by Manfred Jung (I call him "that funny little man") as the hero.
Oh Gawd he's not just humming now, he's going dadada. In Sesto's most beautiful aria.
Aargh.
Are you sure it wasn't that famous opera by Marcel Duchamp?
I do remember German television broadcasting it.
We said in front of the telly with open mouths.....
But it was stunning and still is .
Thomas : Hamlet.
Natalie Dessay, Simon Keenlyside, Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy
Emi
Those two singers made a memorable evening.
An absolute must see, Alcina from Aix with Patricia Petibon and Philippe Jaroussky, in a many-roomed production by Katie Mitchell that worked even better than for Written On Skin. It makes me realise that while there were many fine composers in the Baroque, Handel has the edge in conveying deep emotion. If nothing else watch Petibon singing Ah, mio cor (at 1.35.45). It had me weeping.
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Natalie
That's it! The fantasy mechanical workshop that fixes your car and invoices you for less than quoted and does a free valet service!
Great, I'd love to see this. For how long will it be available?
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
It's on YT. So as long as it doesn't get taken down. It is also on Arte but only in Europe.
Natalie
If I am watching a You Tube opera, I ususally will rip it to MP4 so that if it gets taken down midway I can finish it.
"Music is enought for a whole lifetime--but a lifetime is not enough for music." --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
Yes, so do I.
Natalie
I didn't have any expectations about this but it is actually nice. Direction can be a bit unintentionally comic at times, but still thoroughly enjoyable.
Hello Festat!
Long time no err.. read post.
What's the weather like in São Paulo? It's the height of summer in the UK and temperature is a whopping 17°C.
Hey, Clayton! I'm always glad to be back.
We're having an unusually hot winter down here. We spent most of July between 12°C and 22°C, but since last week afternoons are really hot — it is now 15h and 27°C! At night the temperature drops suddenly to 14°C or 13°C, though. Dry as usual for winter time, not a single drop in the last two weeks, no clouds at all in the sky. At least we have nice starry nights, as much as the city lights allow anyway.
I have no memory anymore of what being cold feels like.
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