Just ask the chorus -- they'll tell you
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11 August 2006
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9 Comments:
I'm not sure wether to be horrified or laugh hysterically. Given the nature of this site, I'm going to laugh hysterically.
Where is the "courage and survival" in Lohengrin? And 'a true story" means that a guy really rode in a boat pulled by a swan who was really a dude turned into a swan? At least Henry of Brabant was a real figure.
Yes, Baritenor: by all means, laugh. I'm still frightened of R. Wilson's productions, however. They really do scare me. The tag line for this movie (which, incidentally, promises to "come soon" - and one can only hope that means to completion - or to flare up and dissapate within a matter of seconds) obviously makes reference to the chorus, Mattila, Hepner, et. al. having the "courage" to participate and the amzaing fact that this production has "survived" as long as it has. In that case, yes - a "true story." At least the Schlingensief Parsifal gets yanked (sorry, Brits - err, "pulled") from Bayreuth a year early. If we closed our eyes in the theatre, depriving ourselves of the other seventy-ish percent of the art we call opera, we might as well stay at home with our iPods, listen to Chere Cieca's faboulous 'casts, and call it a day.... All in my opinion, of course. ;)
this is complete genius. when is Oliver Stone going to direct his Ring cycle, anyway? Wotan has a little Nixon in him.
Dear Mr. Wotan,
Bayreuths actual Parsifal will be retiring soon, but you have to grant us that the actual Tristan is really fantastic...
Wotan 2006: I love, love, love, love, love (shall I tell you how I really feel) the Bayreuth Tristan. Last month's Tristan I was about as perfect a performance of the work as I can imagine. Stimme is a phonomenon and I think the production concept works on many levels.
FYI: I'm in Santa Fe for the festival week - anyone else out there in Parterre-land here?
Wotan2006, you sure are cute, but your pool needs cleaning.
One of the most brilliant (in a evil sense...perhaps demented) things to grace this blogsite, and my computer screen.
ROTFLMAO!
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