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by | 8:52 pm | Oct 26, 2007


More photos of Erwin Schrott and (by the way) a story about the Washington National Opera’s new production of Don Giovanni at PlaybillArts. (A Don G. this hot may well transform DC to AC!)

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23 comments

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  • Baryton francais says:

    dnitzer- Completely agree with regards to productions. Give me something that truly does enlighten and work, or give me standard. Don’t trash my opera, you dumb divo directors!

    on October 29, 2007 at 2:26 PM
  • lonevoiceinthewilderness says:

    I agree with the assessment of LAO’s production of DG, but Schrott was a fiasco in that production, only marginally less so in the later Nozze. I put him in the same category as Gunn. Schott MAY have more of a voice, but he chooses not to use it, since he insists on “acting” the role rather than singing it. That either Schrott or Gunn gets contracts at major houses is a very depressing situation from a vocal point of view.

    on October 29, 2007 at 4:12 PM
  • Gualtier Maldé says:

    Heath, I have not seen Arpad Miklos at the Met. What opera was he attending? Gentlemen in his profession (the oldest…) are often pressed into duty as arm candy for wealthy gay men escorting them to cultural events like the opera. I would be delighted to hear that Arpad is an opera fan, as many opera fans I know are fans of him!

    One porn star who is a big opera fan is Michael Lucas who I have seen at the Met many times and at Carnegie Hall with or without his wealthy older boyfriend. He is very opinionated and passionate about opera.

    There was a seventies and early eighties porn star Johnny Dawes (real name Brian Lee) who died of AIDS who was a voracious opera aficionado and was working on a biography of Alma Gluck that he died before finishing.

    At least two male porn stars have appeared on the Met stage as “extras” – Raymond Dragon and Frank Vickers.

    To get this subject back to opera, I saw Guleghina as Lady Macbeth at her second show last Friday the 26th. She was operating on all cylinders and seemed ready to meet all the challenges head on. The beat the role to a draw in my opinion – the voice is a big notes instrument not a little notes instrument. But she attempted everything and some things worked better than others but she had a lot of vocal trumps all night. Exciting and charismatic are two words that come to mind regarding La Guleghina, and they don’t come to mind all that often these days at the opera.

    Gualtier Malde

    on October 30, 2007 at 4:14 PM
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