"Hunkentenor" makes broadcast debut
UPDATE: And now, my dears, we've even reached the AP! (How long before we're on the UP and every other damn P?)La Cieca's young, young, young friend Maury D'anatto writes: "Too funny, La Cieca: did you coin hunkentenor? Because there was just this intermission interview with Joseph Kaiser that went somewhat off the rails as Margaret Juntwait asked JK if he had heard people call him a hunkentenor, and then through some rather complicated chain of associations, he revealed that he sleeps naked. It was awkward/hilarious."
Well, yes, La Cieca will have to plead "guilty" to coining this suddenly mainstream term; however it is you, cher public, who have catapulted it into the lexicon. Brava, you go on like this!
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For the record it was awkward in an adorable way, and if I were being broadcast to a grillion homes, I'm certain I'd fare no better!
Maybe Kaiser learned from Netrebko! She admitted in an interview that she sleeps in the buff. Is it really necessary for opera stars to project tabloid images by exposing intimate details of their personal lives? On the other hand, desire for some privacy requires a certain degree of class which not all are born with.
OMG, wait until TT finds out that Kaiser sleeps naked... he'll HAVE to review a Kaiser performance.
Anyway, we were spared another TT drool over hot Schrott, since Allan Kozinn reviewed "Figaro" (very favorably, but without the ejaculatory prose TT pens).
Just because someone says they don't wear pajamas is not saying they sleep in the nude - has anyone heard of sleeping in your underwear? I think it's probably the norm, rather than an exception.
@Constantine: Oh dear, I'm afraid I've done the lad a disservice. It wasn't uttered in any sort of tabloidish fashion at all. It was just very cute sputtering after being asked a hard-to-answer question. (I mean what would I say if someone said, "hey, have you heard they're calling you a hunkenblogger?" Not entirely shockingly, this is not a situation I have had to face!)
What's the problem with someone admitting they sleep in the buff? Ok, I admit it. I SLEEP IN THE BUFF. I find pajamas restrictive and uncomfortable, just like spending time with people born with a certain degree of class.
To think that in the 50’s some people got annoyed that Callas stated in an interview in “Life” that she liked to take a nice warm bath, in the evening, and then curl up with a score of an opera and study. One person wrote into “Life” magazine and said “who does she think she is, Elvis? Times have changed indeed.
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Sugarmezzo: Oh, no problem at all. I frankly assumed everyone except maybe people from Ohio slept in the altogether. It was just funny the way it came up, and of course one did experience a certain frisson in knowing it for sure, because, well, he's quite good looking.
I was actually referencing the comment of mr. papas, Maury. I believe I WOULD be a little uncomfortable if someone were to ask me on air how i dressed when I sleep, or for that matter whether I prefer the Rabbit to the Bullet, but you KNOW... The private lives of celebrities are ALWAYS up for judgement and criticism...
joseph kaiser sounded great on wednesday night. however, during ACT IV, he had his powder blue pants on, under the night shirt, unlike alagna, and it just looked absurd. especially when anna mounted him. of course, he's a lot bigger (taller) than roberto so it was quite short on him.
netrebko had on a white shift or nightgown. but, that's something you'd wear to bed.
I didn't hear this interview with Kaiser, but I suspect it is Margaret Juntwait who should be pilloried -- for asking stupid questions. She usually does. And she thinks that Wagner wrote an opera called Lohengreen and that Handel wrote one called Roe-delinda.
And when oh when is the Magic Flute film with Kaiser going to be released. (I think someone here said that no distributor was interested. Perhaps because (a) it's opera and (b) it didn't get particularly good reviews.
So maybe it will go straight to DVD?
On the subject of debuts, baritone Stephen Gaertner (sp.?) made an unscheduled one at the Met last night, substituting for an indisposed Mariusz Kwiecien in Act III of Lucia.
La Borkh liked to be naked in her dressing room, and the getting the mantan on and off Aidas and Otellos could make for a lot of backstage stories
So how did Gaertner sound?
Gaertner acquitted himself very well in the Wolf's Crag scene, I thought. What a lame set, though. Kwiecien sounded fine earlier in the evening too, so the indisposition announcement came as a surprise to me.
I was fortunate enough to be at the MET every evening this week from Tuesday on.... I have friends, other OPERA NUTS, in from out of town and my husband and I have seen everything this week!!! Friday evening's Zimmerman Lucia, I thought so many parts of the production were lovely. Although, Mariusz Kwiecien was obviously not well. I was still disappointed by his cancellation. When the Stage Manager(?) made the announcment after a lengthy intermission, he smartly announced that it was Mr. Gartner's debut. Somehow we really got excited, and there was an electricity in the crowd. I think we had a feeling something good was coming. My husband Sam and I were surprised and quite thrilled with the large Verdian voice of Mr. Gartner. It was very full and mature. He is also quite handsome!!! For me, the highlight of the evening was the Wolf's Crag scene with Mr. Gartner and Mr. Giordani. Mr. Giordani really came to life. It was very exciting!! The applause went on for a long time!! Our friends emailed us a link for the MET's site this evening of Mr. Gartner's debut and Mr. Giordani's heroism!!
www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/news/news_flash.aspx
Agree with the comment about the powder blue costume that they have Romeo wearing at the Met. May be ok for Alagna's boyish looks, but Giordani looked ridiculous in it. A big hunky man in baby blue tights was laughable.
Multi-colored tights were the rage in 1500s Italy. Check out the costumes the jockeys and banner-tossers wear in the Palio di Siena videos on Youtube.
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