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eyes wide shut

by | 8:17 am | Jul 21, 2009

Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala are seen (briefly) in this clip from Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, as produced at Baden-Baden. 

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If this snippet is any indication, it appears Iolanta designed the costumes and sets as well.

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  • tcjr says:

    Gelb was seen a performance (thanks OperaChic!). Do yu think this means we will see this opera @ the Met?

    on July 22, 2009 at 10:35 AM
  • Le_Chiffre says:

    tcjr, I think that would be fantastic and very appealing to audiences. Particularly with Trebs.

    on July 22, 2009 at 10:53 AM
  • casualoperafan says:

    Netrebko is always at her best in the Russian repertoire.

    on July 22, 2009 at 11:23 AM
  • tcjr says:

    I think it would make really lovely holiday fare, rather then seeing the MF or H&G yet again

    on July 22, 2009 at 12:24 PM
  • Hans Lick says:

    Richard, 8: I thought she’d probably done it, but I wasn’t there! I’m sure you perceive the distinction immediately….

    Krunoslav, 9: I graciously allow you to be wrong. I’ve seen Maid of Orleans half a dozen times (2 concert perfs, 3 stagings, one of those twice) and except in D.C. with Freni (cheesy conductor), the final scene had the audience on its feet in delicious frenzy each time. The coronation scene is also stunning, and all of Act I, and that splendid men’s chorus opening Act II. The ballet music is unnecessary, and Act II kind of wanders, I admit. But the right conductor (and a snip of the ballet) should fix that right up and make it a thrill.

    I’ve seen Iolanta three times (on the basis of so many uttered enthusiasms), and each time it completely failed to send me at any point. Maybe Hvorostovsky can save it, but I’d rather he did something sure fire like Tsar’s Bride or Snow Maiden. Or Maid of Orleans. Iolanta has only one virtue: It’s short. But I like music.

    on July 22, 2009 at 5:49 PM
  • The Vicar of John Wakefield says:

    IOLANTHE is a damn sight better tha foreign trash like Puccini and the dubious Tchaikovsky. So is PRINCESS IDA.

    on July 22, 2009 at 6:35 PM
  • zinka says:

    When the Paterson NJ opera Co.did this gorgeous work(In English) in 1965..I was the doctor (of Marisa Galvany, whom I met for the first time.) Paul Plishka was King renee…and it is a beautiful work.,It is quite short..The met should do it with perhaps Aleko……I loved this opera since I was in it…and I hope they record/dvd this perf.CH

    on July 22, 2009 at 8:31 PM
  • dalva says:

    Thank you, La Cieca. You are the best!

    on July 27, 2009 at 5:43 PM
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