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19 comments

• Quanto Painy Fakor says:

  How truly wonderful it is to read something so positive about the MET for a change. Great review from James Jorden. Enjoy it while you can… things are sure to return to filth.

  on November 16, 2009 at 7:55 AM
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  on November 16, 2009 at 8:02 AM
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  on November 16, 2009 at 8:09 AM
• Will says:

  How great to hear Kurt Streit given the recognition his artistry so deserves. And I’ll bet he is a fully integrated member of the ensemble into the bargain. I’m so looking forward to seeing this!

  on November 16, 2009 at 1:55 PM
• kashania says:

  Damn it!!! I just can’t afford to fly down to NYC to see this. Argh!

  on November 16, 2009 at 3:24 PM
  • louannd says:

    double arrrrggggghhhh!

    on November 16, 2009 at 9:55 PM
• lorenzo.venezia says:

  Thank you, La Cieca, for a beautiful and heartfelt review. Were I not booked between Urbino, Assisi, and Vienna, I would certainly come running! I have always loved Patrice Chereau, since THE ring; and his Tristan at Scala, not universally loved, sent serious shivers down my spine for reasons to numerous and complex to mention. I was deeply moved by it. I am sure this is extraordinary and am truly sorry to miss it!!

  on November 16, 2009 at 4:09 PM
  • Regina delle fate says:

    Lorenzo – many people like the Chéreau Scala Tristan, even some critics, although needless to say it wasn’t Regie enough for the Germans. I am going to try to see this House of the Dead when it goes to La Scala.

    on November 17, 2009 at 5:29 AM
    • lorenzo.venezia says:

      Si, certo, anch’io.

      on November 18, 2009 at 12:01 PM
• cruncher says:

  Great review. Love the new pic too!

  on November 16, 2009 at 5:32 PM
• Jay says:

  Excellent review. Also worth checking out: Martin Bernheimer’s Financial Times writeup at
  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/72ae6fd0-d2d2-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.html

  on November 16, 2009 at 7:37 PM
  • lorenzo.venezia says:

    I used to be terribly annoyed with Martin B. when I lived in LA and he was critic at The LA Times; he was ruthless with icons and referred to Pavarotti and Caballe (in an SF Tosca) as singing sofas, etc. That said, he is a smart cookie, and this review verifies that he has grown wiser as well as older… succinct, to the point, generoso.

    on November 18, 2009 at 12:10 PM
• idreno says:

  Just to dispel some misinterpretations: the show originates in Europe (Aix-en-Provence) and then goes to La Scala, is definitively NOT the other way around.

  on November 17, 2009 at 8:04 AM
• SilvestriWoman says:

  I second Will!!! Having worked with Kurt, I can attest that he is a complete artist and true gentleman. Why is it that Mozart tenors never get there due?

  on November 17, 2009 at 8:47 AM