Comments on: The rest is silence http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/ where opera is king and you, the readers, are queens Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cassandra http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-4/#comment-107719 Cassandra Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:39:29 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107719 This is so true. It's something like almost two decades that she's been having problems. I have refused to listen since being forced to sit through her cracking every high note written for Sophie at least sixteen years ago. This is so true. It’s something like almost two decades that she’s been having problems. I have refused to listen since being forced to sit through her cracking every high note written for Sophie at least sixteen years ago.

]]> By: mrmyster http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-4/#comment-107712 mrmyster Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:11:05 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107712 In addition to which, Kruno, HGM looks like a New Jersey housewife gone to seed, otherwise known as a Pig With Lipstick. She is not stageworthy. Why oh why doesn't the NYT replace Tony T. with a decent and reliable; he is shockingly misleading. In addition to which, Kruno, HGM looks like a New Jersey housewife gone to seed, otherwise known as a Pig With Lipstick. She is not stageworthy.
Why oh why doesn’t the NYT replace Tony T. with a decent and reliable; he is shockingly misleading.

]]> By: Regina delle fate http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-4/#comment-107710 Regina delle fate Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:00:45 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107710 Oh yes - I forgot Serra - she sounds like a tin-whistle on that. She was a terrific Olympia at Covent Garden, however, and a light Pagliughi-like Sonnambula a bit later. Better coloratura than Cotrubas at the time, but considerably less warmth. Oh yes – I forgot Serra – she sounds like a tin-whistle on that. She was a terrific Olympia at Covent Garden, however, and a light Pagliughi-like Sonnambula a bit later. Better coloratura than Cotrubas at the time, but considerably less warmth.

]]> By: Harry http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-4/#comment-107709 Harry Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:20:14 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107709 Regina delle fate: the scariest voiced Queen of night committed to disc on a 'premier release' would have to be Luciana Serra's attempt on the Colin Davis version, one also from Philips. It is a true classic sore thumb miscast. As a slight sidetrack, who has noted Netrebko's CD release called Souvenirs.....With Strauss she appears to 'just make it' but at the same time a listener could quite easily imagine her stressed and cross-eyed in the attempt. She does not appear to be a Strauss person. Regina delle fate: the scariest voiced Queen of night committed to disc on a ‘premier release’ would have to be Luciana Serra’s attempt on the Colin Davis version, one also from Philips. It is a true classic sore thumb miscast.
As a slight sidetrack, who has noted Netrebko’s CD release called Souvenirs…..With Strauss she appears to ‘just make it’ but at the same time a listener could quite easily imagine her stressed and cross-eyed in the attempt. She does not appear to be a Strauss person.

]]> By: Krunoslav http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-4/#comment-107704 Krunoslav Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:46:12 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107704 Speaking of washed-up sopranos, can we *believe* that the NY TIMES allowed Tony T. to gush all over Heidi Grunt Murphy, whose desssicated vocalism is like a lead weight in the otherwise strong current Met SUOR ANGELICA and who was terrible -- TERRIBLE-- vocally and unbearable dramatically in ORFEO. She hasn't sung well in years. Her Paris performances, to which TT airily alludes, were booed and excoriated in the French musical press. It is depressing that the senior music critic of the leading American paper cannot begin to judge voices. And if that outer borough soi-disant"punk" poster here nurses any further doubts that the TIMES will go to any lengths to bolster the ticket selling needs of Mr. Gelb's Met, this utterly pointless "Power Couple" article should put them to rest. Ms. Grant Murphy sang prettily for a few years. Her subsequent career at the Met continues the nepotistic legacy of such immortals as Nina Morgana and Mary Ellen Pracht. Speaking of washed-up sopranos, can we *believe* that the NY TIMES allowed Tony T. to gush all over Heidi Grunt Murphy, whose desssicated vocalism is like a lead weight in the otherwise strong current Met SUOR ANGELICA and who was terrible — TERRIBLE– vocally and unbearable dramatically in ORFEO. She hasn’t sung well in years.

Her Paris performances, to which TT airily alludes, were booed and excoriated in the French musical press.

It is depressing that the senior music critic of the leading American paper cannot begin to judge voices. And if that outer borough soi-disant”punk” poster here nurses any further doubts that the TIMES will go to any lengths to bolster the ticket selling needs of Mr. Gelb’s Met, this utterly pointless “Power Couple” article should put them to rest.

Ms. Grant Murphy sang prettily for a few years. Her subsequent career at the Met continues the nepotistic legacy of such immortals as Nina Morgana and Mary Ellen Pracht.

]]> By: Buster http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107702 Buster Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:57:57 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107702 Kammersängerin! Kammersängerin!

]]> By: Buster http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107700 Buster Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:22:59 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107700 Poor children. Petra Maria Schnitzer (ahum) and Peter Seiffert have two sons: Tristan and Florestan. Poor children. Petra Maria Schnitzer (ahum) and Peter Seiffert have two sons: Tristan and Florestan.

]]> By: Buster http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107698 Buster Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:16:12 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107698 Andrea Rost? Andrea Rost?

]]> By: Regina delle fate http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107697 Regina delle fate Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:58:20 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107697 Not only DG - all the recording companies were after her. Remember that scary Queen of the Night on Phillips with Marriner and the Konstanze for Sony? I think she dumped the greedy husband a while back. She has two daughters named Elsa and Senta! They must be thanking their lucky stars their mother never sang Kundry, Not only DG – all the recording companies were after her. Remember that scary Queen of the Night on Phillips with Marriner and the Konstanze for Sony? I think she dumped the greedy husband a while back. She has two daughters named Elsa and Senta! They must be thanking their lucky stars their mother never sang Kundry,

]]> By: Regina delle fate http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107696 Regina delle fate Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:53:11 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107696 Gualtier - the Duisburg and Düsseldorf opera companies are the constituents of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, a unique pooling of resources in Germany, I think. They basically have the same repertoire and same ensemble of singers and the two theatres mean they have to double-cast almost everything, so there is usually a decent substitute when someone is off sick. In the 1970s, they had some fantastic singers there: I saw the pre-Karajan Behrens as Marie, Rusalka, Nella in Gianni Schicchi, Helmwige and Katya Kabanova, Karl Ridderbusch in all his Ring parts, the pre-Chereau Peter Hofmann as Siegmund, Ursula Schroeder-Feinen was on the books - the loudest Sieglinde I have ever heard - and I saw Martha Mödl twice, as Herodias and the Cleaning Lady in Vec Makropoulos. They were the first German company in modern times to do all of the great Janacek operas and they had a lovely Rossini comedies cycle staged by Jean-Pierre Ponelle - I saw Ugo Benelli in Cenerentola, Comte Ory and Italiana in one or other of the theatres. Alberto Erede had been the music director in the 1960s and he was still revered there in the Italian rep. Gualtier – the Duisburg and Düsseldorf opera companies are the constituents of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, a unique pooling of resources in Germany, I think. They basically have the same repertoire and same ensemble of singers and the two theatres mean they have to double-cast almost everything, so there is usually a decent substitute when someone is off sick. In the 1970s, they had some fantastic singers there: I saw the pre-Karajan Behrens as Marie, Rusalka, Nella in Gianni Schicchi, Helmwige and Katya Kabanova, Karl Ridderbusch in all his Ring parts, the pre-Chereau Peter Hofmann as Siegmund, Ursula Schroeder-Feinen was on the books – the loudest Sieglinde I have ever heard – and I saw Martha Mödl twice, as Herodias and the Cleaning Lady in Vec Makropoulos. They were the first German company in modern times to do all of the great Janacek operas and they had a lovely Rossini comedies cycle staged by Jean-Pierre Ponelle – I saw Ugo Benelli in Cenerentola, Comte Ory and Italiana in one or other of the theatres. Alberto Erede had been the music director in the 1960s and he was still revered there in the Italian rep.

]]> By: Regina delle fate http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107695 Regina delle fate Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:43:58 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107695 She was a few vouchers short of a pop-up toaster from the start as far as I have heard. I remember a Cosi at Glyndebourne where the rest of the cast looked as if they didn't know what she was going to do next. She is a strange-looking woman, too, cross-eyed and a bit spooky. She sang a divine Daphne in concert at Covent Garden and she was mesmerising in Boulevard Solitude - Nikolaus Lehnhoff was a big fan and directed her in Lulu in her home house Düsseldorf. But with the big dates she seemed to get loopier and succumbed to acute Studeritis singing all different kinds of roles: Cleopatra, Donna Anna, Manon, Countess in Capriccio, Lucia and even Norma. It seems the latter was the killer and she lost confidence and started cancelling elsewhere: she was to have been the Anna in the first revival of Zambello's Don Giovanni at Covent Garden and was replaced at the last minute by Nebs hot foot from her Salzburg triumph in the role. And she also pulled out of Christof Loy's Lucia to be replaced by that Hungarian lady, much promoted by Muti and Peter Gelb at Sony, whose name I have momentarily forgotten - Andrea something, I think. Can anyone help my failing grey cells? She was a few vouchers short of a pop-up toaster from the start as far as I have heard. I remember a Cosi at Glyndebourne where the rest of the cast looked as if they didn’t know what she was going to do next. She is a strange-looking woman, too, cross-eyed and a bit spooky. She sang a divine Daphne in concert at Covent Garden and she was mesmerising in Boulevard Solitude – Nikolaus Lehnhoff was a big fan and directed her in Lulu in her home house Düsseldorf. But with the big dates she seemed to get loopier and succumbed to acute Studeritis singing all different kinds of roles: Cleopatra, Donna Anna, Manon, Countess in Capriccio, Lucia and even Norma. It seems the latter was the killer and she lost confidence and started cancelling elsewhere: she was to have been the Anna in the first revival of Zambello’s Don Giovanni at Covent Garden and was replaced at the last minute by Nebs hot foot from her Salzburg triumph in the role. And she also pulled out of Christof Loy’s Lucia to be replaced by that Hungarian lady, much promoted by Muti and Peter Gelb at Sony, whose name I have momentarily forgotten – Andrea something, I think. Can anyone help my failing grey cells?

]]> By: MontyNostry http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-107692 MontyNostry Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:06:40 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107692 Not very investigative in their approach. Interviews with stars, for instance, often read like press releases! Not very investigative in their approach. Interviews with stars, for instance, often read like press releases!

]]> By: Buster http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107689 Buster Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:38:30 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107689 This Gundryggia post (No. 54) on Mechthild Gessendorf (who was for a while married to Werner Hollweg) is interesting, to say the least: http://parterre.com/2008/12/12/dante-missed-this-one/ This Gundryggia post (No. 54) on Mechthild Gessendorf (who was for a while married to Werner Hollweg) is interesting, to say the least:

http://parterre.com/2008/12/12/dante-missed-this-one/

]]> By: steveac10 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107681 steveac10 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:25:01 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107681 I have to agree. If the marketing staff at DG (abetted by a greedy husband) hadn't convinced her she was the second coming of Lilli Lehmann, we could have had ten or fifteen years of Elsa, Elisabeth and middle weight Strauss of that caliber. It was not a run of the mill voice, and she may have the distinction of being the one star that flamed out early because she tackled too many roles that were too light for her voice. I have to agree. If the marketing staff at DG (abetted by a greedy husband) hadn’t convinced her she was the second coming of Lilli Lehmann, we could have had ten or fifteen years of Elsa, Elisabeth and middle weight Strauss of that caliber. It was not a run of the mill voice, and she may have the distinction of being the one star that flamed out early because she tackled too many roles that were too light for her voice.

]]> By: Cassandra http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107680 Cassandra Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:03:20 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107680 I think it was the Trovatore in Vienna. Thanks. I think it was the Trovatore in Vienna. Thanks.

]]> By: warmke http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107679 warmke Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:22:31 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107679 @Lindoro Almaviva : That's your definition of coaching, based on the sometimes correct assumption of the coaches lack of knowledge of vocal technique. However, I could name at least 6 coaches who are better teachers than some well known pedagogues. Don't forget that all human beings have vocal chords and can understand how they work, not just the blessed few. @Lindoro Almaviva : That’s your definition of coaching, based on the sometimes correct assumption of the coaches lack of knowledge of vocal technique. However, I could name at least 6 coaches who are better teachers than some well known pedagogues. Don’t forget that all human beings have vocal chords and can understand how they work, not just the blessed few.

]]> By: CruzSF http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107677 CruzSF Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:26:03 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107677 What can be left for Studer? Is there any way for her to go back to the drawing board? I read recently the story of Carol Neblett, whose voice was undone by alcoholism (by her own reports). She went back and rebuilt her voice well enough to be a voice teacher at a So Cal college. But the opera house offers dried up for good. Studer is before my time, but the 20-ticket-recital is just sooo sad, I feel for her. What can be left for Studer? Is there any way for her to go back to the drawing board? I read recently the story of Carol Neblett, whose voice was undone by alcoholism (by her own reports). She went back and rebuilt her voice well enough to be a voice teacher at a So Cal college. But the opera house offers dried up for good.

Studer is before my time, but the 20-ticket-recital is just sooo sad, I feel for her.

]]> By: hndymn http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107675 hndymn Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:47:01 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107675 it amazes me that anyone who's taken the time to actually listen to the clip our hostess has placed at the top of the post can fail to admit that it's some mighty fine singing. The voice is completely under control, the pitches are perfectly on center, and there's obvious intelligence behind it. She's singing words, not just notes. it amazes me that anyone who’s taken the time to actually listen to the clip our hostess has placed at the top of the post can fail to admit that it’s some mighty fine singing. The voice is completely under control, the pitches are perfectly on center, and there’s obvious intelligence behind it. She’s singing words, not just notes.

]]> By: mrmyster http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107674 mrmyster Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:38:41 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107674 It's very sad about the talented German coloratura. She suffered mental illness and after her first big American engagements - Chicago, Santa Fe - she was institutionalized for several years in Germany. Over the past two or three years I heard she had been released and was trying for a vocal come-back, but nothing has been heard since. She was a very odd personality, that much I saw off stage at SFE, jumped fully clothed into the swimming pool, fellow German Mme Schwanewilms tried to be of comfort to her over that summer, but van de Weth was pretty unstable. She had quite a voice - I heard her Lucia that summer several times, but she seemed uneasy on stage and was very awkward at bows. I'd love to know what others may have heard about her. It’s very sad about the talented German coloratura. She suffered mental illness and after her first big American engagements – Chicago, Santa Fe – she was institutionalized for several years in Germany. Over the past two or three years I heard she had been released and was trying for a vocal come-back, but nothing has been heard since. She was a very odd personality, that much I saw off stage at SFE, jumped fully clothed into the swimming pool, fellow German Mme Schwanewilms tried to be of comfort to her over that summer, but van de Weth was pretty unstable. She had quite a voice – I heard her Lucia that summer several times, but she seemed uneasy on stage and was very awkward at bows. I’d love to know what others may have heard about her.

]]> By: Gualtier M http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107673 Gualtier M Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:34:37 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107673 Pasta makes less sense, Lindoro - for her time period she had a normal length career. Her voice was failing by the time she took on Norma at the age of 34 but she had been singing for a good 15 years before that. She was a supporting singer for Angelica Catalani when she was in her teens and was so mediocre she was hired by Catalani who didn't want to be outshone. Pasta was the Cherubino to Catalani's Susanna in London in 1817. Also most women retired from performing at about or before the age of 40 in the early 19th century. In fact we have more singers continuing into their fifties and sixties today (Domingo may be over 70 and not owning up to it) than was normal 25 years ago. Pasta makes less sense, Lindoro – for her time period she had a normal length career. Her voice was failing by the time she took on Norma at the age of 34 but she had been singing for a good 15 years before that. She was a supporting singer for Angelica Catalani when she was in her teens and was so mediocre she was hired by Catalani who didn’t want to be outshone. Pasta was the Cherubino to Catalani’s Susanna in London in 1817.

Also most women retired from performing at about or before the age of 40 in the early 19th century. In fact we have more singers continuing into their fifties and sixties today (Domingo may be over 70 and not owning up to it) than was normal 25 years ago.

]]> By: Gualtier M http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107670 Gualtier M Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:25:32 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107670 BTW: Mechthild Gessendorf was hardly a kid when she was singing very fine Marschallins, Elisabeths, Sieglindes et al. at the Met. She is one of the grisettes in the Karajan "Die Lustige Witwe" with Elizabeth Harwood and Teresa Stratas. That was reoorded in the mid-70's or earlier. Gessendorf must be over sixty by now. My question is what happened to the career of the very hyped and successful Alexandra von der Weth? She had a triumph in Henze's "Boulevard Solitude" at the ROH, Covent Garden and debuted as Musetta at the Met for four performances in 2001. In 2003 sang a successful Violetta in Chicago. Looked her up on Operabase and she is the house soprano in Duisberg with occasional trips to Dusseldorf as Cleopatra, a Blumenmadchen and Giuletta in "Hoffmann". Was ist das? BTW: Mechthild Gessendorf was hardly a kid when she was singing very fine Marschallins, Elisabeths, Sieglindes et al. at the Met. She is one of the grisettes in the Karajan “Die Lustige Witwe” with Elizabeth Harwood and Teresa Stratas. That was reoorded in the mid-70′s or earlier. Gessendorf must be over sixty by now.

My question is what happened to the career of the very hyped and successful Alexandra von der Weth? She had a triumph in Henze’s “Boulevard Solitude” at the ROH, Covent Garden and debuted as Musetta at the Met for four performances in 2001. In 2003 sang a successful Violetta in Chicago. Looked her up on Operabase and she is the house soprano in Duisberg with occasional trips to Dusseldorf as Cleopatra, a Blumenmadchen and Giuletta in “Hoffmann”. Was ist das?

]]> By: Alto http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-107668 Alto Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:49:25 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107668 So being there and happening to know the truth doesn't count as much as random fantasizing? That's what you call "tedious"? So being there and happening to know the truth doesn’t count as much as random fantasizing? That’s what you call “tedious”?

]]> By: Lindoro Almaviva http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107664 Lindoro Almaviva Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:55:27 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107664 A coach is not the same as a voice teacher. A coach will teach you the proper way to sing Mimi, or the difference between Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini ornamentation. Not eery coach will teach you how to trill, breath properly, sing on the breath and with proper resonance etc. A coach is not the same as a voice teacher. A coach will teach you the proper way to sing Mimi, or the difference between Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini ornamentation. Not eery coach will teach you how to trill, breath properly, sing on the breath and with proper resonance etc.

]]> By: Lindoro Almaviva http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107662 Lindoro Almaviva Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:52:45 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107662 because i am an idiot. I meant Pasta. For some stupid reason i still get them confused. because i am an idiot. I meant Pasta. For some stupid reason i still get them confused.

]]> By: Feldmarschallin http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107649 Feldmarschallin Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:55:41 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107649 Suirina is sublime as Ilia in perhaps the finest DVD of Idomeneo. It's available on Decca. Suirina is sublime as Ilia in perhaps the finest DVD of Idomeneo. It’s available on Decca.

]]> By: Feldmarschallin http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107648 Feldmarschallin Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:54:11 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107648 you perhaps are revering to either the Aida from the Garden or the Trovatore Leonora from Wienerstaatsoper. you perhaps are revering to either the Aida from the Garden or the Trovatore Leonora from Wienerstaatsoper.

]]> By: CruzSF http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107644 CruzSF Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:15:49 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107644 Studer herself said that her technique was a mess in the early part of her career (in an Opera News interview from, I think, 2000). But she said she went out and found a proper coach after Solti gave her some frank advice. Studer herself said that her technique was a mess in the early part of her career (in an Opera News interview from, I think, 2000). But she said she went out and found a proper coach after Solti gave her some frank advice.

]]> By: Lucky Pierre http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107640 Lucky Pierre Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:09:00 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107640 susan neves season: http://susanneves.com/season.asp she's singing major roles elsewhere. at the met, she's covering lina but will take over odabella later (from urmana, if i recall correctly, who's in the A cast). it reminds me of willard white, singing wotan elsewhere, but only ferrando at the met some time ago. susan neves season:

http://susanneves.com/season.asp

she’s singing major roles elsewhere. at the met, she’s covering lina but will take over odabella later (from urmana, if i recall correctly, who’s in the A cast).

it reminds me of willard white, singing wotan elsewhere, but only ferrando at the met some time ago.

]]> By: La Cieca http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107638 La Cieca Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:38:42 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107638 How can you call Malibran a flash in the pan? She was at the height of her career when she died young, and we have no way of knowing what the rest of that career might have been if she had lived past the age of 30. How can you call Malibran a flash in the pan? She was at the height of her career when she died young, and we have no way of knowing what the rest of that career might have been if she had lived past the age of 30.

]]> By: Lindoro Almaviva http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/comment-page-3/#comment-107635 Lindoro Almaviva Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:15 +0000 http://parterre.com/2009/11/25/the-rest-is-silence/#comment-107635 There were many flashes in the pan from Malibran on, but after Studer, Studio excects and people in recording labels have been a lot more aggressive with their casting and their insistence on producing the stars, rather than letting the audiences produce the stars. Thanks to Studer we have been inflicted names like Netrebko, Licitra, Bocelli, Paul Potts, Danielle Denise and the like. Meanwhile true artists like Ekaterina Suirina, who can sing circles around the sopranos mentioned have no recordings and remain largely unknown to the general public. There were many flashes in the pan from Malibran on, but after Studer, Studio excects and people in recording labels have been a lot more aggressive with their casting and their insistence on producing the stars, rather than letting the audiences produce the stars. Thanks to Studer we have been inflicted names like Netrebko, Licitra, Bocelli, Paul Potts, Danielle Denise and the like.

Meanwhile true artists like Ekaterina Suirina, who can sing circles around the sopranos mentioned have no recordings and remain largely unknown to the general public.

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