Comments on: The smooth and the rough http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/ where opera is king and you, the readers, are queens Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:12:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alto http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109731 Alto Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:18:25 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109731 Utterly refreshing. Utterly refreshing.

]]> By: Buster http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-3/#comment-109727 Buster Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:45:11 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109727 Manou: Tania Kross is a serious artist. Her Baba the Turk was great! In the old David Hockney sets from Glyndebourne. Manou: Tania Kross is a serious artist. Her Baba the Turk was great! In the old David Hockney sets from Glyndebourne.

]]> By: CruzSF http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109699 CruzSF Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:06:41 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109699 Would this production count as <i>regie</i>? Despite the heaving bosoms, this excerpt seems to have very little heat. No one seems to sing or act with abandon. I do like the very clear diction, though. Would this production count as regie?

Despite the heaving bosoms, this excerpt seems to have very little heat. No one seems to sing or act with abandon. I do like the very clear diction, though.

]]> By: maddalenadicoigny http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-3/#comment-109698 maddalenadicoigny Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:51:47 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109698 CF- Thank you for posting this version. Otter is fantastic but one must admit that she is no ideal Carmen. Red hair? She should look at Graves. The dancing is an abomination though. Stomp, stomp, twist head grab skivvies? Eek. Wish someone had posted what went down at La Scala. The following GB clip is so delish. CF- Thank you for posting this version. Otter is fantastic but one must admit that she is no ideal Carmen. Red hair? She should look at Graves.
The dancing is an abomination though. Stomp, stomp, twist head grab skivvies? Eek. Wish someone had posted what went down at La Scala. The following GB clip is so delish.

]]> By: Harry http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-3/#comment-109697 Harry Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:34:26 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109697 That touch in La Scala's Carmen of her kicking over the candlestick, surely it was not meant to be symbolic of Don Jose getting prematurely aroused, and stopped ...before Carmen has time to do her shimmy shake, eczema leg scratching episode. I know that some people find Maria Ewing irksome, but it must be said that the Glynebourne production (on video) done by then hubbie Peter Hall had some good touches. Especially notable, was the moment as Carmen glides about, outside the cigarette factory singing the Habanera moving around and through in a milling gathering. There is Don Jose attending to something, sitting at a table, totally oblivious to her, Finally he looks up and wonders why everyone's attention in increasing numbers, are staring at him. He turns slowly and finds Carmen has stopped, and her eyes are boring straight into his back. She has found 'her mark'. Carmen -the predator, he- now, the prey. It is the simple things gathered together that can help to make a production great.Things like character placement and movement on the stage in a scene can suggest much more than all those grandiose new wave concepts of directors with tangled but compacted spaghetti, as an excuse for brains. That touch in La Scala’s Carmen of her kicking over the candlestick, surely it was not meant to be symbolic of Don Jose getting prematurely aroused, and stopped …before Carmen has time to do her shimmy shake, eczema leg scratching episode.

I know that some people find Maria Ewing irksome, but it must be said that the Glynebourne production (on video) done by then hubbie Peter Hall had some good touches. Especially notable, was the moment as Carmen glides about, outside the cigarette factory singing the Habanera moving around and through in a milling gathering. There is Don Jose attending to something, sitting at a table, totally oblivious to her, Finally he looks up and wonders why everyone’s attention in increasing numbers, are staring at him. He turns slowly and finds Carmen has stopped, and her eyes are boring straight into his back. She has found ‘her mark’. Carmen -the predator, he- now, the prey. It is the simple things gathered together that can help to make a production great.Things like character placement and movement on the stage in a scene can suggest much more than all those grandiose new wave concepts of directors with tangled but compacted spaghetti, as an excuse for brains.

]]> By: MontyNostry http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109693 MontyNostry Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:11:32 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109693 Were breasts allowed in South Africa during the apartheid era? Were breasts allowed in South Africa during the apartheid era?

]]> By: MontyNostry http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109692 MontyNostry Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:02:44 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109692 I can believe it. LB could be terminally self-indulgent. His recording of Rosenkavalier is another example. Very beautiful, but set in aspic. I can believe it. LB could be terminally self-indulgent. His recording of Rosenkavalier is another example. Very beautiful, but set in aspic.

]]> By: MontyNostry http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-3/#comment-109691 MontyNostry Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:57:17 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109691 Maybe surprisingly, Bumbry is a very subtle Carmen in the Karajan DVD (mid-European pseudo-Hispanic kitsch though much of the production is). She's sexy, but cool and has a sense of humour. And she's pretty scary when she's angry. And, of course, twice as much voice as von Otter, whom I found vaguely embarrassing in that Glyndebourne Carmen, though she was trying her best. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3RaYSzOQv0 Maybe surprisingly, Bumbry is a very subtle Carmen in the Karajan DVD (mid-European pseudo-Hispanic kitsch though much of the production is). She’s sexy, but cool and has a sense of humour. And she’s pretty scary when she’s angry. And, of course, twice as much voice as von Otter, whom I found vaguely embarrassing in that Glyndebourne Carmen, though she was trying her best.

]]> By: CerquettiFarrell http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-3/#comment-109690 CerquettiFarrell Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:37:58 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109690 Thanks manou. Thing is, MacVickar makes Me believe that these are geniune characters up there onstage, instead of the usual stock characters. I'm sick of Carmen as a skirt-flapping, chest notes pushing hussy. Von Otter made the character absolutely original, with a sense of humour, rather a dark one at that. The first two acts were made to sound almost like La Perichole, as surely they must be, turn of tide happening in the card scene. And there Von Otter was magnificent - instead of showing off her lower register as most mezzos will, she spun a wonderful legato and interesting dynamics. She made the words matter. Very unusual but personal and therefore riveting. It's a way of doing it and a thought-provoking reading of the role. Thanks manou. Thing is, MacVickar makes Me believe that these are geniune characters up there onstage, instead of the usual stock characters. I’m sick of Carmen as a skirt-flapping, chest notes pushing hussy. Von Otter made the character absolutely original, with a sense of humour, rather a dark one at that. The first two acts were made to sound almost like La Perichole, as surely they must be, turn of tide happening in the card scene. And there Von Otter was magnificent – instead of showing off her lower register as most mezzos will, she spun a wonderful legato and interesting dynamics. She made the words matter. Very unusual but personal and therefore riveting. It’s a way of doing it and a thought-provoking reading of the role.

]]> By: manou http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-3/#comment-109687 manou Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:28:04 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109687 Okay - I looked it up: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article4289111.ece Tania Kross indeed! Okay – I looked it up:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article4289111.ece

Tania Kross indeed!

]]> By: manou http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-3/#comment-109685 manou Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:25:58 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109685 Thank you for reminding me of this - it was a very successful production. I saw it again a couple of years ago with a completely forgettable cast which I have completely forgotten - not a patch on the original. It is amazing that the principals could make such a difference Thank you for reminding me of this – it was a very successful production. I saw it again a couple of years ago with a completely forgettable cast which I have completely forgotten – not a patch on the original. It is amazing that the principals could make such a difference

]]> By: J. G. Pastorkyna http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-1/#comment-109682 J. G. Pastorkyna Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:10:37 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109682 I believe that Freni didn't make it to the Traviata Première. After a stormy dress rehearsal, she may have been replaced by Moffo. I believe that Freni didn’t make it to the Traviata Première. After a stormy dress rehearsal, she may have been replaced by Moffo.

]]> By: J. G. Pastorkyna http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109681 J. G. Pastorkyna Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:08:33 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109681 Vicar, this WAS the occasion to mention Katherine Pring. She was indeed the best Carmen I ever saw, at the Coliseum, circa 1977. What joie de vivre, yet what fatalism. And the way she spilled that cart of watermelons at the end of Act 1. Terrific!! Also, having spent three acts barefoot, you could see Carmen was self conscious in her act IV finery. I still remember it. Oddly enough, I believe the Micaela was Linda Esther Gray. Vicar, this WAS the occasion to mention Katherine Pring. She was indeed the best Carmen I ever saw, at the Coliseum, circa 1977. What joie de vivre, yet what fatalism. And the way she spilled that cart of watermelons at the end of Act 1. Terrific!! Also, having spent three acts barefoot, you could see Carmen was self conscious in her act IV finery. I still remember it. Oddly enough, I believe the Micaela was Linda Esther Gray.

]]> By: CerquettiFarrell http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-3/#comment-109680 CerquettiFarrell Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:07:43 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109680 Carmen as opera-comique as Bizet surely intended. Of course, it can only be done in a small to medium sized theatre. Here's the beautiful choreography for Danse Boheme httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M72DzFwlkDg Carmen as opera-comique as Bizet surely intended. Of course, it can only be done in a small to medium sized theatre.

Here’s the beautiful choreography for Danse Boheme

]]> By: CerquettiFarrell http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109679 CerquettiFarrell Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:05:51 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109679 Best, most intelligent and moving card scene in my experience (yes!) is the glyndebourne staging by MacVicar and Jordan in the pit. Von Otter was spot on. Now you can kill me. The best conductor of the score IMHO. Well, Beecham and Cluytens are there too. Here's the quintet httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_1mnk77Of0 Best, most intelligent and moving card scene in my experience (yes!) is the glyndebourne staging by MacVicar and Jordan in the pit. Von Otter was spot on. Now you can kill me.
The best conductor of the score IMHO. Well, Beecham and Cluytens are there too.

Here’s the quintet

]]> By: manou http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109678 manou Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:02:15 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109678 OMG - bedroom scene? Escaping breasts? Two gay abandons? AND the Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal.... I fear the Vicar will soon be defrocked. OMG – bedroom scene? Escaping breasts? Two gay abandons? AND the Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal….

I fear the Vicar will soon be defrocked.

]]> By: The Vicar of John Wakefield http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109677 The Vicar of John Wakefield Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:53:27 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109677 All one needs for a capital staging of CARMEN is a bit of all right like Joyce Blackham, http://www.flickr.com/photos/35891355@N03/3318057181/ All one needs for a capital staging of CARMEN is a bit of all right like Joyce Blackham,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35891355@N03/3318057181/

]]> By: squirrel http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109672 squirrel Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:07:24 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109672 Tru dat. The LB carmen is not just sluggish but a "deconstruction" of its elements Tru dat. The LB carmen is not just sluggish but a “deconstruction” of its elements

]]> By: Jay http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109668 Jay Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:51:41 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109668 I meant to say Henry Lewis kept the performance moving. Svoboda, of course, designed the production, which I liked, though many others didn't. I meant to say Henry Lewis kept the performance moving. Svoboda, of course, designed the production, which I liked, though many others didn’t.

]]> By: Jay http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109667 Jay Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:49:54 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109667 From what I heard streamed, Barenboim's conducting wasn't a patch on LB's take on Carmen at the Met back in the 1970s. Oy, vey, talk about turgid. Henry Lewis, never one of my favorites, at least kept the production moving. This was the "gay bar in San Juan" production. At least that's how someone described the Act II tavern set. From what I heard streamed, Barenboim’s conducting wasn’t a patch on LB’s take on Carmen at the Met back in the 1970s. Oy, vey, talk about turgid. Henry Lewis, never one of my favorites, at least kept the production moving. This was the “gay bar in San Juan” production. At least that’s how someone described the Act II tavern set.

]]> By: wladek http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109636 wladek Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:19:05 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109636 Harry- absolutely right !!!! Carmen is all about those cards ,every turn of the card is what she fears most - the inevitable - the rest is window dressing -and when you see it done the way Bizet moves it -the whole thing changes as an expierence - it takes great artists to achieve this, and we ain't got many of those around. Harry- absolutely right !!!! Carmen
is all about those cards ,every turn
of the card is what she fears most -
the inevitable – the rest is window dressing -and when you see it done
the way Bizet moves it -the whole
thing changes as an expierence – it
takes great artists to achieve this, and
we ain’t got many of those around.

]]> By: MontyNostry http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109617 MontyNostry Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:10:34 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109617 No, Harry, it isn't just you. Making Carmen boring is an achievement in itself, I guess. No, Harry, it isn’t just you. Making Carmen boring is an achievement in itself, I guess.

]]> By: Harry http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109615 Harry Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:03:50 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109615 Many years ago there was an extensive video documentary on Regina Resnik directing Carmen in Hamburg with Domingo. Having also sung the main title role many times: she pointed out the directing pitfalls associated with Carmen. She was clear and concise about her approach, with none of the 'mod' veneer of feminist bullshit - construct, we hear today. I loved it when someone asked her what is the essence, of what Carmen's character was about. In a flash without pause, she walked over, picked up a rose, gestured to some man to smell it and then threw it to the floor and trampled on it. Bang!.....in an instant, Resnik showed she was not only fully competent but well prepared for any contingency situation, a director finds themselves in. She spoke about the culture surrounding Spanish army soldiers for that period and how she herself, saw Carmen. As a 'walking dead' fatalistic character, who lives rather dangerously with her life choices. Someone. sub-consciously looking for some candidate to come along to kill her. Others may differ with such a concept, but it cannot be denied such experienced forthright people as Resnik never ever left themselves open to accusations of being ill prepared or 'ditherers' for such tasks. Today, too many directors wear that particular fault almost, as a badge of honor, not as a crime! Even, by becoming their own 'self- conjecturing chatter-boxes' in print or voice media about what they did, long after an event, they 'allegedly directed'. They have no core or real foundation for what they wish to, or appear to - stand for. Being so anonymous and blank, perhaps give it another week and they will give a completely different view of what they just stated 'as truth'. Many years ago there was an extensive video documentary on Regina Resnik directing Carmen in Hamburg with Domingo.
Having also sung the main title role many times: she pointed out the directing pitfalls associated with Carmen. She was clear and concise about her approach, with none of the ‘mod’ veneer of feminist bullshit – construct, we hear today. I loved it when someone asked her what is the essence, of what Carmen’s character was about. In a flash without pause, she walked over, picked up a rose, gestured to some man to smell it and then threw it to the floor and trampled on it. Bang!…..in an instant, Resnik showed she was not only fully competent but well prepared for any contingency situation, a director finds themselves in. She spoke about the culture surrounding Spanish army soldiers for that period and how she herself, saw Carmen. As a ‘walking dead’ fatalistic character, who lives rather dangerously with her life choices. Someone. sub-consciously looking for some candidate to come along to kill her. Others may differ with such a concept, but it cannot be denied such experienced forthright people as Resnik never ever left themselves open to accusations of being ill prepared or ‘ditherers’ for such tasks.

Today, too many directors wear that particular fault almost, as a badge of honor, not as a crime! Even, by becoming their own ‘self- conjecturing chatter-boxes’ in print or voice media about what they did, long after an event, they ‘allegedly directed’.
They have no core or real foundation for what they wish to, or appear to – stand for. Being so anonymous and blank, perhaps give it another week and they will give a completely different view of what they just stated ‘as truth’.

]]> By: wladek http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109609 wladek Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:07:09 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109609 from what you see and hear it is about two people in heat ,neither can sing well- Carmen a vulgarity to the hilt and poor Jose doing the best he can with whatever technique he has. This ain't Carmen as much as what goes on in the back alley with two cats in summer heat .None seem to have any artistic dignity whatsoever .They miss the point of the opera entirely. from what you see and hear it is about two people in heat ,neither
can sing well- Carmen a vulgarity
to the hilt and poor Jose doing
the best he can with whatever
technique he has. This ain’t Carmen
as much as what goes on in the
back alley with two cats in summer heat .None seem to have any artistic
dignity whatsoever .They miss the
point of the opera entirely.

]]> By: Harry http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109608 Harry Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:06:33 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109608 Is it me or what? That La Scala Carmen clip enterely suggests something boring and pedestrian. No matter whether people want rate it solely becayse 'Kaufmann is in the cast....gee whiz!' To think people are willing to dress up and pay big money to attend such dire dross presentation. For Don Jose, being completely passive: as the Carmen attempts her stage antics at sitting on him and 'showing pussy' in some 'man or mouse' test. That ridiculous 'I'M SO HOT' gesture! The way she keeps sliding her hands irritating ,up and down her legs like she is into cramps from secondary's of VD infection. ........... A comment of 'I could swear Carmen's got at least scabies or crabs' - comes to mind. That probably explains Don Jose's apprehensiveness in this production. With the health of the Carmen character herself NOT with the disruptive situation, he has placed himself in. It is all rather comical. Plus where is the mercurial 'flick of the wrist' musical flashes, or the rhythmic pointing that is synonymous with Carmen, as an opera? Either, out of the singers or from Barenboim directing the orchestra? Is it me or what? That La Scala Carmen clip enterely suggests something boring and pedestrian. No matter whether people want rate it solely becayse ‘Kaufmann is in the cast….gee whiz!’ To think people are willing to dress up and pay big money to attend such dire dross presentation.
For Don Jose, being completely passive: as the Carmen attempts her stage antics at sitting on him and ‘showing pussy’ in some ‘man or mouse’ test. That ridiculous ‘I’M SO HOT’ gesture! The way she keeps sliding her hands irritating ,up and down her legs like she is into cramps from secondary’s of VD infection. ……….. A comment of ‘I could swear Carmen’s got at least scabies or crabs’ – comes to mind. That probably explains Don Jose’s apprehensiveness in this production. With the health of the Carmen character herself NOT with the disruptive situation, he has placed himself in. It is all rather comical.

Plus where is the mercurial ‘flick of the wrist’ musical flashes, or the rhythmic pointing that is synonymous with Carmen, as an opera? Either, out of the singers or from Barenboim directing the orchestra?

]]> By: spiderman http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-2/#comment-109591 spiderman Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:51:52 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109591 is it true? zefirelli is going for it again. dante for him is "the devil". poor old zef seems to need higher medication (first bondy, then dessi, now dante)... all in 2 1/2 month. is it true? zefirelli is going for it again. dante for him is “the devil”. poor old zef seems to need higher medication (first bondy, then dessi, now dante)… all in 2 1/2 month.

]]> By: yappy http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-1/#comment-109580 yappy Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:23:18 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109580 LOL I found "product" quie fitting in this context. Well literally it would of course be earhty, black-pharynxed mezzo soprano, but read aloud it sounds somewhat like black bubbling goo from the slimy depths of anatomy to me. ;-) As for arte, I really hope they'll return to putting their opera broadcasts back on the +7 website. LOL I found “product” quie fitting in this context.
Well literally it would of course be earhty, black-pharynxed mezzo soprano, but read aloud it sounds somewhat like black bubbling goo from the slimy depths of anatomy to me. ;-)
As for arte, I really hope they’ll return to putting their opera broadcasts back on the +7 website.

]]> By: Quanto Painy Fakor http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-1/#comment-109579 Quanto Painy Fakor Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:16:45 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109579 Far from the charismatic prodigy of his youth, the recent RAI telecasts have shown that Barenboim is now an old man prone to extensive "Plauderei" (chin-wagging) - very unbecoming at best. Just watching him in the brief rehearsal segments on the pre-opening RAI program and the intermission of the prima made me think how horrible it must have been for Emma Dante to have him around rehearsals. The bizarre gestures and signals he sometimes sends to the orchestra these days can't be compared to, say, the meaningful miniscule gestures of a Fritz Reiner, and the camera does nothing to flatter what Baremboin is doing in the pit these days for Bizet. Far from the charismatic prodigy of his youth, the recent RAI telecasts have shown that Barenboim is now an old man prone to extensive “Plauderei” (chin-wagging) – very unbecoming at best. Just watching him in the brief rehearsal segments on the pre-opening RAI program and the intermission of the prima made me think how horrible it must have been for Emma Dante to have him around rehearsals. The bizarre gestures and signals he sometimes sends to the orchestra these days can’t be compared to, say, the meaningful miniscule gestures of a Fritz Reiner, and the camera does nothing to flatter what Baremboin is doing in the pit these days for Bizet.

]]> By: manou http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-1/#comment-109578 manou Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:36:17 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109578 Thanks for the interview - Verrett seemed very dignified and still "abbastanza" content with her performance. Raimondi mentioned trouble outside as well - was there a demonstration? There are also clips here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qg55ANc5e8 Thanks for the interview – Verrett seemed very dignified and still “abbastanza” content with her performance. Raimondi mentioned trouble outside as well – was there a demonstration?

There are also clips here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qg55ANc5e8

]]> By: Shocked German http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/the-smooth-and-the-rough/comment-page-1/#comment-109575 Shocked German Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:06:14 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11195#comment-109575 and with product I mean production, obviously and with product I mean production, obviously

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