Hun for all
Since Attila is in the forefront of our thoughts right now, and since the prima of the Met’s production won’t be broadcast, La Cieca thought it would be handy to have a Riccardo Muti performance of the Verdi work as a common point of reference.
Attila (Verdi). Florence, 31 December 1972.
Attila: Nicolai Ghiaurov; Odabella: Leyla Gencer; Foresto: Veriano Luchetti; Ezio: Norman Mittelmann; Uldino: Ottavio Taddei; Leone: Mario Rinaudo. Riccardo Muti, conductor.
The public has choices too. Don’t show up and don’t buy tickets.
Isn’t it a lovely smile he has -just like
all undertakers when performing
their duties . Let’s see – Attila 1846 a
transitory work at best from the umpa pa period has been dug up and is now in the year 2010 being presented
as a major achievment in the world of
opera at the Met . A conductor who has no shame at the age of 60 something to present himself with this work . Of all the truly wonderful
operas written in the past 150 yes
150 years he drags out this-couldn’t
he have found something closer to our times -dare I say at least in the last 100? He like most opera lovers
will arrive in a 21st. century hearse
with a 19th. century corpse in tow.
Yea Muti !!! undertaker supreme .
Thank you so very much, La Cieca! I had no prior experience with this opera and was becoming rather concerned about the Met’s production (namely because of production images). But now I can take comfort that this music (and Muti) will certainly keep me in my seat!
Oh! There is an enjoyable (soft) article on mastro Muti in the Times’ Art Page: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/arts/music/21muti.html?hpw
A perfect pairing for a Sunday afternoon!
Side note: there have been rumblings floating around that this will be Muti’s first and last production at the Met. I was hoping (to no avail) to find some discussion of the subject in the Times’ article. Does anyone know if there is any veracity to this rumor, or is it simply unsupported speculation that has spilled from one opera blog to the next?