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Totally different subject. Did LC review or discuss the Gergiev Troyens a week or two ago at Carnegie Hall?
Curious here about how that performance went. I attended the Mariinsky’s War and Peace at the KC last night and don’t remember ever hearing so much awful singing. The shrillest soprano ever; a tenor cracking all over; undepowered basses. What’s happened to that company?
Darling, name names! Who were the singers?
I think it’s actually happening this week. I was thinking of going but you’re making me not regret I decided against it.
Well, if their performing War and Peace in DC as recently as Sunday, and presenting troyens in NYC on tuesday and wednesday, I think that answers your questions about the standards of the company. Do they even rehearse?
wow, excuse my grammar. “they’re”….
They also had two concerts this last week at the KC and a performance of Onegin. I went to the concert of scenes from Borodin and Mussorgsky on Wednesday and found it rather boring. Singing was below part but much of it was carried by the chorus which is their best part.
oh and the berlioz R+J the week before that in NY also.
Darling, Irina Mataeva was Natasha and I have never heard such ugly and strident sounds.
Mataeva was a sweet light lyric soprano 8 or 9 years ago. Nothing special, I thought, and too light for Tatyana, which she sang at the time (I saw her in recital.)
Monty, there was nothing sweet about her last night. Unless you find rubbing a fingernail against a blackboard sweet.
I hope the singing in troyens is somewhat better….though gubanova is singing cassandre, which she really does not have the goods for. Semenchuk has a very nice voice, of the proper weight at least to sing didon. But really, who the hell knows who will actually sing….gergiev seems to just throw on stage whoever he happens to pass in the hallway.
They did W&P last night and are repeating it again this afternoon with most of the same singers according to the program. Good luck to those going today.
They have to be Russian. Other than that he doesn’t care how they sing.
Gergiev is so gross looking anyway. He looks like a homeless person.
Booze, I’ll bet.
Thanks for the warning.