parterre box

266 comments

• WindyCityOperaman says:

  Born on this day in 1917 mezzo-soprano Eva Gustafson
  

  Born on this day in 1926 mezzo-soprano Rita Gorr
  

  on February 18, 2012 at 7:09 AM
• MontyNostry says:

  Just saw on Facebook that soprano Elizabeth Connell has died.

  on February 18, 2012 at 12:43 PM
  • WindyCityOperaman says:

    http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/02/sad-news-covent-garden-diva-is-dead-at-65.html

    on February 18, 2012 at 9:32 PM
    • WindyCityOperaman says:

      on February 18, 2012 at 9:34 PM
  • Buster says:

    Very sad news. I knew very little of her work, until I got her Hyperion Schubert recital. She sounds glorious there, and the songs Graham Johnson selected are all perfect for her. One of the best in the series.

    on February 19, 2012 at 4:45 AM
• grimoaldo says:

  Sounds like a great night for Dallas Opera and Tristan:
  http://frontrow.dmagazine.com/2012/02/opera-review-the-dallas-opera-brings-wagners-tristan-and-isolde-into-the-21st-century/
  with some suggestion of hanky-panky between Isolde and Brangaene and Tristan and King Marke:
  “The physical interaction of Charbonnet and Phillips as Isolde and Brangane suggested an erotic attachment that strengthens the motivation for Brangane’s well-meaning betrayal of the pair in Act I. The staging likewise suggested a similar possibility—and interesting implications—in the relationship of Tristan and King Marke.”
  “an unforgettable and thrilling operatic experience”

  http://www.theaterjones.com/reviews/20120216173339/2012-02-17/Dallas-Opera/Tristan-and-Isolde
  “Rarely has a better cast been assembled. All of the singers did more than make it through Wagner’s superhuman demands, they sang the roles with conviction. There was some magnificent vocalism on the stage, delivered by fine singing actors. They even looked like their roles; so much so that a film of the opera could not have been better cast on purely visual merits alone.”
  Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet, Clifton Forbis,Mary Phillips,Jukka Rasilainen,Kristinn Sigmundsson

  on February 18, 2012 at 12:56 PM
  • Chanterelle says:

    Peter Sellars introduced a homoerotic thread in The Tristan Project--he theorized a bond between Marke and Tristan in the program notes.

    on February 18, 2012 at 10:33 PM
• Feldmarschallin says:

  here the Gottschalk show with Jonas Kaufmann who comes in at 14.37. He sings Zueignung and they talk about opera etc.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M0N4SnScd0

  on February 19, 2012 at 5:55 AM