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• DonCarloFanatic says:

  I kept falling asleep watching Onegin today and missed some of the action that presumably explained Onegin’s motivation and Lenski’s. And was Onegin hitting on Tatiana at the end only because he sees her as his last hope to live the straight life? Is he sincere here, or confused, or in love? The final line of the opera has been translated sometimes to suggest Onegin is more humiliated than broken-hearted. His last action in this production suggests the same. So what was all that begging on his knees about?

  Anybody want to recap and interpret?

  on March 24, 2012 at 10:12 PM
• louannd says:

  From Intermezzo today regarding Glyndebourne free/live streams this summer:

  The Cunning Little Vixen, Le Nozze di Figaro and the double bill of L’Heure Espagnole and L’Enfant et les Sortilèges will all be streamed live. The Fairy Queen and La Cenerentola are to be recorded and broadcast later. The only production from this year’s Festival that won’t be shown is La bohème (a David McVicar revival).

  on March 24, 2012 at 10:53 PM
  • louannd says:

    details --

    http://intermezzo.typepad.com/intermezzo/

    on March 24, 2012 at 10:57 PM
  • oedipe says:

    That’s too bad about La Bohème, I find. It has a very up-and-coming young cast that I would be quite interested in seeing (but can’t afford the expense and hassle of Glyndebourne live):

    Rodolfo: David Lomeli
    Mimì: Ekaterina Scherbachenko
    Marcello: Andrei Bondarenko
    Musetta: Irina Iordachescu

    Can’t they be swayed to include it too?

    on March 25, 2012 at 5:48 AM
    • armerjacquino says:

      Agreed. It’s a wonderful production, and that’s a very interesting cast- Glyndebourne goes to Cardiff!

      on March 25, 2012 at 7:08 AM
    • brooklynpunk says:

      Speaking of David Lomeli..( whom I saw last in as a WONDERFUL Nemerino, at NYCO, last season…)….

      MANY MAZELTOV’S TO HIM AND HIS NEW BRIDE….!!!

      http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/fashion/weddings/sara-gartland-and-david-lomeli-vows.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=david%20lomeli&st=cse

      on March 25, 2012 at 11:30 AM
    • oedipe says:

      Would it make a difference if many people write to ask them to record this Bohème, even if they don’t broadcast it live? I don’t know much about the way the Glyndebourne management functions.

      on March 25, 2012 at 12:42 PM
      • MontyNostry says:

        Maybe Danielle Christie would like to sing in it. That would change the dynamics a little. She could manage Musetta in a small house.

        on March 25, 2012 at 4:57 PM
        • oedipe says:

          Well, I would prefer hearing/seeing the Musetta they’ve scheduled.

          on March 25, 2012 at 6:46 PM