Recent Discussion
- Clay Hilley
  Seriously….Wagner saved all the low notes for the final act….while my voice goes up and up all night. 5 performances late may/early June. Also 4 remount performances in Sept. Message me about...
  
  Siegfried · 20 minutes ago
- Dr. Hodel
  In boca al lupo. I hear Act III is a beast.
  
  Siegfried · 31 minutes ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  I had a very different take on it. I found it to be a celebration of performance and theatricality, very much in tune with the piece and its mixture of the profound and the prosaic, that invited us...
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- Larry Petrovich
  It just needs a few props, potted plants or something. But don't take issue, please. Sounds like a sneeze.
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- Hugo Santos
  This duet limped somewhat.
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- Clay Hilley
  Weekend spent rehearsing and performing at Vienna Staatsoper ;). Lemme know if you’d like a ticket for my new Tannhäuser here xoxo
  
  Siegfried · 1 hour ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  Aha. Good. But to be clear, it is not my intention to tell you that you are wrong not to like the production. Where I take issue is the assertion that it is bad work.
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- Cornelia
  I think so few theaters in the USA are doing either Berg opera these days that they'd probably either prioritize a star singer with a relationship to that theater OR a specialist in the role...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille · 1 hour ago
- Larry Petrovich
  That was certainly my intention.
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- SiVendetta
  Bliss undoubtedly wears the "costume" (a white t-shirt for a top) better than Brownlee. (I say this as a Brownlee fan, and wished they had given him something more flattering to wear.)
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- Apulia
  Lewek, Bliss, and Schutlz are all fine. I'm curious what seeing the production in the house does to the impressions they make.
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- SiVendetta
  I also miss "Bei mannern." Also, the compromise to use the opening fanfare from the Overture is musically odd - it doesn't transition well into the "Zu hilfe" music. I...
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- SiVendetta
  There are, and should be, different approaches to any opera. The Taymor production was very "fairy tale" like. The McBurney production is quite the opposite. It's very...
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  We seem to have departed from the relative merits of the production.
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- Mark
  FWIW, I love this fugue, and along with the overture, it's what I miss most about the abridged "family" edition the Met performs every year.
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- NPW--Paris
  500 to 1,000 seats. Nobody knows for sure. Maybe I should say 500 to 1,000 spectators, if there was a lot of standing room, as was the case in Rameau’s Paris.
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- Larry Petrovich
  I would have to see the soles of those feet to decide.
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  With singers in bare feet, I think you can rest assured that the stage was swept.
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago
- Krunoslav
  The Met hired the francophone José van Dam for Wozzeck. How many US theaters of a size in which Degout would be comfortable perform DON CARLOS? When the Met (finally!) did it they happily hired a...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille · 1 hour ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  Mozart and Schickaneder had been friends for ten years when they wrote Zauberflöte together. They first met when Schickaneder's company played Salzburg and Mozart rarely missed a performance...
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 1 hour ago