I'm with you for all but one note.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 47 minutes ago
I didn't say they couldn't, but I didn't think they would.
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 49 minutes ago
The met Opera did a wonderful production of this opera directed by LePage. I thought it was absolutely absolutely stunning. Believe me, I’m not saying that productions that use multimedia videos...
I agree everything I have seen on Broadway has been with videos. I am sure it is less expensive and more effective than three dimensional scenery. I have to say I really loved it in Sunset...
Thanks, I was lucky enough to see Bye,Bye Birdie when I was 5. I have some memories of the show but my strongest memory was of The Telephone Number!! So bright and fun perfect for a kid....
In its original incarnation at the Public Theater, 11 (gak!) years ago, I thought that Here Lies Love was brilliant: I saw it twice. The video was mostly used to intensify the way that the...
Oh, the videos were not black and white they were in color and I remember 2 screens. They were filming the action that was actually on the stage at the time of the scene, but showing it from...
The impoverished LA Opera managed to do it, even with separate videos for both Lucias.
That’s a great ONP production that’s relatively easy to revive. It has been revived several times already and new casts seem to fit right in. As a matter of fact, it is programmed again for this...
When you can sing it like that, you should!
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 2 hours ago
Years ago La Cieca had a great review of Herheim's Rosenkavalier which described the effect of having a lot happening on stage:
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
In the second clip, you have three singers listed but not Amartuvshin.
In theater on this date: The first show to open on this date was an 1862 production of Balfe/Bunn’s The Enchantress directed by Peter Richings and starring his wife, Caroline, E.L. Davenport (who...
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
It's a video about the 1900 'Exposition Universelle'.
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
I don't know what you posted but it's not available in Israel.
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
While we're discussing this... Some people dismiss video on stage outright, but I don't see why. A production is good or bad - or somewhere in between. So are the various elements that...
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 3 hours ago
I haven't seen this Lucia. The clip above is edited in such a way that I can't tell how the black-and-white videos were displayed. From what I see, the staging looks quite...
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 3 hours ago
clarify: the same criticisms. the voices are not similar
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 3 hours ago
Oh, and of course (though not the busiest moments):
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 3 hours ago
Enjoy: https://youtu.be/rU28r5SYkgI?si=5mgrTs6R569lGdgn From my blog: 'For the indoors scenes, the whole central section rotates...
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 3 hours ago
“The island is only small / But the fairies inhabiting it / Welcome us all”
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“The island is only small / But the fairies inhabiting it / Welcome us all”
That means you—and your even more significant other—should you win this pair of seats. Enter now »
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