Karen further illuminates the potentially interesting connections between Lulu and The Mines of Sulphur in her comment to The Sweet Smell of Sulphur.
Speaking of Berg, I am particularly excited for my first ever live viewing of Wozzeck at the Met in January. Though I find it questionable that this is a Mark Lamos joint. I am sure it's fine...but as a friend and I discussed the other evening, are we the only ones who feel like his aesthetic is perpetually a bit 1991?
Are you the only ones who feel like his etc 1991? Nah, I'll buy that.
ReplyDeleteWhew. Validation! None of this is to say I don't enjoy some of his productions. They're just a bit "on the nose" and date themselves pretty readily.
ReplyDeleteI think I may have blogged (bloggen? blug? geblugt?) about a Lamos Tosca. The one NYCO used in their posters forever. It was great, with some missteps along the way, but it was definitely from that moment before setting everything in a fascist regime got a little tired.
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