tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post861310776309271376..comments2024-03-16T08:02:38.070-04:00Comments on wellsung.blogspot.com: Samson at WCOAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748408812275965064noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-86837259271367667022013-02-05T11:11:11.964-05:002013-02-05T11:11:11.964-05:00I love this blog!I love this blog!HOUSEhttp://www.viajerosdeargentina.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-89505774445062664592012-05-20T07:55:02.222-04:002012-05-20T07:55:02.222-04:00I think you'd have to go to Europe for that. ...I think you'd have to go to Europe for that. American productions tend to the historical approach. the previous MET production was certainly that with a very realistic temple collapse. Designer Doug Schmidt (a theater school classmate of mine) did an homage to C.B. DeMille production for San Francisco that was the last word in Hollywood biblical.<br /><br />Recent European versions I have seen are in the Regie mode and something more like what I think you might like although I don't believe "impressionistic" is exactly the word.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-42497204051990370212012-05-18T11:39:34.924-04:002012-05-18T11:39:34.924-04:00Good intel on Grimsley!
The bad rep for S&D i...Good intel on Grimsley!<br /><br />The bad rep for S&D is interesting--I think the charges of "boring" are more a reaction to the feeling that the subject matter suggests a roiling biblical epic but the actual work is much more impressionistic in pacing and tone. The result is that it can feel strangely unsatisfying and unmoving at the end, especially with the vast majority of Act III's weight given over to the showpiece ballet.<br /><br />I've only ever seen it staged in the current Met production, which despite its exuberant coloring seems fairly straightforward in how it presents the drama. Would be very interested in seeing a version that tried to match that impressionistic tone with a more abstract approach...Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15748408812275965064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-24233183407845484452012-05-17T20:44:03.615-04:002012-05-17T20:44:03.615-04:00Grimsley was Wotan for me in a Seattle Ring a good...Grimsley was Wotan for me in a Seattle Ring a good many years ago now. I thought him a striking artist with voice to match. <br /><br />I LOVE S&D. I know that many opera "lovers" go to extremes to describe their boredom with the opera but I like it a lot and always did.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-3604331686369210992012-05-15T12:03:49.945-04:002012-05-15T12:03:49.945-04:00Frank Poretta: The Early Years ... http://tinyurl....Frank Poretta: The Early Years ... http://tinyurl.com/7299krcMirto_Phttp://twitter.com/Mirto_Pnoreply@blogger.com