tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post114185972270554789..comments2024-03-16T08:02:38.070-04:00Comments on wellsung.blogspot.com: More Mazeppa De-briefAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15748408812275965064noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-1142013669716282972006-03-10T13:01:00.000-05:002006-03-10T13:01:00.000-05:00Just went to the Met Futures page and apart from t...Just went to the Met Futures page and apart from the fact that <I>Salome</I> is blank in terms of casting, there was some other interesting bits:<BR/><BR/>Barenboim to conduct <I>Tristan</I> with Heppner and Voigt in 07-08 [starts saving pennies]<BR/><BR/>The Ring is listed for 08-09 but the new production is listed for 10-11; I thought the current production was retired?<BR/><BR/><I>From the House of the Dead</I> with Chereau and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Hmmm, sounds interesting, though I thought the opera itself was sort of a dud when I went to the City Opera production in 1990.<BR/><BR/><I>Carmen</I> directed by Matthew Bourne and Richard Eyre? What, does it take two people to direct it? Is Bourne just going to plop his <I>Car Man</I> production on to the Met stage?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-1141926916377326882006-03-09T12:55:00.000-05:002006-03-09T12:55:00.000-05:00KM I think opted instead to sing in the Jenufa rev...KM I think opted instead to sing in the Jenufa revival that season, saying she didn't like the Salome production. Some were heard to wonder aloud if her concerns might not have more to do with the toll Salome was taking on her voice.<BR/><BR/>Alex: just remember the strategically placed steel wool for verisimilitude.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-1141919442889243472006-03-09T10:50:00.000-05:002006-03-09T10:50:00.000-05:00Congratulations Alex, you have been cast as Salome...Congratulations Alex, you have been cast as Salome in the Met's production of SALOME! Good work.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04828036288155133139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-1141918538151107242006-03-09T10:35:00.000-05:002006-03-09T10:35:00.000-05:00Nuts. I did find her absence on the Met Futures pa...Nuts. I did find her absence on the Met Futures page foreboding. Any sense of who would do it instead?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15748408812275965064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540063.post-1141907366113831842006-03-09T07:29:00.000-05:002006-03-09T07:29:00.000-05:00I thought Mattila had bailed on that Salome produc...I thought Mattila had bailed on that Salome production?<BR/><BR/>Ghena=Love.<BR/><BR/>p.s. there must be some older Russian recording in mono I betMaury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.com