tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post5514651477590214938..comments2023-12-18T01:10:39.910-05:00Comments on Willy or Won't He?: The Shabbiest of ShockersWillymhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03652532356102638621noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-91347291324150092432009-07-22T12:21:23.990-04:002009-07-22T12:21:23.990-04:00I'm going to make a very wild guess about why ...I'm going to make a very wild guess about why a llama in the third act, and it may well not be even possible given the word for the animal in Italian, which I do not know. However as this production is so quirky, I suspect anything is possible:<br /><br />Could it be because Tosca's big (and often disastrous for the ill-equipped) high C narrating the death of Scarpia comes on the words Io quella lama? :-)Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-9401149492212161352009-07-19T19:51:12.610-04:002009-07-19T19:51:12.610-04:00What an utter fiasco! I always gird my metaphoric...What an utter fiasco! I always gird my metaphorical loins when I'm going to a classic (e.g. Shakespeare) play that has been "daringly re-imagined" by the director. Sometimes it does succeed in making you see the work freshly. But more often it's ridiculous self-indulgence on the director's part! Too bad you had to sit through even part of it!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889294120616809157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-31623011392578627762009-07-19T10:30:28.395-04:002009-07-19T10:30:28.395-04:00You poor thing. I hope it didn't cost too much...You poor thing. I hope it didn't cost too much.<br /><br />And I don't believe llamas belong in opera. I'm glad you were spared that.<br /><br />I posted about opera a few days ago.M. Knoesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17133347011461421224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-70304844172275476272009-07-19T06:27:11.178-04:002009-07-19T06:27:11.178-04:00Nice photo of Athens today, Willym.
Leave it there...Nice photo of Athens today, Willym.<br />Leave it there for a long time.<br />The foreground is wonderful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-23370192402634358802009-07-18T21:48:03.890-04:002009-07-18T21:48:03.890-04:00Slightly off topic here but what happened to Thurs...Slightly off topic here but what happened to Thurs' GPV?<br />DFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-7629779085361772492009-07-18T06:05:08.755-04:002009-07-18T06:05:08.755-04:00Oh my! I've seen more Tosca's than I care ...Oh my! I've seen more Tosca's than I care to admit. Some have been lack lustre productions, some have not been particularly well sung, but this just sounds like a train wreck! I shudder to think what he did with the big jump at the end of the opera.evilganomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867509470546509687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-61436476978881848232009-07-18T04:14:14.115-04:002009-07-18T04:14:14.115-04:00oh my! very unfortunate indeed.... i think it was ...oh my! very unfortunate indeed.... i think it was a good idea to leave after the 2nd act because after i found out more info; the shepherd boy came in on the 3rd act with a llama or a goat which started to make noises and the audience, confused with what's happening on the stage, just burst out in laughter....AND after the show, my informer told me the director, Olmi was frustrated that the audience behaved in such manner and was heard saying "the audience don't get it....how could they have acted that way....they are just clueless." <br /><br />UHMMMM, i'd say...this director needs to be a part of the audience and watch carefully the product of his so called vision and then look at the libretto again! VERY FAR OFF!flipstingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13613430044204382376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-27639577133394703422009-07-18T03:30:00.952-04:002009-07-18T03:30:00.952-04:00Being out of tune is Carosi's main vocal probl...Being out of tune is Carosi's main vocal problem....I was listening to her 2009 Toscas and in every single one of the her Vissi d arte would start off tone...Should we buy her a diapason?Parsifalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355495438180470535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-22357055907059635532009-07-18T01:53:53.271-04:002009-07-18T01:53:53.271-04:00It never occurred to me that there might be differ...It never occurred to me that there might be different impressions presented of the same opera.<br />I guess I thought that a standard was set,and everything after held true to the 'original'.<br />I suppose it's like comparing a movie to the book..It's never quite as satisfying.Slinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-56653341377913176902009-07-17T20:31:43.919-04:002009-07-17T20:31:43.919-04:00now theres a opera i'd see..where the guy gets...now theres a opera i'd see..where the guy gets smacked in the balls..yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.com