tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post6791058315687825282..comments2024-03-15T20:32:39.815+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: The true future of operaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-75325756968929687042007-12-06T20:54:00.000+00:002007-12-06T20:54:00.000+00:00Why is the ROH doing a production of Punch and Jud...Why is the ROH doing a production of <I>Punch and Judy</I> when ENO is doing one at the Young Vic in May? Do the two companies ever talk to each other about repertoire? <BR/><BR/>I just wish that ENO was doing their well-received production of <I>The Mask of Orpheus</I> (still the only production of that astonishing piece) instead of P&J or especially <I>The Second Mrs. Kong</I>, which I think is an incredible opera. <BR/><BR/>Can't wait for <I>The Minotaur</I>; Birtwistle's recent pieces like <I>The Shadow Of Night</I> and <I>Night's Black Bird</I> are terrific. There's actually *gasp* some lyricism in them! No, not tunes, just lyricism, but still. :-)Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-37712179905198690372007-12-06T15:49:00.000+00:002007-12-06T15:49:00.000+00:00... Her repertoire also included Zerlina in Don Gi...... <I>Her repertoire also included Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Despina in Così fan tutte, Cherubino and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Liù in Turandot, Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Micaëla in Carmen, Marguerite in Faust, the title role in La Périchole, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Lisa in The Queen of Spades, The Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos, Antonia in Les contes d'Hoffmann, Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande, Marenka in The Bartered Bride, Desdemona in Otello, Mme Lidoine in Dialogues des Carmélites and Jenny Smith in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (directed by John Dexter).<BR/></I>Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-83485794460457517412007-12-06T15:26:00.000+00:002007-12-06T15:26:00.000+00:00“Elemental Force… Meet Tony… One of the Most Elect...“Elemental Force… Meet Tony… One of the Most Electric Men in Opera!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this, pliable.<BR/><BR/>My first guess that they were referring to British dramatist Tony Harrison – whom Thom Yorke of Radiohead considers one of his heroes – was obviously wrong. And I guess that if they are not even going to mention the composer of 'Punch and Judy' and 'The Minotaur', that they are not going to mention the two operas’ librettists.*<BR/><BR/>Trivia (?): What famous and humanist female “opera star” was dramatist and poet Tony Harrison married to?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>*Stephen Pruslin and David HarsentGarth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-4354211603304616172007-12-06T12:28:00.000+00:002007-12-06T12:28:00.000+00:00I work for an opera company (Tapestry New Opera Wo...I work for an opera company (Tapestry New Opera Works) that recently inaugurated an ensemble studio to form the core of their performing personnel. Some of the things I noticed as a member of this studio were a marked improvement in the quality of collaborative work, and a noticeably better product on the stage, as well as better cohesion and sense of purpose throughout the entire company.Chris Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05248396106719265480noreply@blogger.com