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krj
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The Three Tenors III
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Jul 3 06:28 UTC 1998 |
The Three Tenors: Threat or Menace? Does this quadrennial wallow
in sentiment contaminate classical music, or does it bring in new
listeners? Is it a quick cash in, or just a couple of guy soccer
fans out for a fun evening?
If I remember correctly, the show is Friday July 10, but check
a TV listing before you set those VCRs.
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md
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response 1 of 16:
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Jul 3 11:29 UTC 1998 |
There's now a "Three Countertenors" CD.
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davel
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response 2 of 16:
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Jul 3 16:15 UTC 1998 |
And I once heard a "Three Baritones" spoof on NPR sometime.
("I feel pretty<grunt>
Oh so pretty<grunt grunt> ...")
Fortunately they only took it a couple of lines further. (The format
of the spoof was an ad for the actual event, so it faded out into
talk.) It was cute.
Oh, yes. As far as the actual posted topic, I have no firm opinion. 8-{)]
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jmm
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response 3 of 16:
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Jul 4 19:43 UTC 1998 |
I haven't listened to the three tenors as a group. I hope I'm beyond that.
But all three are fine singers, and anything, ANYTHING, that helps to develop
an audience for serious music is a good thing.
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raven
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response 4 of 16:
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Jul 5 04:38 UTC 1998 |
Is the western orchestrated music known as classical the only serious music?
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md
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response 5 of 16:
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Jul 5 11:50 UTC 1998 |
Depends on how you're defining "serious." Bob Dylan was more
"serious" than many classical composers. Which is more serious:
Blowin' in the Wind, or The Nutcracker?
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davel
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response 6 of 16:
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Jul 5 21:17 UTC 1998 |
"Serious" is, in this case, the term a lot of people came up with as a
replacement for "classical". It probably has at least as many faults as the
term it's replacing, but, well, *some* name is needed, & there's not a lot
of choice. (Myself, I say "classical".)
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keesan
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response 7 of 16:
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Jul 5 22:01 UTC 1998 |
Other classical musics are also serious, not just the western ones.
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raven
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response 8 of 16:
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Jul 5 23:26 UTC 1998 |
rrr
r # 4 & 7 Exactly my poiint with that question.
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krj
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response 9 of 16:
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Jul 14 04:41 UTC 1998 |
Channel 56, Detroit's PBS station, aired the Three Tenors concert about six
times in two days. The repeat broadcasts were loaded with pledge
breaks.
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jmm
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response 10 of 16:
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Jul 20 22:28 UTC 1998 |
I hate those hard-sell sessions for pledges on the PBS stations. Generally
I make tapes of the programs I like, and fast-forward over the other stuff.
But, to return to the topic, the great thing about the Three Tenors is that
they're showing that there's a real audience out there. Cecilia Bartoli is
another one, a brilliant singer, with a lot of enthusiastic fans. Like me.
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srw
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response 11 of 16:
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Jul 21 05:42 UTC 1998 |
I give the three tenors credit for popularizing operatic music. I'd rather
enjoy an opera, myself.
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mrmat
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response 12 of 16:
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Jul 25 04:06 UTC 1998 |
Isn't three tenors equal to thirty dollars?
(just asking)
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jmm
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response 13 of 16:
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Jul 28 14:11 UTC 1998 |
Speaking of opera, can anyone recommend opera companies within driving
distance of AA? It's seemed like a desert compared with New York State, where
Glimmerglass in the summer and Syracuse Opera in the winter were really
outstanding. I haven't been to Detroit, where the programs seem to be nothing
but the old, familiar warhorses. Ditto for the New York City travelling
company's annual visit here. Gilbert and Sullivan are just dandy, but I
wouldn't call them grand opera. What else is there? Any suggestions?
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krj
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response 14 of 16:
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Jul 28 16:51 UTC 1998 |
John, I don't have time to prepare a list right now...
a quick cruise through the opera item ( item:music,21 or
item:classical,10 ) may offer some hints. And no matter what I suggest,
I don't know what's going to get you past a repertoire of the
old warhorses. I think Michigan Opera Theatre was a little more
adventurous before they bought their new opera house; but I remember
the audience discomfort with Szymanowski's KING ROGER echoing through
the rest of the season (buzz buzz "Wasn't that Polish opera awful?"
buzz buzz) and I don't expect them to get more adventurous than
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN in the next decade.
Is Cleveland within driving distance? We've gone to see an opera
with their company. Adrian has a cute little opera house which
stages one or two shows a year: look for Opera Lenawee on the web.
Grand Rapids has a company; Mike McNally will have to tell you more
about that one. Toledo seems to do exactly one show per year, and
it always conflicts with something for us.
Your best hope for getting beyond the Top 20 opera is probably going
to be U-Mich School of Music. They mount two productions each year.
Some are very mainstream, but sometimes they dig into the catalog:
DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES, TURN OF THE SCREW, ALBERT HERRING,
THE BOOR, to name some off the top of my head.
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mcnally
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response 15 of 16:
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Jul 30 02:55 UTC 1998 |
My sister and I have been buying season tickets to the Opera Grand Rapids
productions for a couple of years now (five, I think..) (and in recent
years my father has joined us as well..)
I generally enjoy their productions but I'm an opera newbie and relatively
easy to please -- it sounds like you're both fairly particular *and* looking
for something beyond the ordinary popular repertoire. Given that, I don't
think you'd be that happy with OGR, they tend to stick to the most popular
classics (which has been good for us so far, as it's given me a chance to
see them for the first time but the charm of that is starting to wear off
already -- this coming season they're repeating "La Boheme" which was
performed only four or five years ago..)
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krj
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response 16 of 16:
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Feb 26 16:38 UTC 1999 |
The Three Tenors are appearing in Detroit this summer.
They will be performing at Detroit's cultural shrine.
that acoustical gem, Tiger Stadium.
This is actually quite a coup for the Michigan Opera Theatre, as
the Tenor show is only doing three concerts worldwide this year,
and this is the only one in America. We don't plan to go.
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