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krj
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response 34 of 39:
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Jan 18 18:11 UTC 2008 |
update on resp:6 :: After lots of web searching and some
correspondance with the PR firm handling the La Scala opera moviecast
series, the news is that one of the distributors for the La Scala
series dropped out after the first presentation, and so
this week's TRISTAN & ISOLDE, and the remainder of the series from
La Scala, will not be shown in Michigan.
If you just *have* to see one of the La Scala presentations, the
nearest participating theater is in Cleveland. Let me know if
anyone needs a link to the full list of participating theaters
in the US.
(For those who aren't opera geeks: La Scala in Milan is often
regarded as the world's premier opera house; its rivals
would be Covent Garden in London and the Met in New York, and
maybe the Paris Opera.)
The Metropolitan Opera series continues; they presented an
excellent MACBETH last weekend (I should write a short review)
and next up, in mid-February, is Puccini's MANON LESCAUT.
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krj
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response 35 of 39:
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Mar 14 19:30 UTC 2008 |
Opera-movie updates: Tomorrow is Benjamin Britten's PETER GRIMES from
the Metropolitan Opera, live, 1:30 pm. The repeat is on Sunday
afternoon. This is the season's serious drama, about a small fishing
village, and an outcast fisherman whose last apprentice died under
questionable circumstances. I plan to be at the Quality 16 theater.
I have found a theater in Michigan showing the La Scala opera-movie
series: it's in Kalamazoo. We are too jammed up with other events to
get to any of their shows.
The San Francisco Opera series started last weekend; again, we got
squeezed out on time for their showing of Puccini's LA RONDINE. The MJR
Brighton multiplex is showing the San Francisco series, as well as the
previously-announced Canton Emagine. SFO tickets are a discount --
$10-$12, ten bucks less than the Met.
The Royal Opera House (Covent Garden) in London has announced a series
of four transmissions from April through June. Three are ballets; the
one opera will be CARMEN, in late April. I have not found any theater
information yet.
There will be at least one opera moviecast per week through April.
Aieeee.
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krj
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response 36 of 39:
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Mar 15 22:24 UTC 2008 |
*Outstanding* performance of "Peter Grimes" by the Metropolitan
Opera today. A smaller crowd at the Quality 16, because Britten is
less popular, but the performance was fabulous.
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krj
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response 37 of 39:
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Mar 20 20:01 UTC 2008 |
Saturday is the Met's moviecast of Wagner's TRISTAN & ISOLDE, all
5.5 hours of it. The Met has had to use four Tristans and two Isoldes
to get through five or six performances in this run -- Tristan #4 will
appear for the first time Saturday. The show has
had to be halted in mid-performance twice -- once when Isolde #1
was taken down by an unhappy stomach, and once when Tristan #3 was on
a piece of scenery which broke and send tumbling into the "prompter's box".
So, Saturday offers the potential of seeing a complete trainwreck!
But we will hope they pull it off.
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jadecat
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response 38 of 39:
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Mar 20 20:29 UTC 2008 |
I was reading a New York Times online article (I think) about the
various problems that have cropped up with the Tristan und Isolde opera.
Something about one show having to employ three different Tristan's one
for each act?
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krj
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response 39 of 39:
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Sep 17 04:56 UTC 2008 |
The 2008-2009 season of Metropolitan Opera "moviecasts" starts
on MONDAY, September 22. They will be broadcasting the Met's opening
night, which will be a Renee Fleming gala. There will be three
fully staged, unconnected acts, to show off Ms. Fleming.
As an opera buff I think this will be an interesting, novel experience,
but I doubt it would work for "the general public," who might
prefer to see a story with a beginning, middle and end.
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