tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post2741184101207817813..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Parallel rakesDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-3930164393382289532010-08-20T16:48:35.860+01:002010-08-20T16:48:35.860+01:00A good friend of ours (Liam) will attend some kind...A good friend of ours (Liam) will attend some kind of artistic course at Waddesdon in the new year and he can supply a full report<br /><br />BUT it will be a long time before we can get the (late) nineteenth century in perspective. Indeed I think it will never recoverDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-73875875121349913992010-08-20T12:56:34.318+01:002010-08-20T12:56:34.318+01:00Yet does that apply to Waddesdon, David, I wonder?...Yet does that apply to Waddesdon, David, I wonder?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-81696860190811987352010-08-20T12:40:29.357+01:002010-08-20T12:40:29.357+01:00David Damant writes
A propos the part of the gard...David Damant writes<br /><br />A propos the part of the gardens at Glyndebourne where nature has been left to run its course, one can recall the remark by a Rothschild, that in even the smallest garden there should be at least two acres of wildernessDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-63660117893305846442010-08-14T00:06:11.632+01:002010-08-14T00:06:11.632+01:00Slip of the brain in that one. Knew jolly well it ...Slip of the brain in that one. Knew jolly well it was Matthew Rose, had Alastair Miles (and spelling him right) on the brain. Duly corrected, thanks.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-64005276113234592382010-08-13T23:22:12.979+01:002010-08-13T23:22:12.979+01:00I think you'll find the picture is of Matthew ...I think you'll find the picture is of Matthew Rose as Nick Shadow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-16965539954563578802010-08-11T11:55:38.432+01:002010-08-11T11:55:38.432+01:00Everything that's in your comments section is ...Everything that's in your comments section is what I originally wrote -- including one typo! I would be very interested to hear Burden in Clemenza di Tito and Idomeneo. The MET has good Ponnelle productions of both in its repertory and the title roles should fit Bill Burden like a glove.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-84944751949897028042010-08-11T08:25:23.511+01:002010-08-11T08:25:23.511+01:00Yes, I think he would now be the Britten tenor of ...Yes, I think he would now be the Britten tenor of choice (he sang Quint/Prologue in the Glyndebourne Turn of the Screw but I didn't see it). He has the intelligence and the crucial ingredient lacking in the other contenders - Padmore, Robinson, Bostridge (!) etc - of Italiante opulence when he needs it. That really gilded the lily of his Don Ottavio. <br /><br />And, of course, he's a tall, handsome man, which always helps.<br /><br />BTW, hope I re-posted you correctly: accidentally deleted your original among a couple of spam entries and had to paste the text.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-44935559406621304772010-08-11T08:21:20.037+01:002010-08-11T08:21:20.037+01:00Mr. Burden is someone I would like to see far more...Mr. Burden is someone I would like to see far more often here in the States. So far, by best chance of seeing him has been at Glimmerglass: Superb in Britten -- Rape of Lucretia and Death in Venice; noble and heartbreaking (and virtually naked with Nathan Gunn) in Gluck's Iphigenie en Tauride; stylish and gorgeous of voice in Seraglio.<br /><br />For some reason he isn't cast as much here as he should be; perhaps he's way too intelligent and not sufficiently castable in Puccini and Verdi to hold the attention of our major opera houses. To me he's a national treasure. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a Captain Vere from him some day.Willhttp://www.designerblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-78190913892939459362010-08-10T18:05:14.908+01:002010-08-10T18:05:14.908+01:00Well, I guess poor mad weak Tom's soul was sav...Well, I guess poor mad weak Tom's soul was saved by his Gretchen/Anne, and Don G's wasn't. <br /><br />No problem with the Hockney Rake not being bawdy enough - Strav's brothel is oddly contained and the whole pleasure thing oddly depressed, as if Tom didn't have the appetite in the first place and just did it out of idleness, the only sin Auden and Kallman seemed to have in mind. But I do think we've had so many productions of the Rake which bring in all the colours of the score beyond Handel/Beggar's Opera/Mozart - what my talk was all about (everything from Monteverdi to serialism via Donizetti, Bizet and Tchaikovsky).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-14194582673659361152010-08-10T17:17:40.362+01:002010-08-10T17:17:40.362+01:00Many happy returns (albeit belated) to J. Hope you...Many happy returns (albeit belated) to J. Hope you both had a great time (?in/around your beloved favourite town).<br />Love the idea of parallel rakes (do they meet in infinity? In which case, I suspect the Don would make mincemeat of the overprivileged Englishman).<br />Glyndebourne Don sounds like an improvement on the Tcherniakov prod'n at Aix (was DT trying for a Eugene O'Neil effect?). But I never could get to grips with the Hockney et al 'Rake's Progress': kept wanting Hogarthian excess in full colour/vulgarity.<br />Thank you so much for intro (+ clip) to the delightful Anna Samuil; thrilled to hear/of her, & sure you're right in identifying her as a star.Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-87049026747384686722010-08-10T16:00:46.728+01:002010-08-10T16:00:46.728+01:00Yes, she's, erm, a little more focused than th...Yes, she's, erm, a little more focused than the fitfully brilliant Netrebko, isn't she? Maybe I shouldn't compare, but we're talking superstar status here, clearly. The girl's a natural. Good clip of her singing/acting Maria's Mad Scene from Mazeppa in Lyon - though would want to see the final lullaby-duet even more.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-85232663809290123252010-08-10T15:14:22.752+01:002010-08-10T15:14:22.752+01:00According to you-tube it's Manfred Honeck.Than...According to you-tube it's Manfred Honeck.Thanks for the chance to hear/ see Anna Samuil.I'm now a fan..Paul Cannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-35388721345465424932010-08-10T14:56:06.407+01:002010-08-10T14:56:06.407+01:00Aha, of course, Paul - I hadn't tallied this w...Aha, of course, Paul - I hadn't tallied this with the Bryn-from-Verbier clips. But Anna Samuil was indeed in that too. So I suppose I ought to recognise the conductor, and sure I could find out if I tried hard enough...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-15501993027487940802010-08-10T14:53:53.598+01:002010-08-10T14:53:53.598+01:00Could VFO be the Verbier Festival Orchestra,David?...Could VFO be the Verbier Festival Orchestra,David? I think I recognise their-er- uniforms, and didn't they do Don G. last year with Bryn?<br />Can't wait to see the production after your review (but I guess I'll have to..)Paul Cannonnoreply@blogger.com