tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post596582495301437546..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: ENO: the fight's not overDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-75744084497529753392016-03-24T17:12:26.179+00:002016-03-24T17:12:26.179+00:00The music fits the production...the relentless pro...The music fits the production...the relentless progression of the notes, hypnotic in its effect, would be - indeed is - tedious in itself. But this was not music with the staging but staging with the musicDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-59169528975518750242016-03-24T08:27:15.845+00:002016-03-24T08:27:15.845+00:00A fusion, I don't doubt - though it all looks ...A fusion, I don't doubt - though it all looks very kitsch and I found McDermott's Satyagraha overload of visual cliches too. But you're talking about the Gesamtkunstwerk. The music itself is just third-rate (c'est plusiers que moi qui parlent). Anyway, I'm glad it was a success for them.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-34025157539441983392016-03-24T06:37:10.399+00:002016-03-24T06:37:10.399+00:00I should add ( and...c'est moi qui parle) that...I should add ( and...c'est moi qui parle) that Akhnaten was a masterpiece - the music fitting into the staging and the chorus, rather than, as usually, the other way round<br />David Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-17729845653039168162016-03-23T10:11:29.903+00:002016-03-23T10:11:29.903+00:00David, you're right on both counts (I fear). T...David, you're right on both counts (I fear). There has to be a vote of no confidence in the Board and CEO from the entire artistic and technical side of ENO. Sue has fought with Elektra-like ferocity but also focus. Mark W has been the true leader in all this.<br /><br />And yes, Michael, Cressida has failed - there has been no vision in any of this. IF the half-year season and the nine-month pay for the chorus were the only option, I might begin to understand the thinking. But other alternatives have been presented, Mark W's included, to which hearsay has it that the response was 'overambitious'. We need to know more, and I'm sure we shall over the next week or two.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-66776960405799850192016-03-23T08:44:48.418+00:002016-03-23T08:44:48.418+00:00Cressida needed to demonstrate one thing - that sh...Cressida needed to demonstrate one thing - that she is capable of constructing a new business plan for the organisation at the same time as keeping creative staff on board. In this she has failed!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14848330196009682990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-34264640376797527552016-03-23T07:29:22.077+00:002016-03-23T07:29:22.077+00:00As regards Brussels, I might quote (with a slight ...As regards Brussels, I might quote (with a slight modification) Voltaire ......" Those that believe absurdities will commit atrocities " And as a result of instant and world wide electronic communications I cannot see that there will be an end to these bloody events. Birmingham or Berlin or Bologna next<br /><br />On ENO I have no information outside what I have read but on the basis of Parkinson's Law ( a deadly serious book, as the Duke of Edinburgh has said ) the place has the look of a set-up which will only be cured if everyone at the top is fired and replaced. Sue Bullock for the Chair?<br />David Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-81664593113774721292016-03-22T21:39:02.085+00:002016-03-22T21:39:02.085+00:00Thanks, Jamie - you've been following the ENO ...Thanks, Jamie - you've been following the ENO saga? As for sad day, Brussels makes it especially so but in this microcosm of unhappy conflict I feel there's still much to fight for. As, over a much longer term, there is in the disastrous world situation. Will never forget my goddaughter Eva saying when young with a slight querulousness in her voice 'but good always triumphs over evil, doesn't it?' And I had to reflect and say I thought it always had, though sometimes it might take generations. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-36355034975602816462016-03-22T21:23:16.037+00:002016-03-22T21:23:16.037+00:00Excellently put David as ever. A sad day.Excellently put David as ever. A sad day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18327321860417936051noreply@blogger.com