tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post4848958104758511017..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Weill in the 1930s: Silver Lake and Deadly SinsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-20345648289602022582020-01-11T16:54:37.593+00:002020-01-11T16:54:37.593+00:00Well, at least the Met is still putting on Wozzeck...Well, at least the Met is still putting on Wozzeck, which, though we in Europe think of it as a repertoire staple, must comes a shock to the comfort-zoners of Manhattan...That place must be a poisoned chalice. Is Yannick's natural charm immune to all the pitfalls, I wonder? He is such an inspiring and wonderful person, I really wouldn't have associated him with a nest of vipers. Now, sit down with J and, having read the English translation, watch the Seven Deadlies with Anne Sophie in it...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-85366749132786669782020-01-11T14:52:16.258+00:002020-01-11T14:52:16.258+00:00I’m so uninformed I had no idea these operas exist...I’m so uninformed I had no idea these operas existed. I wish NYC, when it comes to opera, weren’t so hidebound, so there might be some chance of live performances. The Met and the Phil missed a big opportunity in failing to engage Salonen (though as he is a wise fellow, he probably preferred to head back west anyway).Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674930917585246294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-48388709927548543422020-01-09T11:38:13.691+00:002020-01-09T11:38:13.691+00:00It's always been quite popular here, but usual...It's always been quite popular here, but usually in concert; I haven't seen a decent staging. Deneve loves his Poulenc, and this isn't that big a leap, so maybe there's hope. Salonen's Weimar Republic concerts here were superb, and made the case for MUCH more Hindemith, a very marginalised figure these days. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-82426554776191666802020-01-09T05:02:42.771+00:002020-01-09T05:02:42.771+00:00The Seven Deadly Sins is pretty close to top of th...<i>The Seven Deadly Sins</i> is pretty close to top of the bucket list of works that I've never heard live, and despair of ever hearing live. Salonen is conducting it with the LA Phil next month, in a great program (with Hindemith & more KW/BB), but I don't think that I can justify the carbon footprint to go out there. No idea if this is on Stephane Deneve's list for STL, but I intuitively doubt it.Geo.noreply@blogger.com