tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post590171295786236984..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Around Wagner in BudapestDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-85229704882344159552017-07-27T18:00:34.714+01:002017-07-27T18:00:34.714+01:00Do they? I had no idea. I was told about their ubi...Do they? I had no idea. I was told about their ubiquity in the Wagner world, though. I neither know nor care about expertise v publicity stunt; I do know that it adds a piquancy to the intervals (or did for me). Opinion is of ourse very much divided. And Wagner's outward existence was of course very petit bourgeois.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-5614351638426440082017-07-27T16:49:00.728+01:002017-07-27T16:49:00.728+01:00this American couple make Hitchcock appearances in...this American couple make Hitchcock appearances in a number of DVD documentaries on Wagner and opera houses generally. Do they have any great expertise or knowledge of the subject, or is it all a rather sad publicity stunt? Their outfits are distinctly petit bourgouisJohn Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-28204256263938440092017-07-17T10:32:12.230+01:002017-07-17T10:32:12.230+01:00Yes, iPads tend to show a blank space when there&#...Yes, iPads tend to show a blank space when there's a film or something from YouTube. Glad you saw them - very classy, no? And yes, I feel conscious of the privilege - otherwise I wouldn't have gone on so long here...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-57395769598695255792017-07-17T00:55:13.002+01:002017-07-17T00:55:13.002+01:00David, I can only say how glad I am you pointed ou...David, I can only say how glad I am you pointed out the fanfare films, as they didn't show up on my iPad. On reading your comment, I popped over onto my laptop, and have now listened to them all (plus the Sabre Dance on water glasses). What an inspired idea to do those fanfares! What a magnificent experience you have had!Susan Scheidhttps://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-72558533173533425812017-07-16T22:41:29.739+01:002017-07-16T22:41:29.739+01:00I'll check that out, Sue. Certainly if Drum(p)...I'll check that out, Sue. Certainly if Drum(p)f is anyone in the Ring, it's Alberich. <br /><br />La Theorin certainly has her passionate admirers among the staff at the concert hall...<br /><br />Rather proud of the little fanfare films, myself. Might be useful when illustrating leitmotifs, though obviously they only play the brassy ones.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-30003901372827823322017-07-16T19:43:49.641+01:002017-07-16T19:43:49.641+01:00Well, this is splendid, top-to-bottom. That couple...Well, this is splendid, top-to-bottom. That couple is quite the thing, and I love your photo of the younger couple in virtually opposite dress between them. Great catch on your part, that. The idea of rose petals strewn on the dressing room floor as a tribute to the singer is lovely. And now, here's a coincidence of sorts: just yesterday, J and I took a little Ring cycle-related sojourn to Massachusetts and saw a hilarious 15-minute mini-opera, Drumf and the Rhinegold. We laughed all the way through and then some. I consider this what you would term a must, and fortunately, an earlier, indoor, performance is online.Susan Scheidhttps://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/an-operatic-apocalypse-the-drumf-and-the-rhinegold-at-turn-park-art-space/noreply@blogger.com