tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post6289382517166154800..comments2024-03-18T20:41:56.222-04:00Comments on Kinderkuchen for the FBI: The Gospel of Mary MagdaleneDr.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-32397660836312740812013-06-27T11:47:01.725-04:002013-06-27T11:47:01.725-04:00...I don't remember right now...considering re......I don't remember right now...considering reading down the libretto (said to be on SFO's website), may not invest the energy however.<br />One positive thing (maybe) about the project: made me want to read the non-canonical gospels (see above remark re:energy)<br />As to bowing on the percussion instruments, I'm reminded of I think it was Lily Tomlin's line, that she feared whoever thought up Musack may be thinking up something else...but it was a cool effect, no question.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16227972053802503917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-10333481786789730892013-06-24T21:20:56.840-04:002013-06-24T21:20:56.840-04:00What were the other anachronisms? It all seemed q...What were the other anachronisms? It all seemed quite pointless.Dr.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-91670414725908098272013-06-24T17:56:58.451-04:002013-06-24T17:56:58.451-04:00glad to see you blog on this. reviewers have been...glad to see you blog on this. reviewers have been all over the place--but mainly trying to like the opera and failing; so I kept thinking, what is BB going to make of it? Agree with almost all that you wrote--except we thought Miriam wasn't all that strong (a singer, that is); seems to be general agreement that Sasha Cooke was the best thing about it. this should have been a great opera; doubt Adamo will ever get a chance to improve it. So it goes. (PS I thought the anacronysms in the libretto--you cite one; other friends have cited other ones--were really jolting.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16227972053802503917noreply@blogger.com