tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post6554709896901907677..comments2024-03-18T20:41:56.222-04:00Comments on Kinderkuchen for the FBI: Dialogues des Carmélites in HDDr.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-44024367761364115252021-11-27T22:14:16.487-05:002021-11-27T22:14:16.487-05:00This has been nominated for a Grammy.This has been nominated for a Grammy.Dr.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-11518118290663790422019-05-12T23:39:14.653-04:002019-05-12T23:39:14.653-04:00I haven't studied this deeply, but it is my th...I haven't studied this deeply, but it is my third time to see it. I'm pretty sure the first one came without supertitles. I feel that this part of the plot is ambiguous, perhaps too ambiguous to be completely sure about. Blanche escapes and Constance does not. Constance has visions that she and Blanche will die together. Perhaps it is this vision that draws Blanche back.Dr.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-41129199963183773732019-05-12T20:01:13.051-04:002019-05-12T20:01:13.051-04:00I've read a number of explanations, including ...I've read a number of explanations, including a doctoral thesis that has now convinced me that Constance NOT Blanche gave the dissenting vote for the oath of martyrdom. It makes a lot of sense structurally, and musically, pointing towards the motif in Blanche's first act utterance about how danger takes your breath away like icy water, but it's not as fearful when your up to your neck. She never has that motif again, but it's used at least four times in Constance's later music. None of this is, of course, necessary to understanding the passion of the work, but I always wondered "was it really Blanche who dissented?"Sharkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354556120599729324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-15365128590719441442019-05-12T13:55:47.015-04:002019-05-12T13:55:47.015-04:00I apologize for removing an offending sentence. I...I apologize for removing an offending sentence. It bothered me that the chants didn't sound at all like chant.Dr.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.com