tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post7549310398592296413..comments2024-03-18T20:41:56.222-04:00Comments on Kinderkuchen for the FBI: BloggingDr.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-19846197837469543392014-10-20T11:21:47.317-04:002014-10-20T11:21:47.317-04:00To first comment--Partenope cannot possibly be an ...To first comment--Partenope cannot possibly be an opera heard too many times.<br />To the second comment--Many of the greatest singers of the past could not act their way out of a paper bag. This doesn't happen today.Dr.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-63128947547132240652014-10-19T16:38:39.914-04:002014-10-19T16:38:39.914-04:00But hasn't opera always been theatre? Singers ...But hasn't opera always been theatre? Singers have been praised for their acting talents (or chastised for the lack thereof) from the get-go. The rest is just trends, which seem to balance between park and bark and natural interactions.<br /><br />I'm rather curious about the Man Ray Partenope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-5770875274508818122014-10-19T00:10:24.618-04:002014-10-19T00:10:24.618-04:00These bizarre productions are a way to make intere...These bizarre productions are a way to make interesting an opera one has heard too many times. Whenever I hear an opera I don't know really well, it's so amazing. I listened to the new Macbeth on youtube, and I noticed right away that Netrebko was miscast and not singing very well, but I loved it because the opera is new to me. This is the awful truth. Turning music over to tone-deaf producers is a mistake. The fans like me crave beautiful new music, and there is plenty of it. Why have I only recently discovered Graun? Because it's more important to art directors to tart up the millionth production of Traviata, instead of reviving great operas people haven't heard yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com