Only asking...
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Cardillac on Radio 3 this afternoon
what's that like?
the synopsis seems to indicate Jack-the-ripper meets Ratners -
i.e. not just the prices are slashed?Originally posted by mercia View Post
Maybe it's the singers murdering the top notes?
Speaking personally, I like a number of operas (generally not the Italian or Russian kind, though Puccini is the exception) and love a few. But I find that I increasingly can't abide what seems to pass for (indeed be hailed as) "opera singing". Lots of people seem to have careers, to whom I can't listen for one moment. Also, opera directors with a 'concept' and opera audiences 'en masse' are things up with which I have difficulty putting....
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Couldn't agree more with all of thisOriginally posted by Caliban View Post
Many's a great opera spoilt by dreadful, uncentred squawking.
As for Cardillac, a blistering white-knuckle ride from start to finish. IMO one of the most significant operas of the 20th Century. Utterly wonderful. No details on the version being performed (it was revised in the early 1950s) though I assume it is the original (and better) version.
Full of gnarly, sour-toned doomladen counterpoint and angular melody. I love it!!
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...it takes time away from Jazz, but not as much as Squealer .....According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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There's a bit of jazz in Cardillac, Calum. In fact, it's the first opera to so incorporate.Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View PostComment
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Caliban:
" But I find that I increasingly can't abide what seems to pass for (indeed be hailed as) "opera singing". Lots of people seem to have careers, to whom I can't listen for one moment. "
"Also, opera directors with a 'concept' " (some "concepts" work.)
Tapiola:
"As for Cardillac, a blistering white-knuckle ride from start to finish. IMO one of the most significant operas of the 20th Century. Utterly wonderful. No details on the version being performed (it was revised in the early 1950s) though I assume it is the original (and better) version.
Full of gnarly, sour-toned doomladen counterpoint and angular melody. I love it!! "
... would a Gay "concept" of the work be a Pink Cardillac?
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
Well, if the "action" occurred pre-1967, then protagonists might be liable to Cardillac Arrest...
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Likewise: !
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...always grateful for small mercies ...There's a bit of jazz in Cardillac, Calum.According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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Katie, how could you!Originally posted by mercia View Post
I only caught the Prologue and 1st Scene - must catch up on iPlayer.Comment
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On Monday, I went to my local Odeon cinema to watch/hear the ROH "Tosca with Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Jeremy White and Hubert Francis conducted by Antonio Pappano. I can thoroughly recommend these regional screenings, several of which are live. Theer is usually one opera a month these days. Our Odeon now has now High Definition sound installed in all the cinemas and is trying hard to give viewers a good time. Full houses and the punters applaud. Great fun.Comment
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