tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post798337924876388706..comments2024-03-28T04:25:44.179-05:00Comments on Lone Wolf Concerto: GOD DAMN A RUNGJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-38262804153453895652016-10-08T10:03:05.013-05:002016-10-08T10:03:05.013-05:00I only saw Gwyneth J. live the once (in the title ...I only saw Gwyneth J. live the once (in the title role of 'Turandot', Covent Garden - late 80s?). I went with a friend who told me that he'd once chauffered her back from London to when she lived in Wales and had then kept in occasional contact with her.<br />In Wagner I only recall her in that televised, defiantly odd Ring cycle conducted by Pierre Boulez with bizarrely distracting Patrice Chereau stage settings, where just about everything on stage seemed to be deliberately at odds with the music.<br /><br />As for the general standard of her performances I don't feel I know enough about the art to judge. Unless she's another F.F.Jenkins (or Schwarzkopf, whose voice always grated with me, like fingernails down a blackboard), most of them sound pretty good or okay enough to me. Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-54461166116601938172016-10-02T10:17:48.018-05:002016-10-02T10:17:48.018-05:00Wagner and Hitler were obsessed with their Fatherl...Wagner and Hitler were obsessed with their Fatherland and especially legends of the Deutschland. It's a shame that Hitler's dastardly image still taints the fine music of Germany, but unfortunately it does.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-27677817359235529752016-10-02T10:12:36.298-05:002016-10-02T10:12:36.298-05:00Dragging an unwilling child to the opera would be ...Dragging an unwilling child to the opera would be torture. Fortunately, my parents never did that. For some strange reason I loved opera at an early age from hearing it on the radio.<br />I like that Lake of Fire image, too!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-80363062410723980562016-10-01T14:31:52.175-05:002016-10-01T14:31:52.175-05:00Jon,
Never really got too much into opera but ther...Jon,<br />Never really got too much into opera but there are some aria's and Wagner that are interesting, notwithstanding that Hitler also loved Wagner.<br />RonRonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161930319264523497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-79689277949579701512016-09-30T21:09:52.651-05:002016-09-30T21:09:52.651-05:00What SHE said ... Rita, that is.
I'd an aunt...What SHE said ... Rita, that is. <br />I'd an aunt who eschewed owning a television set and was forever dragging her children to the opera. As a child, I believed her to be the meanest thing that ever walked the earth. (Tho' the girls certainly turned out more successful than me.)<br /><br />I did enjoy that Lake of Fire image.Mevely317https://www.blogger.com/profile/14786988262452989091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-23747498739611264182016-09-30T19:28:54.907-05:002016-09-30T19:28:54.907-05:00That last photo is just a funny picture I lifted f...That last photo is just a funny picture I lifted from the Internet - she's not a real singer. I performed music by Monteverdi when I was in a chamber orchestra in college. I suppose Wagner's music reflects my personality - passionate, complex, brooding, romantic - - and consistently annoying.....Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-47920965811271217562016-09-30T19:24:57.226-05:002016-09-30T19:24:57.226-05:00Knowing nothing is better than trying to know ever...Knowing nothing is better than trying to know everything. I think that was supposed to be a compliment....Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-43796058845682960662016-09-30T19:24:03.201-05:002016-09-30T19:24:03.201-05:00There's no pressure to leave an intelligent co...There's no pressure to leave an intelligent comment. My posts aren't exactly intelligent.....<br /><br />Angst and I are synonymous.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-87990750287266169992016-09-30T17:42:15.323-05:002016-09-30T17:42:15.323-05:00Now, I am wondering. Is that last photo of a Brunn...Now, I am wondering. Is that last photo of a Brunnhilde real? Or is she dressed up to look how Brunnhilde ought to look? Thats the kind of question that preoccupies me. I wouldn't argue with you about the music (I wouldn't dare LOL)! but in fact I am one of those people who have never been able to hack it with Wagner. Something about his music doesn't agree with me. I'm more a Monteverdi sort of person, which you will agree is very different! I am certainly with you on the idiots who leave crass comments on youtube, you'll bet they couldn't do a half of what these performers can manage when half asleep on a bad day! Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-81800062009630831452016-09-30T16:19:27.439-05:002016-09-30T16:19:27.439-05:00bwhahahahahahaha! the resemblance IS quite striki...bwhahahahahahaha! the resemblance IS quite striking, is it not? at least you have seen me in the flesh!anne marie in phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765140782182605141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-61973149135914268272016-09-30T12:22:17.778-05:002016-09-30T12:22:17.778-05:00Naw, it's all Willie Nelson....Naw, it's all Willie Nelson....Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-67765300676548827772016-09-30T11:39:09.478-05:002016-09-30T11:39:09.478-05:00"I know nothing", said Sergeant Shultz....."I know nothing", said Sergeant Shultz...emphatically.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-8312449827406131052016-09-30T10:38:35.362-05:002016-09-30T10:38:35.362-05:00I don't know enough about the topic to make an...I don't know enough about the topic to make an intelligent comment. Just letting you know I read this, and appreciated it. I love opera, but have only been to two live performance in my life, and that was years ago, before getting married. My husband isn't an opera fan, so I content myself with listening to my CDs. Not a huge fan of Wagner, though. Too angsty for me.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-64322429560779260782016-09-30T08:36:00.417-05:002016-09-30T08:36:00.417-05:00"God Damn a Rung," eh?
Do they also li..."God Damn a Rung," eh?<br /> <br />Do they also listen to "I'm Inclined To Knock Music" in Texas?<br /> <br />:-)<br /> <br />-AndyWARPedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060430370218799951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-40733241187422058052016-09-30T08:05:13.412-05:002016-09-30T08:05:13.412-05:00Rossini was the Marvin Hamlisch of his day $$$$$$$...Rossini was the Marvin Hamlisch of his day $$$$$$$$$$$$$. (only straight)Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497874766764411664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-81572642483053627642016-09-30T00:09:03.282-05:002016-09-30T00:09:03.282-05:00I've listened to the live MET broadcasts since...I've listened to the live MET broadcasts since I was twelve or thirteen (that's about 100 years). I do love Gwyneth Jones, and Joan Sutherland was absolute perfection.<br /><br />I saw my first live opera at the Shrine Auditorium in L.A. when I was 16. "The Barber of Seville". There's nothing like "live" opera......except live sex, or course....Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-11438107387650514632016-09-30T00:04:25.585-05:002016-09-30T00:04:25.585-05:00Wagner, admittedly, could be used as a successful ...Wagner, admittedly, could be used as a successful torture device.....<br />But I love the drama, agony, ecstasy, harrowing emotion and tears. I'm the only person on earth who could sit through five hours of "Parsifal" and say "Let's hear it again". I've always been a masochist.<br /><br />I like Rossini - - even though he wrote 6,000 operas and they all sound exactly alike (*smile*). I love Bellini and Donizetti.<br /><br />And who doesn't like Mozart?<br />......except maybe Salieri....Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-30951469247948095222016-09-29T23:57:51.095-05:002016-09-29T23:57:51.095-05:00Geo, I've listened to more Brunnhildes than I ...Geo, I've listened to more Brunnhildes than I care to remember and it's completely impossible to chose a favorite. They were all impressive (although some more than others). As you pointed out, it's such a demanding role that one has to admire any singer who can get through it.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-71558646522288932522016-09-29T23:20:31.147-05:002016-09-29T23:20:31.147-05:00You tell him Jon. I know little about opera, but d...You tell him Jon. I know little about opera, but do enjoy hearing it on Saturdays if I m home. The one guy I currently see took me to my first opera ever two years ago. I was of course excited about wearing opera gloves, and getting a pearl necklace!! I have heard Gwyneth Jones sing.....she is excellent. Not sure I have seen that part much. But I did also enjoy the voice of Beverly Sills and Joan Sutherland. Mistress Maddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098940220513091207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-58023624838440713292016-09-29T23:12:16.492-05:002016-09-29T23:12:16.492-05:00And here I wondered here you got a picture of the ...And here I wondered here you got a picture of the Warrior Queen?!?!Mistress Maddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098940220513091207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-15138427931166167672016-09-29T21:29:59.949-05:002016-09-29T21:29:59.949-05:00Wagner puts me to sleep.Swooping from note to note...Wagner puts me to sleep.Swooping from note to note in agony. No wonder you're always depressed. Bel canto is the way to go. Give me Bellini, Rossini and Donizetti any day! (And a little Mozart of course.)Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497874766764411664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-14924996256582420952016-09-29T20:42:50.668-05:002016-09-29T20:42:50.668-05:00Jon, I love your take on this operatic cycle --inc...Jon, I love your take on this operatic cycle --including your appreciation for Gwyneth Jones-- but am compelled to mention what a demanding role is imposed upon the singer by this work. As for the best interpreter, happily the vote isn't entirely in, and --as per the old adage-- it ain't over til the "stereotypical operatic Brunnhilde" sings. Most enjoyable post!Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-45014245023644197512016-09-29T20:01:41.083-05:002016-09-29T20:01:41.083-05:00I never knew Spo was on Wordpress. Thanks.
The Rab...I never knew Spo was on Wordpress. Thanks.<br />The Rabbit of Seville & What's Opera, Doc? are both on YouTube.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8660581276521005822.post-78131914318527601492016-09-29T19:06:08.918-05:002016-09-29T19:06:08.918-05:00sporeflections.wordpress.com
you and dr. spo shar...sporeflections.wordpress.com<br /><br />you and dr. spo share a love of opera.<br /><br />"the rabbit of seville" and "what's opera, doc?" does it for me. ;-)anne marie in phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765140782182605141noreply@blogger.com