Comments on: Out of step with Poe and Bizet http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/08/out-of-step-with-poe-and-bizet/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:58:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Job http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/08/out-of-step-with-poe-and-bizet/#comment-355 Job Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:51:33 +0000 http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/08/out-of-step-with-poe-and-bizet/#comment-355 Thanks for answering, Michael. You're the boss, but I'll agree to disagree with you. By the way, if you possibly can you should take a look at The Coronation of Poppea. More critical slatings for ENO, but this time I am completely apart from them. I thought it was terrific. Kind regards Job Thanks for answering, Michael. You’re the boss, but I’ll agree to disagree with you.

By the way, if you possibly can you should take a look at The Coronation of Poppea. More critical slatings for ENO, but this time I am completely apart from them. I thought it was terrific.

Kind regards

Job

]]> By: Michael Coveney http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/08/out-of-step-with-poe-and-bizet/#comment-248 Michael Coveney Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:06:59 +0000 http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/08/out-of-step-with-poe-and-bizet/#comment-248 Sorry, Job, but I disagree with you about Micaela -- the intensity of what she was singing to Jose was redoubled by cutting the dialogue -- the children were given clear social definition in the crowd scenes and I took Escamillo's entrance to be deliberately down-played, or cool, if you like...I take your points. But I still loved the show. So did the audience the mnight I was there. Sorry, Job, but I disagree with you about Micaela — the intensity of what she was singing to Jose was redoubled by cutting the dialogue — the children were given clear social definition in the crowd scenes and I took Escamillo’s entrance to be deliberately down-played, or cool, if you like…I take your points. But I still loved the show. So did the audience the mnight I was there.

]]> By: Job http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/08/out-of-step-with-poe-and-bizet/#comment-241 Job Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:21:08 +0000 http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/08/out-of-step-with-poe-and-bizet/#comment-241 While I understand that Masque of the Red Death will divide audiences (I loved it, by the way, and I can attest from personal experience that wearing glasses outside the mask is actually no hassle at all) I cannot believe that Sally Potter's wretched Carmen could ever give pleasure. The horror of the evening is etched into my eyeballsmore than a fortnight after witnessing it. Car crash opera. Michael, chat to me about the production, please, and not just the theoretical concept behind it. I challenge you to find the dramatic heart of Michaela's character in this mess, or to make any sense of the cildren's chorus. And you, who have seen so many great examples of ensemble staging in musical theatre, please convince me that Escamillo's entrance was staged with any sense of stagecraft... I oculd go on. This was, honestly, one of the most shambolic and amateurish pieces of opera staging I've ever witnessed - and unlike many conservative opera-goers I normally love adventurous stagings. Job While I understand that Masque of the Red Death will divide audiences (I loved it, by the way, and I can attest from personal experience that wearing glasses outside the mask is actually no hassle at all) I cannot believe that Sally Potter’s wretched Carmen could ever give pleasure. The horror of the evening is etched into my eyeballsmore than a fortnight after witnessing it. Car crash opera.

Michael, chat to me about the production, please, and not just the theoretical concept behind it. I challenge you to find the dramatic heart of Michaela’s character in this mess, or to make any sense of the cildren’s chorus. And you, who have seen so many great examples of ensemble staging in musical theatre, please convince me that Escamillo’s entrance was staged with any sense of stagecraft… I oculd go on. This was, honestly, one of the most shambolic and amateurish pieces of opera staging I’ve ever witnessed - and unlike many conservative opera-goers I normally love adventurous stagings.

Job

]]> By: Peter Morris http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/08/out-of-step-with-poe-and-bizet/#comment-150 Peter Morris Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:19:32 +0000 http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/08/out-of-step-with-poe-and-bizet/#comment-150 Michael- Alice Coote, actually! Michael- Alice Coote, actually!

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