tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post4427489504160576821..comments2024-03-18T14:05:44.909-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: The Golden CockerelBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-2700894321331186362017-06-01T07:04:19.244-05:002017-06-01T07:04:19.244-05:00Thanks, Will. I know that no-one else seems to inc...Thanks, Will. I know that no-one else seems to include photos of the hall in their concert reviews, but to me it seems part of the whole experience. Thanks for noticing! Rimsky-Korsakov wrote, I think, fifteen operas and this is the only one that has had many Western performances. Gergiev, starting in the 90s, has apparently done excellent performances of some of them which are available on DVD.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-48995260154155869602017-06-01T00:40:40.849-05:002017-06-01T00:40:40.849-05:00I love your many pics of the diverse concert halls...I love your many pics of the diverse concert halls! The architecture only "serves" the concert function, the music (and drama in opera) being the reason the crowd comes together, but the magnificent and imaginative architectural diversity is part of the color and excitement of the event, and offers an attraction of its own, the gallery itself being a work of art.<br /><br />And regarding Rimsky-Korsakov, I have never listened to his operas and really heard only a limited portion of his repertoire, but he was a masterful orchestrator and offered very entrancing melodies.Will Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997868915978439364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-72538388471326688192017-05-30T01:13:15.996-05:002017-05-30T01:13:15.996-05:00Oh no, does this mean that there is a satirical op...Oh no, does this mean that there is a satirical opera in the offing?Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-14487096404757912332017-05-29T19:42:37.440-05:002017-05-29T19:42:37.440-05:00"the Tsar and his sons and officials are inco..."the Tsar and his sons and officials are incompetent and ludicrous, their military is incompetent and brutal and the people have neither the will nor the ability to rule themselves." This made me think of where America is heading with the Orange Idiot as president.Patricknoreply@blogger.com