tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post6614073110069667676..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Friday MiscellaneaBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-92054034462762558792017-05-13T10:24:48.503-05:002017-05-13T10:24:48.503-05:00Am missing Der Rosenkavalier this morning, alas, b...Am missing <i>Der Rosenkavalier</i> this morning, alas, but am looking forward to next season-- Magic Flute, Norma, Tosca... and Thomas Adès's <i>The Exterminating Angel</i>, so I will get to see for myself how "utterly inert" (Norman Lebrecht) it is. (This is a Met/Royal Opera/Royal Danish Opera/Salzburg Festival co-production, so I'm presuming that the Met's show will be more or less the same as was presented in London.) <br /><br />There's a simulcast of the Van Cliburn finalists' performances in Fort Worth on the 10th of next month-- five and a half hours. I may do this.Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-10706874879334130992017-05-13T08:49:52.821-05:002017-05-13T08:49:52.821-05:00That actually sounds like a feasible idea.That actually sounds like a feasible idea.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-56133259752634169992017-05-13T00:54:59.837-05:002017-05-13T00:54:59.837-05:00Find a friend with whom 3 hours (round trip) of co...Find a friend with whom 3 hours (round trip) of conversation would be enjoyable, and drive to see one. Totally worth it. But today's is the last one of the season, so you'd have to wait for fall anyway. I totally recommend it, that drive would be worth it.Will Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997868915978439364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-12466109046972050402017-05-13T00:52:37.222-05:002017-05-13T00:52:37.222-05:00Heh, heh, heh! Arrgggh! Is it "talk like a pi...Heh, heh, heh! Arrgggh! Is it "talk like a pirate day" yet?<br /><br />I have never seen one of those opera simulcasts. Where I live, I would have to drive an hour and a half to get to where they are shown.<br /><br />Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-51087665150154244642017-05-13T00:28:10.600-05:002017-05-13T00:28:10.600-05:00Speaking of the Met Opera, and considering its alr...Speaking of the Met Opera, and considering its already 1:30am here, that means that TODAY I'll see a live simulcast of the Met Opera's production of Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier. And the "Live in HD" simulcasts are a FABULOUS way to see opera: up close, every facial expression and costume detail, great sound, backstage interviews and tours of the costume and set shops....<br /><br />And regarding those "ladies" smoking in the bathroom, not only would they taste like ashtrays but the tattoos suit them best for service on a Spanish galleon.Will Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997868915978439364noreply@blogger.com