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'The more light-heartedly you can handle this, the better it would be' - Strauss, Hofmannsthal and Die ägyptische Helena
[…] no way disputed this criticism but actually repeated it with enjoyment to his wife, who had just come into the room, but then added with disdainful cynicism: 'That’s what’s wanted for the servant girls. Believe me, dear Busch, the general public would not go to Tannhäuser it if didn’t contain ‘Oh, Star of Eve’ or to the Walküre without ‘Winter Storms.’ Well, well, that’s what they want." But the reminiscences of coach and conductor Leo Wurmser who was on the staff at Dresden at the time of the premiere, has something rather significant to say about Busch's conducting, "At the first dress rehearsal he (Strauss) sat in the stalls following the score at a lighted desk. I sat nearby taking notes. He listened patiently to the end of the first act and then went forward and talked with Busch. So we had a break and then Act I all over […]
2014-11-05 01:30:00
Martinů’s ‘Alexandre’ & ‘Comedy’
[…] which this opera takes place? And I found myself wishing that stage director James Marvel had drawn greater distinctions between the movement and business of the central dream sequence and the “real-life” scenes of the opera: as it was, the cast pranced and swanned in much the same exaggerated ways throughout every scene. Does Marvel mean that everything is supposed to be a dream? That we should take nothing seriously here? Is André Wurmser’s French libretto, which is pretty cynical about marriage, equally cynical about theater, or about life itself? These were questions to ponder. What I didn’t question in the slightest was Gotham’s justified commitment to presenting both these operas. Dream sequence, dream cast: Ott, Velasco, and Beutel (standing) with Siladie (kneeling) in Alexandre. While Alexandre, fully realized, may not have been my cup of tea, I was grateful for the opportunity to […]
2014-09-27 23:09:00
Martinů bis, and Make It a Double: Previewing Gotham’s Latest Adventure
[…] up as his own American cousin. Up to now, the wife has been fending off the advances of another admirer, but after she meets “Alexander twice,” all bets are off. The hoary adage “Jamais deux sans trois” takes on new meaning. Fabio Toblini’s costume design for Armande, Alexandre’s wife. Martinů’s score sounds much like something Kurt Weill would have written, if he’d stayed in France two more years, and the libretto (by André Wurmser, the dear friend of my friend Stanley Karnow) features a singing portrait and a bedeviled dream sequence. Opportunities abound to expose audiences to new repertoire and to showcase bright, multitalented young singers — things that Gotham and Goren strive to do every time they go to work. At the run-through, the entire cast of Alexandre seemed ready to impress audiences. It was hard to believe they’d only just begun to rehearse this piece, […]
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