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2017-05-14 21:14:09
The frailty of everything earthly
[…] theaters, Ms. Garanca’s voice now sounds huge. She commented in her intermission interview, with regard to changing repertoire, that for so long she has played a young boy chasing girls; now it is time to let the boys chase her. On today’s evidence, she is putting away childish things at the right time, while leaving us a parting gift to savor. Lyric mezzos long ago absconded with a role created by a soprano (Eva von der Osten, an Isolde). We should be so lucky as to have mezzo Octavians of Ms. Garanca’s caliber as the norm. The Latvian’s upper register encompasses Octavian’s higher-lying writing without a hint of strain (near the end, “War ein haus wo” was so juicy and full that I looked forward to Amneris cursing the priests). The bottom is rich, warm, resonant. There was a point at which I was startled by the beauty of the […]
2014-05-19 23:59:00
Singers, looks and art - who is Octavian ?
Grand furore about Octavian at Glyndebourne's Der Rosekavalier (read my review HERE). At right, the first ever Octavian, Eva van der Osten, in 1911. Short, fat, dark and dumpy. She got even more so as she grew older. Strauss thought she was fine. So what's all the fuss about now? Strauss didn't describe what Octavian looked like. All we do know is that Octavian is young, enthusiastic and very horny, in the way young men who have just discovered sex are horny. Basically, Octavian's a puppy, the kind that will mount any leg available. So why NOT a bit of puppy fat ? It's totally in character. How can anyone hear Der Rosenkavalier and not realize "Things don't have to be the way we think they should be?" Tara Erraught's got an interesting voice - bright and agile, with robust, solid depth. Erraught's […]
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