Joyce DiDonato
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1abbottthomas
I thought it time to give the body of this group a kick to see if it is dead or just sleeping.
Last week I went to the Royal Opera House to see David Alden's production of Semiramide with Joyce DiDonato in the title role. The production did not impress - the Times critic described the sets as 'overbearingly satirical ... the giant statues and hagiographical portraits of a modern dictatorship....a lazy mish-mash of Soviet and modern Middle Eastern clichés' - but the orchestral playing under Pappano was excellent and the singing top notch, particularly Joyce. She really is at the top of her form in this demanding role. After having her throat cut mistakenly by her husband/son at the opera's end she appeared alone for the first curtain call and received a huge ovation. Lawrence Brownlee was also very good in the stratospheric tenor part of Prince Idreno.
My reason for posting is to let anyone who can pick up BBC Radio3 know that the performance was recorded and will be broadcast on Saturday, January 6th. Well worth a listen.
Last week I went to the Royal Opera House to see David Alden's production of Semiramide with Joyce DiDonato in the title role. The production did not impress - the Times critic described the sets as 'overbearingly satirical ... the giant statues and hagiographical portraits of a modern dictatorship....a lazy mish-mash of Soviet and modern Middle Eastern clichés' - but the orchestral playing under Pappano was excellent and the singing top notch, particularly Joyce. She really is at the top of her form in this demanding role. After having her throat cut mistakenly by her husband/son at the opera's end she appeared alone for the first curtain call and received a huge ovation. Lawrence Brownlee was also very good in the stratospheric tenor part of Prince Idreno.
My reason for posting is to let anyone who can pick up BBC Radio3 know that the performance was recorded and will be broadcast on Saturday, January 6th. Well worth a listen.
2abbottthomas
Dead, then ;-(
RIP.
RIP.
3lilithcat
No, not dead!
Sadly, however, I don't get BBC Radio3.
On the other hand, I get one of the few classical radio stations still extant that actually plays vocal music on a regular basis. And I don't mean just the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts or the Lyric's opening night broadcasts.
They did a membership drive one time, and there were people who donated to the "no sopranos before 9:00 in the morning" fund!
I do like DiDonato, but why opera directors feel the need to put their 3:00 a.m. alcohol- or drug-inspired visions on the stage is beyond me. Do you ever get the sense that they're all sitting around, high as a kite, laughing as they say to one another, "You're doing Macbeth? Have you considered having the witches carry suitcases?" "No, but I'm setting Purcell's Fairy Queen in a Las Vegas sex club. Top that!"
Sadly, however, I don't get BBC Radio3.
On the other hand, I get one of the few classical radio stations still extant that actually plays vocal music on a regular basis. And I don't mean just the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts or the Lyric's opening night broadcasts.
They did a membership drive one time, and there were people who donated to the "no sopranos before 9:00 in the morning" fund!
I do like DiDonato, but why opera directors feel the need to put their 3:00 a.m. alcohol- or drug-inspired visions on the stage is beyond me. Do you ever get the sense that they're all sitting around, high as a kite, laughing as they say to one another, "You're doing Macbeth? Have you considered having the witches carry suitcases?" "No, but I'm setting Purcell's Fairy Queen in a Las Vegas sex club. Top that!"
