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Weekend Stuff
Oct. 23rd, 2005 07:29 pm
I really enjoyed Carmen on Friday night. The soprano playing Carmen (Larissa Kostiuk) had an amazing voice. Which, I guess, is to be expected. I was less impressed with the tenor playing Don José (Atilla B. Kiss) - he was occasionally drowned out by the orchestra, so I'm guessing his voice wasn't in top shape. Reading the surtitles while watching the action was a little more difficult than watching a movie with subtitle, but I would imagine that's just because I'm not used to it.
As for the actual opera, I would imagine the general reaction of someone seeing it in the 1870s would have been a little different than mine - they would have been "That Carmen, what a slut", where my reaction is "Don José - what a jealous, controlling, stalkerish boyfriend - run, Carmen, run!". The difference in social mores a century makes, eh?
Definitely an enjoyable evening (mostly, anyway) for me. M was quite ill, though - all feverish, achy and tired. He went with me, but he missed a fair bit of it, "resting his eyes." He was feeling better by late Saturday, so I guess we just hit really bad timing on it. We'll have to plan to attend another performance sometime, so he can get the whole effect.
( The rest of the weekend )
It's actually been a very productive weekend, so far. I think tonight's for relaxing. *g*
As for the actual opera, I would imagine the general reaction of someone seeing it in the 1870s would have been a little different than mine - they would have been "That Carmen, what a slut", where my reaction is "Don José - what a jealous, controlling, stalkerish boyfriend - run, Carmen, run!". The difference in social mores a century makes, eh?
Definitely an enjoyable evening (mostly, anyway) for me. M was quite ill, though - all feverish, achy and tired. He went with me, but he missed a fair bit of it, "resting his eyes." He was feeling better by late Saturday, so I guess we just hit really bad timing on it. We'll have to plan to attend another performance sometime, so he can get the whole effect.
( The rest of the weekend )
It's actually been a very productive weekend, so far. I think tonight's for relaxing. *g*
