tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post6947906126526101396..comments2024-03-16T06:23:29.917-07:00Comments on The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal: I'll sit and watch the sea, Till you come back to mePatrick J. Vazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-40729194100256887642008-09-15T19:57:00.000-07:002008-09-15T19:57:00.000-07:00Oh, I know where it is. I used to live in the Unit...Oh, I know where it is. I used to live in the Unit 3 dorms.Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-38975853261598432502008-09-15T17:52:00.000-07:002008-09-15T17:52:00.000-07:00First Congregational in Berkeley, up the hill from...First Congregational in Berkeley, up the hill from Berkeley BART.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-29095810528832062422008-09-15T17:48:00.000-07:002008-09-15T17:48:00.000-07:00Zelenka and Kuhnau! That sounds like a great conce...Zelenka and Kuhnau! That sounds like a great concert. I'll check my calendar and definitely try to make it there (uh, it's in Berkeley? or SF?).<BR/><BR/>Fortunately for me, I will not be missing the Guarneri/Johannes or the Mahler 8.Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-70314393945014915112008-09-15T16:19:00.000-07:002008-09-15T16:19:00.000-07:00Oh, well, maybe that was what the teacher had, ind...Oh, well, maybe that was what the teacher had, indeed.<BR/><BR/>My chorus is performing works of Zelenka and Kuhnau on Saturday, Nov. 22. The dress is on the 20th, meaning I'm missing the Guarneri/Johannes octet evening and will have to shoehorn in a ticket to Mahler 8.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-7338180843809718902008-09-15T16:17:00.000-07:002008-09-15T16:17:00.000-07:00Mr Tape? Not even Mr Compact Disc? Ah, times gone ...Mr Tape? Not even Mr Compact Disc? Ah, times gone by. . . <BR/><BR/>I think the Opera Rara recording is actually a release (or a re-release) of a BBC broadcast from the 70s -- maybe that is the official version of the bootleg you mention. Berkshire Record Outlet sometimes has Opera Rara sets, but usually excerpts and arias rather than full operas, which is too bad.<BR/><BR/>When is the performance for which you are rehearsing?Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-6509176125601650982008-09-15T15:49:00.000-07:002008-09-15T15:49:00.000-07:00I have a rehearsal tomorrow and will not be at the...I have a rehearsal tomorrow and will not be at the opera. I have to decide when I am going to Bonesetter.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you about the revision - big omission!<BR/><BR/>There used to be a bootleg of the 1857 version floating around. We used it for my grad school class on that version. I suppose I could email the instructor and ask where he got it, though it probably came from Mr. Tape or some other defunct purveyor.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-82108994952860255242008-09-15T12:09:00.000-07:002008-09-15T12:09:00.000-07:00I don't have the Opera Rara set of the original Bo...I don't have the Opera Rara set of the original Boccanegra (which I believe you linked to -- they do great stuff, but it tends to strike even me as kind of pricey) but I'll bet there's a libretto for the early version in there. But even if the explanation is in the original version or the Gutierrez play, I have to fault Boito's revision for not including it. It seems like a pretty large point to leave obscure. A stagework needs to stand on its own, without reference to earlier versions or original source material.<BR/><BR/>I go back and forth on whether I will listen to recordings or read source material before hearing something new. I read An American Tragedy before going to the world premiere, but then I'd never read Dreiser and was curious. On the other hand, I have not read Bonesetter's Daughter and undoubtedly will not before going to see it tomorrow night. Are you going to that, by the way?Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-7598344254190203722008-09-15T10:13:00.000-07:002008-09-15T10:13:00.000-07:00I read the libretto pretty carefully looking for c...I read the libretto pretty carefully looking for clues a couple of weeks back - which is how I could cite in my review the line about the Doge killing Adorno's father - and there is nothing about why. I do not have a copy of the first version of the libretto, which according to Budden was less opaque than the Boito version, or of the Gutierrez play that was the basis of the opera. I bet there is an explanation in the play.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-32975525742438954592008-09-15T10:10:00.000-07:002008-09-15T10:10:00.000-07:00Hey Lisa,Your theory does make good sense; so much...Hey Lisa,<BR/>Your theory does make good sense; so much so that I wonder why they simply didn't have a few lines of dialogue with that explanation. As I said, if they did I totally missed it, and I tend to pay close attention to what's being said.<BR/><BR/>I did think that publicizing the relationship would make it difficult for Boccanegro suddenly to forbid the marriage which he had previously supported of Amelia to his loyal yet greedy and ratlike henchman. But that wouldn't explain why they couldn't simply explain to Gabriele that he needn't be suspicious of Amelia's sudden intimacy with Boccanegra.Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-7023724385748151522008-09-14T22:49:00.000-07:002008-09-14T22:49:00.000-07:00So I have a theory about why Amelia's identity is ...So I have a theory about why Amelia's identity is concealed: to protect her from being kidnapped (again) or murdered by Simon's enemies, since there is rebellion all around. I did <I>not</I> get this from Budden. I think.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.com