tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post381001180291879702..comments2024-03-29T08:14:50.315-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Love, soldiers, gypsies and free tickets to 'Carmen'Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19202543881789482232017-02-14T11:16:05.771-06:002017-02-14T11:16:05.771-06:00Don't be so cheap, Susan D. And if you subscri...Don't be so cheap, Susan D. And if you subscribe it's even less than a buck a day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-29520424966928869112017-02-13T16:39:24.468-06:002017-02-13T16:39:24.468-06:00I believe Alagna also did a bunk a few years back ...I believe Alagna also did a bunk a few years back after singing "Celeste Aida," the difficult opening area of "Aida" and hearing a few boos. At La Scala of all places. I believe they have since kissed and made up. <br /><br />Tenors!<br /><br />TETomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18652526423928881602017-02-13T16:09:11.951-06:002017-02-13T16:09:11.951-06:00That Don was performed by David Poleri in 1953. A...That Don was performed by David Poleri in 1953. Apparently the conductor was way under tempo, and Poleri stormed off telling the conductor to sing it himself. Poleri did continue with his career and performed in Chicago a few years later. He was killed In 1968 when the helicopter he was in w his wife crashed into a volcano. NikkiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226032148784322997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17148674755262475502017-02-13T11:05:11.452-06:002017-02-13T11:05:11.452-06:00Thanks. Re my criticism, I've seen quite a few...Thanks. Re my criticism, I've seen quite a few Carmen's, which probably makes me picky. As I said, it's a good show. Everybody should go.<br /><br />TETomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69144397203059960972017-02-13T09:55:46.708-06:002017-02-13T09:55:46.708-06:00C'mon. A buck a day. Even McDonald's cof...C'mon. A buck a day. Even McDonald's coffee costs more.<br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32835014784803741692017-02-13T09:50:13.497-06:002017-02-13T09:50:13.497-06:00@Tom -- Delightful! :)@Tom -- Delightful! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-40062993593040474392017-02-13T09:29:48.100-06:002017-02-13T09:29:48.100-06:00So, I assume the codes are not going to be be in t...So, I assume the codes are not going to be be in the online version of the SunTimes?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841022739864511731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-920011279940285432017-02-13T09:26:21.862-06:002017-02-13T09:26:21.862-06:00It's a good show. Colorful staging. Musically ...It's a good show. Colorful staging. Musically fine. Well acted. The dancing was splendid, but, to my mind, distracting in the final scene, when the two erstwhile lovers should be the center of attention and don't need to be upstaged by a pair of chorus boys prancing about on a corner of the stage. I would think the singers would be pissed. It brought to mind an incident famous in operatic lore that occurred -- although pre-Lyric Opera -- on that same stage, when the Don Jose, who had been feuding with the conductor, departed prematurely in a very operatic huff, leaving his Carmen to stab herself. I believe he never worked again.<br /><br />Tom EvansTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-88889961476552071782017-02-13T08:57:41.391-06:002017-02-13T08:57:41.391-06:00I've always loved Carmen despite the goofy sto...I've always loved Carmen despite the goofy story line, of which Andy Griffith gives an hilarious hillbilly version without altering the script at all. There's also a Spanish movie that takes a serious and modern (1983) look at the infatuation, jealousy and murder.<br /><br />Wish I could be there on the 28th, but have arrived at an age at which I would probably go to sleep before Carmen leaves the tobacco factory.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8217034824685941032017-02-13T08:22:05.801-06:002017-02-13T08:22:05.801-06:00Lovely costumes and nice descriptions of the ladie...Lovely costumes and nice descriptions of the ladies dance.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.com