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It lived up to the hype. Natalie Dessay was wonderful. She's a great singer of course but she's also a wonderful comic actress and gives off so much energy. Juan Diego Flórez was perfect as Tonio and the supporting cast was wonderful too. The whole production was fast paced, beautiful, touching and, above all, very, very funny. Everybody involved was obviously having loads of fun and that communicated to the audience. I really don't think anyone who saw this production would be able to claim that opera is difficult or inaccessible.

And they were selling the DVD for less than $20. Score!

Date: 2008-04-27 03:08 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] darcydodo
Damn you, I'd convinced myself that I wasn't going to give in to the temptation of going to the opera tomorrow, and I was going to do work all day instead, since I was busy all day today.

And you just went and crumbled my resolve with one post.

Date: 2008-04-27 04:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] damiel.livejournal.com
Did he encore the 9 high Cs?

(Still searching for a ticket to this production...)

Date: 2008-04-27 10:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com
No encore. He did slip a high D flat into his second act aria.

Date: 2008-05-01 01:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] linzq.livejournal.com
'cause all the Cs aren't enough ;)

Wow.

Date: 2008-05-01 01:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com
You should check out next year's season. There will be 11 performances and, if it's like this year and you can buy a package, it's less than $20 per opera.

Date: 2008-05-22 03:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] linzq.livejournal.com
I might actually get to see something live... but yes, I should be able to avoid this working-Saturdays business that's been getting in the way!!!!

Date: 2008-05-22 03:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] linzq.livejournal.com
PS. They sell the DVDs at the movie theatre? Did they have the Lucia???

Date: 2008-05-22 09:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com
They were only selling La Fille du Regiment

Date: 2008-06-09 03:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] linzq.livejournal.com
Hmmm. Interesting.
Any leads to buy them elsewhere?

I'm definitely excited about this.

Date: 2008-06-09 09:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com
Amazon I guess, if they are vailable at all

Date: 2008-04-27 10:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glitterboy1.livejournal.com
Excellent! It had all the makings of an absolutely splendid night; I'm glad that it really was. I was too late to get tickets for this season, but, after the reports from you, I'm definitely going to go to some next time round...

Date: 2008-05-01 01:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] linzq.livejournal.com
Jealous.

What a fantastic cast!

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