Girls Coffeeshop Talk

[Carolina]

Originally Posted by Rockrolex

I missed the Met version. Saw it at Washington Opera a few years ago. Russian opera takes some getting used to, but once you do, it's very powerful.

Do you get the live HD performances in your area? There are some really good ones coming up next season.

Here's the schedule. http://www.metoperafamily.org/metope...h.aspx?id=7920

Hmm, did your version have Onegin doing an onstage costume change just after the duel with Lensky?

[Rockrolex]

Originally Posted by Carolina

Hmm, did your version have Onegin doing an onstage costume change just after the duel with Lensky?

Not that I recall. And I think I would have if they had done one. Must have been quite something to see.

Is this on a DVD?

[Carolina]

Originally Posted by Rockrolex

Not that I recall. And I think I would have if they had done one. Must have been quite something to see.

Is this on a DVD?

Yes, it's on the performance at the Met that I just purchased. Considering that Onegin was portrayed by Dmitri Hvorostovsky, it might have been a freebie for the ladies in the audience. On the DVD, it was a quick flash, but I'm sure the audience got an eyeful.

Editing to add that it made for a very ingenious and effective transition from the duel scene, to Onegin's reentry into society, if I recall.

[Rockrolex]

Originally Posted by Carolina

Yes, it's on the performance at the Met that I just purchased. Considering that Onegin was portrayed by Dmitri Hvorostovsky, it might have been a freebie for the ladies in the audience. On the DVD, it was a quick flash, but I'm sure the audience got an eyeful.

I better not tell Arleen about that. She loves Hvorostovsky.

[Carolina]

Originally Posted by Rockrolex

I better not tell Arleen about that. She loves Hvorostovsky.

Here's a blogger review of the 2007 performance at the Met:

oops, see below...

[Carolina]

Sorry, Ed - I posted the wrong link:

http://scoredesk.blogspot.com/2007/0...moviecast.html

[Rockrolex]

Thanks, Caroline. Interesting read. How can you miss with Fleming and Hvorostovsky and Vargas. Ah, the Met does get the best.

We're going to try to get tickets to thee live Met performances this year and then a few more in HD.

I don't know if you've been to any of the HD performances, but they are wonderful. I especially like the intermissions where the performers and/or the conductor are interviewed. You get a real backstage view as the stage crew is setting up for the next act and someone is standing there being interviewed.