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| The Handelmaniac... |
 Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:26 pm |
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The reaction of the sold-out audience at last
evening's ABT "Giselle" with the magnificent Nina Ananiashvili (age
45!!!) and Angel Corella reminded me so much of the "olden days" at
the old and new Met where one got so caught up in the
screaming,yelling, tearing programs and making confetti out of them,
flowers galore, standing ovations, and many curtain calls that you
walked out of there elated and in ecstasy.
The Fraus of the 60's, those incredible Nilsson/
Resnik/Rysanek Elektras, most Tebaldi performances,etc. used to
result
in this brand of carrying-on;even this season's great Fille du
Reggiment did not come close to last night. How come? Perhaps ballet
audiences are more knowledgeable than opera audiences;also,the
extremely high level of the ballet (ABT and City ballet) is part of
it, and perhaps the "younger' Met audiences of today do not know
enough to appreciate some of the performances, and there are some at
the Met that deserve more curtain calls at the end. They usually take
a solo, a group call or two, and then it all dies down, the lights
come up, and we go home.
I am now beginning to appreciate ballet owing
to the excitement and influence of a friend, but I must rely on the
knowledgeable audience to "tell me what is great" because in this
genre I cannot quite appreciate what I understand in the field of
the vocal art. One interestionmg thing is that in ballet audiences do
applaud DURING some of the more treacherous and difficult feats
onstage, allowing me to better comprehend what is special. Imagine
our
doing that DURING an aria!!!!
Some friends of mine object strongly to the
"Hey,she hit a home run" attitude, and would prefer total silence
until the end of a given number, but i enjoyed the reaction and it
taught me more about what to look for. Unfortunately, the average Met
audience member these days would not know a Corelli from a
Baum...well, maybe they are a bit better than that, but sometimes I
feel they either applaud "because it is the Met" or just do not react
favorably enough at some of the more subtle vocal feats. I am sure
most of would agree that most Met audiences would not thrill to some
of the "small moments" (e.g. "Boheme Act Three: Ma che
risponderli,Marcello?), although I wonder if any of the audiences of
the olden days would react internally more favorably.(I cry to
myself).
Comments ? Reactions? Personal
Experiences? Charlie |
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