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| Faye xx... |
 Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:16 am |
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I won't pretend that she's the greatest soprano in the world but she
certainly has a lovely voice and I have never seen any singer looking
so radiantly happy on stage as she did last night.
She looked absolutely gorgeous in an elegant white Grecian-style gown
with diamonds in her hair (which now has red lowlights in it) I got a
couple of good photos so if anyone wants to see them then please e-
mail me privately
She sang "Endless Pleasure" and "Myself I shall adore" from Handel's
Semele - all the time flirting and being delightfully coquettish. She
also did "Lascia ch'io pianga" and acted that too - almost breaking
down in tears at one point. We also got a joyful rendition of the
Mozart "Exsultate Jubilate" which she carried off with enough panache
to cover up a few vocal weaknesses and minor inaccuracies.
Also on the programme was a rather dull and instantly forgettable
Haydn symphony -(no 70) and the Mozart concerto for flute and harp,
with soloists Adam Walker and Sally Pryce. Can't say this piece did
much for me - and the first movement sounded so easy that the young
soloist looked almost embarrassed to be playing it. The middle
movement was pretty though and I actually recognised the tune :-)
The orchestra was the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by
Garry Walker.
The beautiful Ms De Niese did a signing afterwards and it was
wonderful to meet her again and get my Handel album autographed.
Anyway, it was a lovely evening
Faye xx
P.S: David McVicar was hanging around, looking extremely scruffy with
his greying hair in a ponytail, tatty old jeans and his shirt
unbuttoned halfway down his chest. Perhaps he mistakenly thought it
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| HE Elsom... |
| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:31 pm |
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:16:09 +0100, Faye xx <faye.courtney at (no spam) btinternet.com>
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Quote: She sang "Endless Pleasure" and "Myself I shall adore" from Handel's
Semele - all the time flirting and being delightfully coquettish.
Though they're both not actually seduction arias but expressions of
post-coital smugness and totally self-regarding (Myself I shall adore
literally so). But that's less clear and harder to do in a concert
performance.
Quote: She
also did "Lascia ch'io pianga" and acted that too - almost breaking
down in tears at one point.
Again, it's really an "I vant to be alone" aria -- even if Almirena is a
good girl, Handel is also making her an object of desire for Argante and
the audience. She shouldn't be too distraught, more utterly heroic and
just controlled.
But I wish I'd been there. De Niese is a fantastic performer even if she
doesn't have the most subtle voice in the world.
Regards,
Helen
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| Stephen Jay-Taylor... |
| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:34 pm |
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Ooops!
I knew there was something I was supposed to be doing yesterday......
Ah well, at least this has jogged my Mainly Mozart memory, so with any luck
I won't also miss next week's "Clemenza di Tito" with Toby - that's MR.
Spence to you dearie - and La Coote & Co.
Just back from the Proms prima, where without any warning Mattila was
replaced in the Vier Letzte Lieder by Christine Brewer, which is absolutely
fine in my book, though the appalling audience of "friends-of-friends"
freebooters and home counties coach trade wanly clapped all three movements
of the Mozart Oboe concerto - most fancifully playes by Nicholas Daniel,
plainly a boy who can breathe through his ears ( he'll be popular at
parties, especially the ones I go to ...) - and then proceeded, despite
stern shushing, to clap each of the FOUR last songs individually. Have any
of these people ever been to a concert before ? And if they haven't, and
don't know the protocols, wouldn't it behove them to take their cue from
those that clearly have, and do ? Evidently not. Brewer, in fantastic voice,
was not best pleased afterwards. Gormless Estuary Slapper ( ret'd ) behind
me said in a loud voice "That Mattila's put on weight.."
See you at C di T on Sat prox.
SJT, who may post in detail about Brewer's achievement, but I'm hungry, so
TTFN |
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| Faye xx... |
| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:01 am |
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On 19 Jul, 21:56, "Stephen Jay-Taylor" <sjaytay... at (no spam) btinternet.com>
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Quote: "I was reliably advised that Clemenza is a bit dull at the best of times"
Sweet FC
Then you were not reliably advised.
OK, I'll take your word for it. But I would prefer to experience it
for the first time in a proper staged production rather than concert
version.
Quote:
PS. "whom you heard in 1927  " seems to contain a misprint, o
knicker-flinger. And do try to remember that "Elijah" is supposed to be a
spirtual experience, and keep your underwear in your handbag for once......
Many apologies - obviously I meant 1937.
The Elijah at the Cardiff Proms was indeed a spiritual experience -
the choir was about 200 strong and made a fantastic sound, the WNO
orchestra sounded in much better shape than last Saturday at JDF and
obviously it goes without saying that Bryn was bloody superb and the
part suits his voice perfectly. Rebecca Evans was also very
impressive and wore a gorgeous sapphire blue silk ballgown. Tenor
Rhys Meirion tried his best but the voice is rather small and
unremarkable. Leah-Marian Jones had too much wobbly vibrato for my
liking. No items of clothing were thrown at anyone.
Unfortunately I won't be attending any opera in Milan - I'm just going
for the shopping and to visit some Italian friends.
Faye xx |
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