The Met Saturday Morning Broadcasts are back.....

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Itullian

Discussion Starter · 6 mo ago

Starting this Saturday at 10 pst, 1:00 est
Opening broadcast.....

December 10, 2022
Kevin Puts’ The Hours
New Production/Met Premiere
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Renée Fleming (Clarissa Vaughan), Kelli O’Hara (Laura Brown), Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf), Kathleen Kim (Barbara / Mrs. Latch), Sylvia D’Eramo (Kitty / Vanessa), Denyce Graves (Sally), John Holiday (Man Under the Arch / Hotel Clerk), William Burden (Louis), Sean Panikkar (Leonard Woolf), Kyle Ketelsen (Richard), Brandon Cedel (Dan Brown)

Discuss them here

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Seattleoperafan

· #281 · 22 d ago

nina foresti said:
As I said, I missed the entire act 1 and, believe me, it is one of the first things I wait for to see if the tenor is going to go macho or prove his security of voice without having to outdo Mimi, as it is written. I know most people love to hear the tenor bellow out the high note but I am not one of them.
I too would like to know if Costello took the low note (but a buck says he did not.)

I would go to an opera just to run into you at intermission to dish.

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Itullian

Discussion Starter · #282 · 20 d ago

Itullian said:
Next up...................
May 13, 2023
Verdi’s Aida
Paolo Carignani; Michelle Bradley (Aida), Marcelo Álvarez (Radamès), Olesya Petrova (Amneris), George Gagnidze (Amonasro), Christian Van Horn (Ramfis), Krzysztof Bączyk (The King)

Are we ready for Aida?

Woodduck

· #283 · 20 d ago

Itullian said:
Are we ready for Aida?

Probably not, but it is my duty to listen. My least favorite tenor aria will be sung by 61-year-old fossil Marcelo Alvarez, who will not have had time to warm up. All I can say is, the elephants and camels had better be good.

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MAS

· #284 · 20 d ago

Several wobbles. I came late, so missed Celeste Aida. I immediately got the wobbly Amneris. Now I’m listening to the wobbles of Bradley. Throughout her range.
Should I wait for Alvarez?
Maybe not.

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Woodduck

· #285 · 20 d ago

It turns out that today's Radames is Jorge de León, not Marcelo Alvarez. We can't breathe a sigh of relief. "Celeste Aida" was horrifying.

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MAS

· #286 · 20 d ago

Woodduck said:
It turns out that today's Radames is Jorge de León, not Marcelo Alvarez. We can't breathe a sigh of relief. "Celeste Aida" was horrifying.

I think I’d rather miss this performanc…

Woodduck

· #287 · 20 d ago

MAS said:
I think I’d rather miss this performanc…

Fear not. I have come to take upon myself the sins of the world. Only believe (and turn off your radio) and ye shall be be saved.

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MAS

· #288 · 20 d ago (Edited)

Woodduck said:
Fear not. I have come to take upon myself the sins of the world. Only believe (and turn off your radio) and ye shall be be saved.

I heard some of the Temple Scene and the horrible wobble of de Leon. I also heard the Aida is Leah Crocetto, not Bradley. Still, wobbles. If this is the best the Metropolitan can do these days, orrore!

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Woodduck

· #289 · 20 d ago

MAS said:
I heard some of the Temple Scene and the horrible wobble of de Leon. I also heard the Aida is Leah Cro eggs, not Bradley. Still, wobbles. If this is the best the Metropolitan can do these days, orrore!

Honestly, it is shocking. I'm listening mainly because Aida is one of those popular operas which I've never really warmed to, and I like to give such works chances to win me over. I do fear that this is not a performance that will do it, but I'm unlikely to put on a recording.

They're talking about Grace Bumbry. Sigh.

nina foresti

· #290 · 20 d ago (Edited)

MAS said:
I heard some of the Temple Scene and the horrible wobble of de Leon. I also heard the Aida is Leah Cro eggs, not Bradley. Still, wobbles. If this is the best the Metropolitan can do these days, orrore!

I just arrived. How bad was the Celeste Aida? Leah Crocetto is actually a decent singer, as is Christian van Horn.
Don't expect a stellar performance today. Aida has never been a particular favorite of mine. I'm not normally into fanfare opera (except for Don Carlo).

nina foresti

· #291 · 20 d ago

I am convinced that the airwaves produce wobble in many singers. The only way to really tell is if someone who was in-house can tell us if there were wobbles or not.
Many times they have definitely had a diferent opinion about that.

MAS

· #292 · 20 d ago

nina foresti said:
I am convinced that the airwaves produce wobble in many singers. The only way to really tell is if someone who was in-house can tell us if there were wobbles or not.
Many times they have definitely had a diferent opinion about that.

I don’t recall any wobbles in the old broadcasts, though.

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MAS

· #293 · 20 d ago

Hear the audience applaud the sets - always a hit.

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Woodduck

· #294 · 20 d ago

MAS said:
Hear the audience applaud the sets - always a hit.

Nowadays that's worth something. Look at old engravings of some of the lavish sets offered by major houses around the world.

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Woodduck

· #295 · 20 d ago

nina foresti said:
I am convinced that the airwaves produce wobble in many singers. The only way to really tell is if someone who was in-house can tell us if there were wobbles or not.
Many times they have definitely had a diferent opinion about that.

Radio doesn't produce wobble. The acoustics of large houses can soften the effect of a wobble. The microphone simply reveals what's there. It's cruel, but true. I've been listening to Met broadcasts since the 1960s, and there have always been wobbly singers, but not as many as there are now, and not often in leading roles. I mean, in the '60s Price and Bergonzi were Aida and Radames, Nilsson and Corelli were Turandot and Calaf, etc., etc., etc.

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MAS

· #296 · 20 d ago

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Woodduck said:
Radio doesn't produce wobble. The acoustics of large houses can soften the effect of a wobble. The microphone simply reveals what's there. It's cruel, but true. I've been listening to Met broadcasts since the 1960s, and there have always been wobbly singers, but not as many as there are now, and not often in leading roles. I mean, in the '60s Price and Bergonzi were Aida and Radames, Nilsson and Corelli were Turandot and Calaf, etc., etc., etc.

i notice that only the principals have the privilege of wobbling. Choristers don’t. (lol)

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Woodduck

· #297 · 20 d ago

MAS said:
J

i notice that only the principals have the privilege of wobbling. Choristers don’t. (lol)

The choristers can hide it more easily.

"O patria mia" just received the coup de grace. Mai piu! Mai piu! (or, as we said as children when our noses were offended, "P-U!")

Amonasro has arrived. A duel of the wobbles now ensues. Such a great scene, too. Pity.

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nina foresti

· #298 · 20 d ago

Well good luck my friends.
You are better than I.
His wobbles are so bad I cannot take anymore of it. I am imagining the two of them in the Tomb scene.
Not for me.

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MAS

· #299 · 20 d ago

nina foresti said:
Well good luck my friends.
You are better than I.
His wobbles are so bad I cannot take anymore of it. I am imagining the two of them in the Tomb scene.
Not for me.

I gave up long ago…

Itullian

Discussion Starter · #300 · 20 d ago (Edited)

So, did we all enjoy the broadcast?

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