tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post7347172734283728887..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: No AmplificationLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-82946242881514729852011-03-15T09:41:46.739-07:002011-03-15T09:41:46.739-07:00Biller was also very good in Ensemble Parallele...Biller was also very good in Ensemble Parallele's Orphee, so, yeah, sounds as if it could be an unfortunate off night.Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-86071694759286035632011-03-14T18:31:43.142-07:002011-03-14T18:31:43.142-07:00Lisa,
No other issue in opera gets me more worked...Lisa,<br /><br />No other issue in opera gets me more worked up than whether or not to use some type of amplification.<br /><br />I enthusiastically APPROVE of it. As a matter of fact nothing would make me happier than to see opera managers focus primarily on the aural experience over the dramatic. Today things are just getting out of hand with all the focus on the visual (titles, scenery, Mr. Regie whatever, 3-D.<br /><br />Enough.<br /><br />I have also heard people complain that the voices/music often sounded like a 'distant murmur' depending on where they sat.... Now that is frustrating.<br /><br />I don't know why but my hunch is that Wagner would have embraced amplification as well. <br /><br />(Ah, nothing like hearing <b>the raspy Mime</b> on good volume or Siegfried pound that anvil with some good amps)<br /><br />Fasolt, Fafner, Erda, <b>Donner</b>...<br /><br />Hindemith's <i>Cardillac</i>, Verdi's <i>Falstaff</i>, Pfitzner's <i>Palestrina</i>, Schoenberg's <i>Moses und Aron</i>, Messiaen's <i>Saint Francis of Assisi</i>, Smetana's <i>The Bartered Bride</i>, Lehar's <i>The Merry Widow</i>... the list goes on. <br /> <br />No seriously, I think we need to understand what electro-acoustic sound enhancement systems can offer before we dismiss them.The Wistful Pelleastrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391989065502028363noreply@blogger.com