tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post3244491215574850430..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: And So It Goes.Lisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-80698567268437352762017-02-03T15:39:33.755-08:002017-02-03T15:39:33.755-08:00Lebrecht is so vile I try to ignore him, despite h...Lebrecht is so vile I try to ignore him, despite his having excellent gossip. When SFS's principal oboe collapsed on stage (and subsequently died), Lebrecht published his family's HOME ADDRESS until a bunch of people told him to take it down. Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-78795965366362452052017-02-03T15:27:50.426-08:002017-02-03T15:27:50.426-08:00While we're complaining about user experience,...While we're complaining about user experience, I find Slippedisc impossible. Whoever set that up clearly went out of their way to break the browser back button, and I refuse to use the one they provide (for Google Ads fiddling purposes?).<br /><br />(Issues with its orchestra-hirings/firings/resignations-and-lawsuits-involving-musicians content aside.)Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722342532066052403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-13361562739016269662017-02-03T14:20:46.794-08:002017-02-03T14:20:46.794-08:00Switching to Disqus was maybe not the best decisio...Switching to Disqus was maybe not the best decision from a user experience viewpoint, indeed.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-45365549291155156452017-02-03T13:51:41.978-08:002017-02-03T13:51:41.978-08:00Yeah, though mostly only on Thursdays hah. I don&#...Yeah, though mostly only on Thursdays hah. I don't love the experience on mobile, or how a vast majority of the content is contained in comments, which is inconvenient due to the first problem.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722342532066052403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-57924147999231170442017-02-02T23:00:38.270-08:002017-02-02T23:00:38.270-08:00Aaaah, another Parterre Box reader. I must check o...Aaaah, another Parterre Box reader. I must check out today's Trove Thursday.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-89062242994356496322017-02-02T20:29:05.867-08:002017-02-02T20:29:05.867-08:00Well, that decides it! I'm giving my ticket fo...Well, that decides it! I'm giving my ticket for the 7th away, and going to see Ann Hallenberg do Juditha Triumphans instead.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722342532066052403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-71176519177253576342017-02-01T13:22:41.053-08:002017-02-01T13:22:41.053-08:00We haven't had El-Khoury here, but I hope we w...We haven't had El-Khoury here, but I hope we will. <br /><br />Berti: you can imagine how he was as Manrico if I tell you that his Calaf was much better. :)Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-63643960454469013622017-02-01T12:52:48.816-08:002017-02-01T12:52:48.816-08:00I recently heard Berti as Calaf in Philly (opposit...I recently heard Berti as Calaf in Philly (opposite Goerke's Turandot and Joyce El-Khoury, the best Liu I've heard in a while) and it was very unpleasant. The man just doesn't sing legato at all. It's one of the loudest voices I've ever heard in house, but there's no beauty at all. (Interestingly, I thought he wasn't half bad as Canio at the Met last winter, when he jumped in for Alagna.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723713850097885124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-82705713730262137232017-02-01T12:46:22.887-08:002017-02-01T12:46:22.887-08:00Marco Berti sang in SF a couple of times - and was...Marco Berti sang in SF a couple of times - and was pretty bad.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-87025898145285089822017-02-01T12:08:40.234-08:002017-02-01T12:08:40.234-08:00Well, I guess I have my answer as to who I'm h...Well, I guess I have my answer as to who I'm hearing now. I heard Aronica in Tosca last season, and in Butterfly about a decade ago. He makes a big sound, but it tends toward the unwieldy. Like Marco Berti, he's never fully been able to shed the provincialism from his delivery. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723713850097885124noreply@blogger.com