tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post3502804981918137008..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: SFO Les Troyens Casting UpdateLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-40866016874104729712015-05-07T13:25:33.884-07:002015-05-07T13:25:33.884-07:00I have to check out the interview!. A press inquir...I have to check out the interview!. A press inquiry might get the rest of the casting, and I am reviewing, so perhaps I will ask.<br /><br />Yeah, I think...well, Karanas also withdrew from last year's Norma, so....I have nothing more to say except that I was expecting this.<br /><br />As for the replacement of Barry Morell by Franco Corelli, grounds for rejoicing indeed! Not the same, but in 1981, Adler (I guess) had to announce that Margaret Price was unable to sing Aida that night; however, Miss Leontyne Price, in town for a run of Trovatore, had graciously agreed to sing in her place.<br /><br /><br /><br />Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-84809552659587022642015-05-07T13:08:49.933-07:002015-05-07T13:08:49.933-07:00> you can start breathing again
There's a ...> you can start breathing again<br /><br />There's a famous episode from the Old Met. Rudolph Bing walks out in front of the curtain and the audience groans. He says, "First, I am pleased to announce that Miss Tebaldi is quite well and will sing tonight [sigh of relief from audience]. Mr. Gobbi is also well and looking forward to performing for you [bigger sigh]. We have, unfortunately, not been so lucky with our tenor. Mr. Barry Morell is indisposed and unable to go on tonight, so the role of Cavaradossi will be sung by Franco Corelli [general pandemonium]."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-47410760488443661822015-05-05T19:47:47.637-07:002015-05-05T19:47:47.637-07:00Well, this is interesting. She got tremendous rev...Well, this is interesting. She got tremendous reviews as Marilyn Klinghoffer at the Met, both for voice and for acting. And anyone who sings Ortrud and Kundry probably has the chops for Cassandre. My only reservation would be that it looks like she has never done the role before -- I wonder if she'll have enough time and rehearsal to work her way into the part.<br /><br />This might even be an improvement, although who can tell: Daveda Karanas seems, as the saying goes, to be available for a limited number of cancellations.<br /><br />So Antonacci is going to perform on consecutive days: June 30 and July 1. Brave woman!<br /><br />The Troyens online cast list has been brought up to date, but is still incomplete: no mention of who sings Ascanius, or Hylas, or Pantheus, or the Ghost of Hector, not to mention the bit parts. Also, no choreographer is credited, which I desperately hope does not mean that they are cutting the dances (if they did, the show would be about a half hour shorter).<br /><br />The sfopera.com page on the production now contains a very interesting interview with Antonacci -- maybe it's translated from French or Italian, but if it was originally in English her English is awfully good. The final paragraph, comparing the lives of film and stage actors, is a hoot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com