tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post5836062367163964005..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Conductor Change, SF Opera PartenopeLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-70131757767738781672014-09-29T21:21:16.327-07:002014-09-29T21:21:16.327-07:00Also Stoyanova's drop, for health reasons, fro...Also Stoyanova's drop, for health reasons, from <i>Ballo</i>.<br /><br />That is a really good question and I'm not sure of the answer. The two most cancellation-ridden productions I recall in the last 15 years or so were that <i>Janufa</i> and that <i>Otello</i> Janice Watson and Elizabeth Connell both dropped out of <i>Jenufa</i>, Watson because she had just learned Eva in Meistersinger for us AND she had an infant, and Jenufa was an additional new role. Connell dropped because of a burglary at her home in England. The replacements were Patricia Racette (whom I loved ) and Katherine Harries, who was...uh...well, anyway.<br /><br />Ben Heppner dropped out of <i>Otello</i> the following season and left the company scrambling for tenors. We got Vladimir Galouzine, Jon Fredric West, Richard Decker, and Antonio Barasorda instead.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-44437959039806562852014-09-29T20:06:47.457-07:002014-09-29T20:06:47.457-07:00Is it just me, or have there been an inordinate am...Is it just me, or have there been an inordinate amount of "personal reasons" cast changes this season? Two in Norma, now this. Have I simply forgotten a spate of this nature from other seasons?Sibylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298819489853065976noreply@blogger.com