tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post6245557892631194630..comments2024-03-27T21:41:50.122-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Memo to San Francisco Opera Copy-EditorsLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-69391988243709380322009-06-19T21:48:16.456-07:002009-06-19T21:48:16.456-07:00I was in NYC for 3 or 4 days in March, but never m...I was in NYC for 3 or 4 days in March, but never made it to the Met unfortunately. But out of the operas playing, I would have seen Il Trovatore, with Hvorostovsky being the key draw for me.Kyle Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650247755477900021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-70658235700333900492009-06-19T12:50:38.426-07:002009-06-19T12:50:38.426-07:00I did, at the Met this Spring. It was worth it.I did, at the Met this Spring. It was worth it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-32937364068291904482009-06-19T06:34:38.254-07:002009-06-19T06:34:38.254-07:00So the copy at SF Opera names the Leonora last. Yo...So the copy at SF Opera names the Leonora last. Yow.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-1319355572510596872009-06-19T06:31:10.154-07:002009-06-19T06:31:10.154-07:00Ooops. Ebi Stignani.
The bit I cited above came f...Ooops. Ebi Stignani.<br /><br />The bit I cited above came from email, but I'll link to the web site anyway.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-41036370919142821252009-06-19T06:22:06.141-07:002009-06-19T06:22:06.141-07:00I think the question was... Who WAS the Azucena, i...I think the question was... Who WAS the Azucena, i.e., in Chicago?<br /><br />And doesn't blogville courtesy call for a link to the cited website?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-77355217471946100682009-06-18T23:13:18.236-07:002009-06-18T23:13:18.236-07:00The copy on SFO's website is beyond embarrassi...The copy on SFO's website is beyond embarrassing, but the tutorial for pronouncing "Porgy and Bess" takes the cake for egregious stupidity. <br /><br />Second prize goes to the disclaimer stating Salome "may" contain nudity- don't they know this yet? When does this get decided?<br /><br />I really don't care for Trovatore, but it is a hell of a cast.John Marcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616296400880495672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-60548611446271975952009-06-18T21:19:39.640-07:002009-06-18T21:19:39.640-07:00It's a fall production; cast is Radvanovsky, B...It's a fall production; cast is Radvanovsky, Blythe, Berti, and Hvorostovsky.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-22958146412730248992009-06-18T20:23:11.136-07:002009-06-18T20:23:11.136-07:00You go with what you've got. I'd probably...You go with what you've got. I'd probably go to see Dmitri in anything at all. So who was the Azucena?Dr.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-72039183455172732012009-06-18T18:20:47.447-07:002009-06-18T18:20:47.447-07:00There's one of everything. Few remember who th...There's one of everything. Few remember who the Count was in the legendary Callas/Bjoerling <i>Trovatore</i> in Chicago, though. (I happen to know who the Azucena was, because I know someone who was there, and he told me she stole the show despite being near retirement.)Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-6266985470260188052009-06-18T18:18:28.169-07:002009-06-18T18:18:28.169-07:00Um, I might.Um, I might.Sibylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298819489853065976noreply@blogger.com