tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post8973076441357070500..comments2024-03-15T21:51:30.609-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Musical InvectiveLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-78813040221981337652013-10-14T20:22:14.695-07:002013-10-14T20:22:14.695-07:00And right you all are; that review ran in the Even...And right you all are; that review ran in the Evening Journal and was written one Irving Weil, who was wrong wrong wrong about everything. The part about being undramatic is especially startling. I nearly started crying during Act III the first time I saw the opera, because I was convinced that the villagers were about to tear Jenufa limb from limb.<br /><br /><i>Jenufa</i> wasn't heard again at the Met until the 1974-75 season. Here are the principals from that year:<br /><br />Jenufa..................Teresa Kubiak<br />Laca....................Jon Vickers<br />Kostelnicka.............Astrid Varnay<br />Steva...................William Lewis<br />Grandmother.............Jean Kraft<br /><br />A friend who attended one of the performances told me that in addition to the applause for the singers, there was a big ovation for Maria Jeritza, who was in the audience. She lived to be very old, 98 or something, and attended the opera often.<br /><br />I'll put the whole review in another posting, along with a more positive review from that first year.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-26347222831821876852013-10-14T18:03:50.948-07:002013-10-14T18:03:50.948-07:00Jenufa sounds right. Interesting that the reviewer...Jenufa sounds right. Interesting that the reviewer lumped it in with "the German repertoire" if so.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394803784895757038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-24647485603583173082013-10-14T17:58:59.147-07:002013-10-14T17:58:59.147-07:00Jenufa sounds right. Interesting that the reviewer...Jenufa sounds right. Interesting that the reviewer would choose to lump it in with "the German repertoire" if so.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394803784895757038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-1861609000559379752013-10-14T16:40:12.431-07:002013-10-14T16:40:12.431-07:00Jenufa? With Maria Jeritza? The comparison of th...Jenufa? With Maria Jeritza? The comparison of the plot to Cavalleria seems to suggest this, although the characterization of the music doesn't sound like even a plausible way of misunderstanding Janacek.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-77199110042312018782013-10-14T16:38:38.376-07:002013-10-14T16:38:38.376-07:00Jenufa? I know it was something of a fiasco at it...<i>Jenufa</i>? I know it was something of a fiasco at its Met premiere sometime in the 20s.bgnnoreply@blogger.com