tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post7294202280692601718..comments2024-01-22T05:10:11.938+11:00Comments on I am a liminal being: GETTING IT RIGHTwandererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-9156873174778051912014-10-31T16:11:01.170+11:002014-10-31T16:11:01.170+11:00David that's so good to hear. We didn't ge...David that's so good to hear. We didn't get to see it here (so much slips by as we try to stay sane with work and otherwise play) but last week we did see Belvoir's The Glass Menagerie and it was wonderful - should it travel, catch it.<br /><br />Belvoir has a fine history of innovative theatre in a space here of remarkable intimacy. (Neil Armfield was at the helm for many years.)<br /><br />And rewriting is a bit de jour down here with Andrew Upton (Mr Blanchett) hard at it too.wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-67659427753361005052014-10-31T16:02:25.189+11:002014-10-31T16:02:25.189+11:00Yes Roger - it surely isn't so hard to be easy...Yes Roger - it surely isn't so hard to be easy. Makes you wonder what arrogance must lie behind some marketing subscription campaigns. <br /><br />I've read your report of Die Winterreise with considerable envy - Thomas Allen, and the fact that I've not ever heard it live!wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-66828326609440761162014-10-30T10:44:36.008+11:002014-10-30T10:44:36.008+11:00Only connect (this and previous post) - we've ...Only connect (this and previous post) - we've just had Belvoir Sydney's radical rewriting of Ibsen's The Wild Duck (with a real live specimen) at the Barbican. One of the most shattering evenings I've ever spent in the theatre. Reviewed it for The Arts Desk and would go again if it were on for more than a week. Ensemble all superb and real.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-64396754708501803322014-10-24T05:56:04.029+11:002014-10-24T05:56:04.029+11:00I only just caught up with your post, wanderer, an...I only just caught up with your post, wanderer, and it's a fine model. It's hard enough finding audiences without making it difficult for the punters. <br /><br />My attendance at so many Schubert song recitals in Oxford this month stemmed initially from sitting next to the impresario Sholto Kynoch at an Endymion concert in London. He followed up by email (and booked my hero, Endymion clarinettist Mark van der Wiel, for his final concert). The next steps were seamless - and I'm going to the fourth out of nine bookings on Saturday - Thomas Allen singing Die Winterreise. <br /><br />I may well steal from your post, suitably modified to Oxford, for a post of mine! Roger Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16716925882482994792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-62252663650475167332014-10-14T18:38:06.327+11:002014-10-14T18:38:06.327+11:00More here.
"If the WA Opera is any example, ...More <a href="http://dailyreview.crikey.com.au/wa-operas-carmen-time-for-arts-leaders-to-show-some-mettle/13706?utm_source=The+Rundown&utm_campaign=85e9c4c454-The_Rundown_Tuesday_14_October14_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_33b9e8bf4f-85e9c4c454-81001513" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />"<i>If the WA Opera is any example, it seems that arts companies are dazed and confused by how to negotiate their way through sponsorship deals. In the tradition of Australian arts companies and artists who feel they have to apologise for their existence — we’re nice to have around but not really essential — they are willing to bend over backwards to satisfy the suits. Arts leaders need to realise that although the corporates have the dollars, these corporates need to associate themselves with something they don’t possess: talent, artistry, vision – and conviction</i>.wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-9402837528609627972014-10-14T13:23:00.524+11:002014-10-14T13:23:00.524+11:00It's all storm and no teacup, really, but prov...It's all storm and no teacup, really, but provoked much more discussion than expected (by me) which itself is interesting. <br /><br />Suzanna's Secret I knew nought about, but having just read the story, am gob-smacked and at a loss for words! Who knew.<br /><br />I'm all but prepared to forgive La Fura dels Baus just about anything after a shattering Madame Butterfly here earlier this year (still on my half blogged list) which defying all the odds - outdoors, harbour side, compulsory fireworks, orchestra sound reminiscent of the 60's radiogram - completely brought me undone.wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-90370879855316031552014-10-13T21:44:22.454+11:002014-10-13T21:44:22.454+11:00Couldn't they have set it in a helium balloon-...Couldn't they have set it in a helium balloon-making factory ('dans l'air nous suivons...' etc)? If Alex Olle of La Fura dels Baus can mess up Act 2 of Dutchman by having the 'spinners' polishing metal salvage, why not (you'll gather I had a bad time at Le Vaissaue Fantome in Lyon)?<br /><br />What could Susanna's Secret be under the Ozpolice?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-68321345827045919582014-10-12T14:31:16.390+11:002014-10-12T14:31:16.390+11:00Yes, indeedy do. And I'm not sure about any pu...Yes, indeedy do. And I'm not sure about any publicity is good publicity.<br /><br />It tore through the bloggosphere as if they had pulled a Carmen, whereas as you point out M, there wasn't one and it was simply a matter of there wouldn't be one under that patronage.<br /><br />But it did give the usual quick to jump their glorious opportunity to rabbit on about what dolts Australians are etc. and reinforce stereotypes. (vide supra)<br /><br />wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-4977697834425930972014-10-12T11:31:42.795+11:002014-10-12T11:31:42.795+11:00Carmen ban appears to be all a publicity-seeking b...Carmen ban appears to be all a publicity-seeking beat-up.<br /><br />WA Opera offered to their sponsors to implement such a ban - it wasn't requested by them; and WA O have made it clear that after the sponsorship runs its course they will remount "Carmen."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-78752777236855040932014-10-11T07:59:45.322+11:002014-10-11T07:59:45.322+11:00You're right about the context, and well-state...You're right about the context, and well-stated. It's just surprising, even shocking, that, as you say, creative minds weren't engaged to come up with an alternative. They can't have had the will, for whatever reason, to want to try.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-53749309073431367762014-10-10T19:49:56.233+11:002014-10-10T19:49:56.233+11:00Yes, it's all over the place. This was my resp...Yes, it's all over the place. This was my response on another forum;<br /><br /><i>I think this is absurd, the banning I mean.<br /><br />But to put some context around it, the anti-smoking campaign in Australia has been vigorous and successful with success being defined in terms of achieving outcomes like no tobacco products being visible in shops (they must be asked for and taken from closed cupboards) and tobacco products all being in plain packaging with the only visible images being of rotten lungs and dead feet et al.<br /><br />This has been a struggle - a struggle against the tobacco industry which donates to political campaigns and mounts spurious arguments in its defense. But smoking here is rarely seen in public, and frowned upon as shameful.<br /><br />To repeat, I think the ban on Carmen is absurd, and wonder why creative minds couldn't have make it work in their favour. There's room for thought.</i>wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-65812927941108140942014-10-10T12:56:59.270+11:002014-10-10T12:56:59.270+11:00Totally off point, but did you see this: http://ww...Totally off point, but did you see this: http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/09/australia-opera-drops-carmen-smoking-scenesSusan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-28777203245291414892014-10-09T21:42:27.215+11:002014-10-09T21:42:27.215+11:00Well that's the thing M, they organised me for...Well that's the thing M, they organised me for me which is why it was so clever. <br /><br />I totally agree about OA and the Ring - we took a chance but only after forking out a fortune (well in advance) to get bumped up the list. <br /><br />Compare and contrast was my between-the-lines intent.wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-83246503803723092302014-10-09T15:38:25.712+11:002014-10-09T15:38:25.712+11:00You are so organized!
The key is always to be abl...You are so organized!<br /><br />The key is always to be able to make a plan and then either by computer or phone make a booking where you know what your seat will be.<br /><br />That was one thing that put me off the Melbourne <em>Ring</em> lottery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-57953531090112156622014-10-09T09:55:49.663+11:002014-10-09T09:55:49.663+11:00Then it is definitely the wrong word for you. I...Then it is definitely the wrong word for you. I've been to the Dictionary (on-line) and down the list of meanings comes copious, all-encompassing and the like, but vulgar and excessive top the list, indeed, so fair warning David, it's one to avoid.wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-38850575391889520142014-10-09T09:15:36.088+11:002014-10-09T09:15:36.088+11:00I hope not to be 'fulsome'. I only found o...I hope not to be 'fulsome'. I only found out from a colleague recently that it means 'insincere, excessive in praise'. Since I didn't know it and now do, I 'onpass', as they say.<br /><br />Wishing we could bring Birgit back from the other side, but in a sense - in all but recapturing that ping to the back of the theatre, the sheer live force - we have her for ever.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-11339167069029942162014-10-09T04:29:59.719+11:002014-10-09T04:29:59.719+11:00Everyone "in the biz" should look to thi...<br />Everyone "in the biz" should look to this as a model. I particularly appreciated the thoughtfulness of being able to choose performances and seats in a continuous flow with an hour to complete. I appreciated, this last year, learning how accommodating the New York Phil is trying to be In this regard, so unlike the beastly Met, where you have no clear choice and don't find out for months what their intensely complicated algorithm has yielded. And of course, of course, a good season and casts. Enjoy the season!Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-10614084771053100672014-10-08T21:21:39.588+11:002014-10-08T21:21:39.588+11:00Roger and I have been in correspondence over the l...Roger and I have been in correspondence over the likes of Margherita Grandi (nee Gard, little aussie Maggie Gard), a voice and life worthy of more attention than they get. <br /><br />Oh my, you are there for That Event. Our good fortune that you are so generous with your fulsome blogging. Can't wait.<br /><br />Missing Cate was very naughty, especially in Gross und Klein.wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-30144681940458532142014-10-08T21:04:54.764+11:002014-10-08T21:04:54.764+11:00This is something our mutual friend Roger would ap...This is something our mutual friend Roger would approve. And talking of doing things well, here in Stockholm every little detail of the vast press gathering at the Birgit Nilsson Prize is beautifully attended to, right from the invitations to the informal meal in a stupendous restaurant - simple, warm setting, extraordinary food - last night to the short and far from pointless press conference in the gorgeous Grunewald Hall of the Konserthus. Now freizeit so I'm off to the Djurgarten while the sun shines. The grand climax tonight.<br /><br />Great selection of performers there. Kick myself for missing the sublime Cate when she came to London.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.com