tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665236978084294968.post1459031369989619038..comments2024-03-18T09:22:11.316-04:00Comments on OPERA OBSESSION: From the Met archives: ElektraLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02549302523503271428noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665236978084294968.post-34431111456511139082021-03-25T19:40:54.833-04:002021-03-25T19:40:54.833-04:00I love this production. Fassbaender is terrifying...I love this production. Fassbaender is terrifying in this production, which is just how I like it! And the orchestra is spectacular as always. Tonight's Met Stream is the new one with Stemme, but I wanted to revisit this one first so as to have a comparison. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919176309640195677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665236978084294968.post-45477422606109956462011-07-26T23:12:02.000-04:002011-07-26T23:12:02.000-04:00@stray Also true! On the DVD, at least, it wasn...@stray Also true! On the DVD, at least, it wasn't clear where the toppled horse statue etc. came from, since the palace seemed to be intact. Hmm. Maybe this is an allusion to the play which I wasn't getting? <br /><br />@DTO It's not, apparently. The 1980 one is with a Herbert Graf production. I didn't get much from Schenk's production alone, but the acting from all three women was fascinating (and the men weren't bad at all!)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549302523503271428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665236978084294968.post-8561297693418711002011-07-26T18:20:39.886-04:002011-07-26T18:20:39.886-04:00That's not the same production as this one? ht...That's not the same production as this one? http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Strauss-Elektra-Nilsson-Metropolitan/dp/6300217841 I didn't make it till the end with this one; it all just felt way too old-fashioned and stodgy, and no acting to speak of. Now, Behrens may be a whole different thing even if it's the same set.(With Fassbaender as the mother, geez, I'd like to see that.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665236978084294968.post-43200299950854766102011-07-25T19:44:28.812-04:002011-07-25T19:44:28.812-04:00The thing that struck me most about that productio...The thing that struck me most about that production was how tricky it must've been to move around on that set without taking a header.strayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109343770835869181noreply@blogger.com