tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665236978084294968.post6321876557868662975..comments2024-03-18T09:22:11.316-04:00Comments on OPERA OBSESSION: Pop, Opera, and Palm Trees: New York City Opera and Rufus Wainwright on the RiverfrontLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02549302523503271428noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665236978084294968.post-80539538942739300282011-07-01T19:19:16.675-04:002011-07-01T19:19:16.675-04:00@DTO @stray I don't know how the palms got the...@DTO @stray I don't know <i>how</i> the palms got there, but cursory research seems to indicate they were part of the original design for the space by César Pelli (1985.) I couldn't find info about how the palms fit into the post-9/11 rebuilding either on the venue website or on, ahem, Wikipedia. The singers were miked but there wasn't too much weird reverberation.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549302523503271428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665236978084294968.post-79691139925588476212011-07-01T17:30:41.457-04:002011-07-01T17:30:41.457-04:00And how big were they when they were moved in in t...And how big were they when they were moved in in the rebuild? These ones are more impressive than the old ones.<br /><br />The old Winter Garden also had godawful acoustics. Hope they improved that, too, in version 2.0.strayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109343770835869181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2665236978084294968.post-63305293837662394992011-07-01T09:57:06.510-04:002011-07-01T09:57:06.510-04:00How *did* those palms end up there anyway? It'...How *did* those palms end up there anyway? It's true, a very operatic setting. Gorgeous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com