Assez! Voilà donc ma vie brisée! . . .

[sovay]

Greg Nagy's presentation included selections from Powell and Pressburger's The Tales of Hoffmann (1951).

(Did I mention that Simon Goldhill's was about John William Waterhouse?)

Best. Conference. Ever.

Comments

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Utterly glorious! Clearly they designed it all for you--sovaycon!

Tell on, please.

Nine

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Excellent!

Glad you had a good time.

[straussmonster.livejournal.com]

Yes, but his presentation *sucked*.

;_;

(great to see you though!!!!)

[sovay]

Yes, but his presentation *sucked*.

(a) It . . . would probably have worked better if it had not been wildly abbreviated; I'm still want to read the paper in its entirety. If it does not attempt to engage on any musicological level, however, I will totally turn it over for you to shred.

(b) It could probably have footnoted Powell and Pressburger and I'd have been pleased. I keep having to explain them to people.

;_;

This is a mournful emoticon? Either that or it has amazing laugh lines.

(I fail ASCII.)

(great to see you though!!!!)

Yes! You, too! Are you ever in Boston?

[sovay]

Glad you had a good time.

I did. It was a spur-of-the-moment apprehensive decision and it paid off.

[sovay]

Tell on, please.

There was a speaker whose discussion of Gilgameš included Stanislaw Lem. This was cool.

Nagy and Hoffmann

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

My best friend from childhood had him as a professor--she just loved him. And as for me, I just love The Tales of Hoffmann; I read them my junior year. Like the operetta, too. Or does it qualify as an opera?

Echoing nineweaving--more please!

[sovay]

Like the operetta, too. Or does it qualify as an opera?

I think it's a full-blown opera. The film is not necessarily a faithful representation of all the music—it's in English translation—but it's an amazing piece of strangeness and art.