sovay: (Lord Peter Wimsey: passion)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2011-06-26 04:25 pm

Nürnbergs teurem Sachs

Well, as far as first experiences of Wagner go, that was pretty awesome. I even got the high-resolution stream to work after the first act. Gerard Finley: why have I not heard of? (Apparently I would have if I'd been able to get tickets to Doctor Atomic at the Met in 2008.) Johannes Martin Kränzle: would watch sing his way out of a paper bag. (Which is pretty much happens to Beckmesser in the third act, Malvolio-funny.) What a much more complicated opera than I was expecting. I may attempt to write it up, but first I have to start making Ethiopian collard greens from a recipe I got off the internet. I wish there would be a professionally available recording, but right now I'll settle for being glad—for once—that even if I was in the wrong country for a production, it didn't matter.

[identity profile] straussmonster.livejournal.com 2011-06-27 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
It's on Met Player, though, if you're willing to spring for that.