I was there too. Tobias Picker was sitting in the row in front of me (I was in X in the orchestra, left side, just underneath the overhang). He of course got a...
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Hi - I've just added to the Files section a .pdf of Liz Smith's column from the 12/27/05 New York Post. She's generally a gossip columnist, but this time used...
... This is actually quite a perceptive article, though I wasn't quite as enamored of the opera as she was. I've always thought Liz Smith was a smart lady. Ken...
Thus far I have not been able to open it. Since I hate the NY Post and never see it, I was unaware. Too bad -- because our doorman always has the paper. ...
Yeah, I agree with you about the Post - it's one of those guilty pleasures, like perusing the National Enquirer or the Star! You read it for the laugh, not...
Hi Ken, Thanks for the interesting thoughts. I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on Gunn's ability to project anguish. In thinking over the roles I've seen...
I managed to open it at work -- thanks for posting it, since we don't see the Post out here in California. It's nice to see opera covered in the mainstream ...
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... Mason's behavior toward Clyde in the opera can be seen as hostility to a social climber, someone who doesn't know their place. That's the way I interpreted...
I agree with Ken. i'm still forming my own opinions about american tragedy - I caught the last two performances. of course, our Nathan was outstanding! but,...
There is a very big article about Nathan in the New York Times of January 8th. I could not forward it because I am not yet a TIMES SELECT subscriber --...
The NYTimes article is very good. I was glad to read that Nathan said, "If people can't understand your words, you are not really singing." I wish that more...
... January 8, 2006 He Can Sing With His Shirt On, Too By ANTHONY TOMMASINI By any measure, this is a breakout season for the American baritone Nathan Gunn at...
Hey Ken, I definitely had Butterfly in mind because of Racette, since I'm hearing her in the role in June (and Zajack as Joan of Arc) but I think I would...
Hey John -- I hope you'll post your impressions of the Magic Flute. I'm very curious about the Taymor production. Wish I could be there -- I think Gunn would...
Thanks so much for posting this. The line about Yoda and Grampa Simpson made me laugh out loud. Quite a visual, if nothing else. And I also loved what Gunn ...
Patrick: I'll be sure to let you know! I have seen Taymor's "The Lion King" and from what I've seen in the press the Flute looks to be along the same lines....
... I hadn't heard Picker's work before--I don't think Houston has done Emmeline, but I could have caught it in Santa Fe. Nathan Gunn was great as Anthony Hope...
John, I saw The Lion King and when I lived in Boston I saw several of Taymor's Goldoni productions at ART, and her Magic Flute does indeed seem to be along...
Hi Ken, I'm a little baffled that LOC would amplify Sweeney Todd after casting opera singers and performing to an audience used to unamplified singers. Because...
Hey Patrick and Ken: I have been following your conversation about Nathan singing in Sweeney in Chicago a few years back. I sing at Lyric, though was not in...
SF Opera has announced next season and Gunn is singing Figaro in Barbieri (the role of his company debut in 2003). The dates are: October 31, November 2, 4, 7,...
Hi PJ, Thanks for the interesting insights. I wish I had seen that Lyric performance and could form an opinion about their use of amplification, but that was...
I wish he was doing something else. This is a "eurotrash" production that never evokes Seville. One of the most boring productions I've ever seen at the SFO....
