Adelanto de ..babas (Simon Keenlyside IS Don Giovanni)

Anoche tuve el placer de escuchar el Don Giovanni desde el Liceu ( un teatro que tengo enormes deseos de visitar en el futuro espero no muy lejano!) Y aunque miles ya hayan dado su opinion pues voy a anadir yo tambien mi salsa aunque en mi caso es solo tirar una flor a los pies de este Don Giovanni y pedirle que me cante a mi..."La ci darem la mano...la mi dirai di si!!" Que siii, que siiii!!!







Habia leido bastante sobre la funccion y no negare que de alguna manera estaba mas contenta de disfrutar de ella solo oyendo y no viendo ;-) La cantidad de reuidos que acompano la funccion fue increible y a veces bastante molesto! Perooo, la radio me permitio cerrar los ojos y imaginarme una imagen como la de arriba ;-) Es lo que me transmitio cantando Simon Keenlyside, un DG elegante, seductor, versatil, extremadamente musical! Como podeis leer en un post mas viejo en Don Carlo fui que le oi por primera vez y sabia que me gusta su manera de cantar, lo bien que lo puede hacer y el gusto que es escuchar a este baritono cantando Mozart, eso si que fue una sorpresa agradable!



Lo demas del reparto tambien me gusto: Kyle Ketelsen un Le"o"porello (segun el senor de la radio LOL) excelente y me alegre de nuevo del adelanto sorpresa que recibi a la funccion de ROH que vere dentro de poco; una Ángeles Blancas de Donna Anna con mas caracter que de costumbre, algunas inseguirdades pero mas a mi gusto (las sopranas mozartinas muy clasicas me acaban durmiendo siempre!), Véronique Gens (Elvira), Juanita Lascarro, como Zerlina, y David Menéndez, como Masetto, han estado bastante bien aunque haya oido mejores Zerlinas y Masettos, pero han destacado con sus voces lo bonito de la musica y eso no es poco :-). Christoph Strehl hizo lo que pudo con Don Ottavio, la voz hasta me agrado mas de lo que suelen hacer los tenores que suelen cantar este papel, desde luego poco agradecido ( estoy por pensar que Mozart odiaba los tenores porque hay q ver que papeles mas tontos les toca, pobres! Hasta el Don de Bieito me seduce mas que el Ottavio!!;-) El commendatore de Günther Groissböck me ha gustado, lastima que los ruidos de fondo le hayan quitado lo impresionante que deberia de ser su entrada en el final.

Pero con el permiso de todos yo me quedo con esto :




thanks for the video lionelpower



Y ire contando los dias hasta poder ir a ROH a escucharlo en directo y disfrutar de una de las obras mas divertidas, fascinantes, sensuales y entretenidas de toda la historia de la opera! Que por cierto tantas ganas le tuve que me compre entrada para ambos repartos porque el segundo lo conduce Pappano jajaja


Y no os vais a molestar conmigo si prefiero esto al chandal de Barca, o si??? :-p





PPS Para divertirse un rato aqui la guia del SUN sobre la historia del "Dirty DON":
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1487575.ece

Mr Buble...you were wonderful tonight!

Glasgow, 19 July 2008, Michael Buble concert


I never said i only like opera ;-) I like music in general and good music in any shape and form! At the same time i am totally doubtful as a CD listener. I never truly believe or like (or rarely dislike) until i hear somebody live with my own ears. Because, sadly nowadays everything can be faked on CDs. And I have also experienced that true artists have something special about them, a kind of charisma, spark if you will, that can never be captured by silicone (or whatever CDs are made of). And really good ones are way way better live than all their CDs, videos and recordings.

So, 2 weeks ago i had the surprising pleasure of hearing and seeing Michel Buble in concert. I always liked listening to this kind of music, which i know mostly through the 50's and 60's black and white movies, but i can't say i was a fan. I saw him months ago around Christmas on TV and thought it was fun and happened to stumble over the tickets on their first day of sale sometimes at the beginning of the year and basically forgot about them. In fact even on the day of the concert i felt too KO after a long journey to doll myself up and drag myself to Glasgow. I even checked the weather and had it not said dry for Glasgow i would have missed out on this!



Thank you for the video eukryptos

Well, i couldn't be glader that i didn't! I had a ball!!!! My cheeks were literally aching from so much smiling and laughing 3 hours later and it has been a while since i had this fluffy cotton candy kind of feeling...and no, in contrast to most of the audience i didn't imbibe in anything else but water.

MB is the real deal, smooth and warm voice, charm, good looks (never hurts! ;-)) a wicked sense of humour (yes, yes, wicked in all senses, totally politically incorrect, but hey he is Canadian, it is allowed, what's more it is welcomed and enjoyed!), a true 100% entertainer! I won't divulge all the jokes, as i would much rather prefer you went and heard him for yourself if you get the chance. And besides, most of it is spontaneous and will change from show to show i think. But do expect to be asked to engage in "activities" with your neighbour spectators, be promised hot nights, be reminded about your favourite football team, be asked to dance and to listen, be charmed and entertained :-)
He so obviously loves what he is doing and loves the music he is singing that it is impossible not to get caught up in his enthusiasm. And he definitely wins brownie points with me for reviving and bringing new life to this wonderful music and attracting new generations to it.

He makes you feel part of the show, he interacts with the public all the time and makes you feel that 2 hours can be over in 10 minutes. And all that while never compromising the quality of the music and the singing. The band is first class and he gives them credit for being there and doing what they do so well and his singing is really much much better that i thought, better than his CDS I am glad to say. The concert ended with a wonderful gift for the 10,000 audience, a few bars sang off microphone which not only were perfectly audible but sounded as smooth as the entire concert had! Way to go Michel!

I'll definitely be looking out for a repeat experience, with dolling up and all that, not because you have to for his concerts, but because people do, it is fun and makes you feel special ;-) By the way if you don't know where to leave your family when you go see Buble, take them with you... grannies, kiddies, moms and dads all had equally as much fun (as some vividly told me on the squishy squeezy ride back into town on the bus ;-))

PS To organisers and general folk.... next time you decide to provide and imbibe in alcohol keep it within reason please, it is annoying to hear you drawling or whistling louder than the guy on stage! Nothing against a pint, but is it really worth paying 45 quid to go to a concert just to get pissed???

Jonas serenades his hometown in style

Tonight i would have given anything to be here...

Tonight Jonas Kaufmann charmed the audience in his home town with Lieder in the beautiful Prinzregententheater. The place was packed and many of us were only able to be there with our thoughts.

He bared his sould in front of the public and enchanted them with his voice. No frills, no extras, just 100% Jonas! And he made them happy and according to the first news they showed him some well deserved lovin'!!

To quote the reporter: "Der Befund: Brillant. Das erstaunliche Kaufmann-Phänomen: Je höher er in der Tonleiter klettert, desto stärker wird seine Stimme. Ganz oben ist er ganz groß." --. Brilliant! The amazing Kaufmann Phenomenon: the more he climbs on the upper register, the more powerful the voice becomes. Up at at the top he is the biggest!

Info Bild.de http://www.bild.de/BILD/muenchen/leute/2008/07/23/city-talk-dieser-muenchner/macht-uns-mit-hohen-toenen-gluecklich.html

Bravo Jonas!!! Zugabe!!!!!!!!!




Video youtube palamede92 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kaxt0e83BqY