tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711036037699241947.post3230923630866663924..comments2024-02-25T10:35:20.723+02:00Comments on Around the world with Irina: Tristan und Isolde-Royal Opera House-Nina Stemme-Ben Heppner-05.10.2009Irinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07234468037564417792noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711036037699241947.post-68660017913880378062009-10-09T22:08:19.533+03:002009-10-09T22:08:19.533+03:00Ladies, thanks for your comments.
Regarding the c...Ladies, thanks for your comments.<br /><br />Regarding the camera... this will remain a mistery :)Irinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07234468037564417792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711036037699241947.post-25298758501595074742009-10-09T18:47:51.124+03:002009-10-09T18:47:51.124+03:00Nice review and great pictures as always! (serious...Nice review and great pictures as always! (seriously, is there some special setting you use on your camera?!)<br /><br />So Tristan und Isolde was your first Wagner opera? It was my first too (in Amsterdam), Der Fliegende Holländer will probably be my second later on in the season and I'm curious whether I'll warm to Wagner more. I mean, I love the music (and especially the recurrent orchestral theme in T&I is heartwrenchingly beautiful), but sometimes I just feel like I'm missing out on that extra spark die-hard Wagner fans seem to find in his operas. <br /><br />The tenor who sung Tristan in the production I attended was vocally exhausted during the final act as well (he didn't crack, but he was pretty close to it). Sometimes I think Wagner didn't really take the singers' capacities into account when composing his operas. ;)Laura86https://www.blogger.com/profile/11641722699438278423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711036037699241947.post-2761120106921273702009-10-08T14:50:03.749+03:002009-10-08T14:50:03.749+03:00Irina, I love your blog more and more!
Tristan, m...Irina, I love your blog more and more! <br />Tristan, my most favorite opera! <br />Thank you so much for the review, I already read that the staging was booed, but in my opinion staging is in Tristan not really important, as the singers have to concentrate on the music, it´s very physical demanding, they can´t move much anyway.<br /><br />I like it when you say it´s not easy to unterstand the music. Well, you don´t need to unterstand, you need to feel the vibrations in the bottom of your soul when you listen to this. It´s not music, it´s composed emotions. Well, yes, it´s loud, but in a giant, huge and powerful way, I often had the feeling I could breath the music.<br /><br />Plus it´s worth reading the lyrics for themselves, it´s full of philosophy, Wagner was not only inspired by his own lovestory to Mathilde Wesendonck but also by Schopenhauer and Buddhism.<br /><br />It´s not shameful when the singer of Tristan get´s in trouble, that´s the most demanding role for a tenor (not Otello), and I´ve seen Tristans almost literally dying during the last act. Tristan needs a lot of physical reserves for this last act. <br /><br />Now this was your first Wagner. Usually one starts with Holländer, Lohengrin or Meistersinger (in my case, when I was 10 years old).Wow, Tristan is very demanding, you can only top this with Parsifal. I feel happy that you´ve fallen in love with this music.<br /><br />(just looked at you blog to read you second review on Carmen, what I haven´t done by now)eddahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796347757971406858noreply@blogger.com