tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post7644756126697494889..comments2024-01-10T17:22:13.898-08:00Comments on Mary Kunz Goldman - Music Critic: The magic of 'Der Rosenkavalier'Howard Goldman http://www.blogger.com/profile/11835068305524570405noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-52918362868346135622009-10-16T14:05:34.189-07:002009-10-16T14:05:34.189-07:00Ola, so great to hear from you! I wish I had had t...Ola, so great to hear from you! I wish I had had time to write more but maybe it's better at this point that you just see it and see what you think. Try to check back and tell us what it was like for you!<br /><br />I am not sure what you mean about sounding ignorant -- you seem to know what you are talking about just fine. I think you will love "Rosenkavalier." And if you don't, it still doesn't mean you are ignorant. Opera is like anything else -- you will take to some and not others and sometimes there is no explaining. <br /><br />Anonymous who saw "Rosenkavalier" on Tuesday -- thank you for the report! I would love to see it now as opposed to when I was 16. I like what you said, that it would be like the first time.<br /><br />Both of you, I am so jealous! Yesterday when I was putting that post together, I watched the clip of the last duet and I just burst into tears! In the morning! Before work! I see the opera is playing at the Met in January too. I think I might just have to go see it.Mary Kunz Goldmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691118577179541037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-85587769188940017142009-10-16T13:11:58.794-07:002009-10-16T13:11:58.794-07:00THANK YOU.
"It is kind of genderbending -- y...THANK YOU. <br />"It is kind of genderbending -- you have a woman playing Octavian in "Der Rosenkavalier" the way you have a woman playing Cherubino in "Figaro." And the character of the Marschallin was inspired by the Countess in "Figaro." They are both worldly women, complicated, with a tendency toward brooding and melancholy."<br /><br />This is the part that gives me the most hope..I guess I'd never thought about there being depth in the characterizations, or in the <i>way</i> certain lines can be sung (like you mention later). <br /><br />This is my first time seeing an opera - you love it so much, thanks for not dismissing my ignorance, I'd like to get even half as much out of it as you seem to.Ola Silverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922976018662192115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-12803477838214564362009-10-16T13:09:45.353-07:002009-10-16T13:09:45.353-07:00i was fortunate enough to attend Tuesday night. T...i was fortunate enough to attend Tuesday night. The beauty of Der Rosenkavalier is that if you take a decade between productions, each time is like hearing it the first time. It had been 20+ years since I had seen this opera--and it was much more meaningful musically and dramatically to a woman in her 40's vs. her 20's. Wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-33294226191344003072009-10-16T07:11:38.820-07:002009-10-16T07:11:38.820-07:00Another great Strauss quote, which I just discover...Another great Strauss quote, which I just discovered as I was looking up the first one: "Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them."Carl Herkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-86591500592301405902009-10-16T07:11:04.688-07:002009-10-16T07:11:04.688-07:00That is a great quote! I shall now write a Carl He...That is a great quote! I shall now write a Carl Herko newspaper piece.Mary Kunz Goldmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691118577179541037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-47896857042883574302009-10-15T17:49:20.694-07:002009-10-15T17:49:20.694-07:00One of my favorite quotes, from Richard Strauss, a...One of my favorite quotes, from Richard Strauss, as he was starting work on Der Rosenkavalier: "I shall now write a Mozart opera."Carl Herkonoreply@blogger.com