On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 2:58:40 AM UTC+11, Bastian Kubis wrote:
On 21.02.23 08:53, Herman wrote:
On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 8:42:52 AM UTC+1, Andrew Clarke wrote:
I'd never heard of this monodrame of Poulenc,
The music is perfectly civilised, with no Second Vienna School howls and shrieks, the libretto is in perfectly restrained and polite French, so there's no Expressionism either.
Why is this so important? BTW depending on one's ears, the opera starts with shrieks and howls in the woodwinds. However, essentially LVH is a small scale domestic drama, a one-person opera. The emotions of the heroine are quite overwhelming, so more
shrieks would have been OD.
There is also a performance by Barbara Hannigan who sings and conducts at the same time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2V85r8S_B4
Before I read Herman's reply, I was about to search out precisely the
link to that performance... I think one could rightly say that Hannigan sings, conducts, *and acts* the performance. Someone, in a music forum, advertised the youtube video when it was new; back then, I went there
for the stunt, and couldn't turn it off. An amazing artist, she is.
Bastian
The main difference between Ms Hannigan's performance and that of Mme D'Oustrac is of course that in the latter case you can't see it without having paid a subscription to Glyndebourne, while in the former case you can see it for free if you don't mind
the ads smart phones and over the counter medications to promote sleep and reduce the stresses of everyday life. And I gather that as most members of this group are on welfare, this is an important consideration ...
The Glyndebourne subscription isn't cheap, but it's a good deal cheaper than going there, even if you are able to get tickets, and I imagine one might feel uncomfortable there if you don't have the right social connections. Spending the interval in the
bike shelter with a packet of cheese and tomato sandwicjhes and a bottle of fizzy stuff just won't cut it with the picnic hamper and Range Rover brigade, I'm afraid.
I am, in any case increasingly convinced that streaming and/or self-produced CDs, are going to be the only way to go to survive for many if not most musical establishments.
Andrew Clarke
Canberra
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