Comments on: A night at the Opera http://donkeywest.com/2008/09/24/a-night-at-the-opera/ A repository of words and the world around them Mon, 21 May 2012 21:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: woolfian http://donkeywest.com/2008/09/24/a-night-at-the-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-172 woolfian Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:18:23 +0000 http://donkeywest.com/?p=133#comment-172 Dear Manon, I couldn't have said it better! She lacks the "piripipí" you mentioned, and probably that's what makes me a little reluctant to welcome Fleming in the same way as other people do. There's nothing technically wrong with her, and she is far more moving than icy Te(a) Kanawa, but still...Of course, after Maria, the concept of divas is not the same. She could play the darkest role with intensity and yet remain a diva. I have not seen anybody else do that, and I doubt I will see anyone do that again before I die. Thanks for dropping by, and it would be great if you could attend the Met screenings. The next ones are supposed to be held on Saturday afternoons, and I understand the theatre wants to sell performance tickets as an "abono". Whatever, I think it's worth it, even if not the same as the "real thing". Regards, W. Dear Manon,

I couldn’t have said it better! She lacks the “piripipí” you mentioned, and probably that’s what makes me a little reluctant to welcome Fleming in the same way as other people do. There’s nothing technically wrong with her, and she is far more moving than icy Te(a) Kanawa, but still…Of course, after Maria, the concept of divas is not the same. She could play the darkest role with intensity and yet remain a diva. I have not seen anybody else do that, and I doubt I will see anyone do that again before I die.

Thanks for dropping by, and it would be great if you could attend the Met screenings. The next ones are supposed to be held on Saturday afternoons, and I understand the theatre wants to sell performance tickets as an “abono”. Whatever, I think it’s worth it, even if not the same as the “real thing”.

Regards,

W.

]]> By: Manon Kuzmin http://donkeywest.com/2008/09/24/a-night-at-the-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Manon Kuzmin Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:27:56 +0000 http://donkeywest.com/?p=133#comment-170 It seems that they´ll never finish the remodeling, it´s exasperating. What a lovely evening you´ve had! I hope to be there next time. Oh, and Fleming, you know, she has a lack of "piripipí" - I can´t find the right words in English, I think that this one suits her ; ) -. It seems that they´ll never finish the remodeling, it´s exasperating.
What a lovely evening you´ve had! I hope to be there next time. Oh, and Fleming, you know, she has a lack of “piripipí” – I can´t find the right words in English, I think that this one suits her ; ) -.

]]> By: woolfian http://donkeywest.com/2008/09/24/a-night-at-the-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-168 woolfian Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:25:58 +0000 http://donkeywest.com/?p=133#comment-168 Emi, ¡Qué honor, arrastrarla con el relato! Le agradezco sus palabras. Me emociona. Yo lucho entre las lenguas, pero termino volviendo al inglés para decir esas cosas, evocar tantas memorias rotas y otras que se rearman después de tanto tiempo. ¡Qué lindo lo de sus ojos "niños" para la ópera! No hay nada mejor que conservarlos así, siempre a la espera de un nuevo descubrimiento. Déjelos mirar y deslumbrarse siempre, ya sea que abran el Colón o no. Le dejo un abrazo y nos encontramos en breve. W. Emi,

¡Qué honor, arrastrarla con el relato! Le agradezco sus palabras. Me emociona. Yo lucho entre las lenguas, pero termino volviendo al inglés para decir esas cosas, evocar tantas memorias rotas y otras que se rearman después de tanto tiempo.

¡Qué lindo lo de sus ojos “niños” para la ópera! No hay nada mejor que conservarlos así, siempre a la espera de un nuevo descubrimiento. Déjelos mirar y deslumbrarse siempre, ya sea que abran el Colón o no.

Le dejo un abrazo y nos encontramos en breve.

W.

]]> By: Emi_Sur http://donkeywest.com/2008/09/24/a-night-at-the-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Emi_Sur Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:28:41 +0000 http://donkeywest.com/?p=133#comment-167 Woolfian: Me arrastra con el relato, casi estoy ahí....casi mirando con mis ojos "niños" para la Opera. Se requiere mucha delicadeza en la palabras, para hacer de ellas el medio exacto, donde mostrar una pasión, sabido es que las pasiones son rebeldes a las palabras y usted lo hace parecer sencillo. Ojala alguien supiera la fecha exacta en la que la "restauración" del Colón estara finalizada, creo que todos en el fondo de nuestra cabeza pesimista, oimos el temor golpear. La saludo con cariño Woolfian: Me arrastra con el relato, casi estoy ahí….casi mirando con mis ojos “niños” para la Opera. Se requiere mucha delicadeza en la palabras, para hacer de ellas el medio exacto, donde mostrar una pasión, sabido es que las pasiones son rebeldes a las palabras y usted lo hace parecer sencillo.
Ojala alguien supiera la fecha exacta en la que la “restauración” del Colón estara finalizada, creo que todos en el fondo de nuestra cabeza pesimista, oimos el temor golpear.
La saludo con cariño

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