"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Monday, January 11, 2021
Classical corner
Dance of the Seven Veils from Richard Strauss's Salome.
Mrs. Paco and I attended this opera when we lived in Miami; it was quite a dramatic work, very enjoyable.
Well, that's a serious work to take on. It's a one-act opera with no intermission, and Salome stays on-stage singing almost constantly for over an hour and a half. That can be exhausting. In one production I attended, they had a rocky backdrop on the stage into which they inserted almost invisible little tubes connected to water bottles. Salome would occasionally put her face to the wall to sneak a drink.
A & A: It was a long one act, to be sure, but we really enjoyed it. There was a rocky backdrop in the performance we saw, too; I wonder if the same artifice was used?
Yeah, beware of Salome's seductive dance. First you lose your mind, then you lose your head.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's a serious work to take on. It's a one-act opera with no intermission, and Salome stays on-stage singing almost constantly for over an hour and a half. That can be exhausting. In one production I attended, they had a rocky backdrop on the stage into which they inserted almost invisible little tubes connected to water bottles. Salome would occasionally put her face to the wall to sneak a drink.
ReplyDeleteA & A: It was a long one act, to be sure, but we really enjoyed it. There was a rocky backdrop in the performance we saw, too; I wonder if the same artifice was used?
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