tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252382865816191535.post4367354762544958513..comments2023-10-23T03:30:19.055-04:00Comments on VOCE DI MECHE: CARMEN GETS WETmechehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09752033708046142327noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252382865816191535.post-76485976437244458602019-05-15T08:45:36.319-04:002019-05-15T08:45:36.319-04:00Meche, your review was spot on. As an opera fanati...Meche, your review was spot on. As an opera fanatic of 40 years, I left this show so angry; my friends who were newbies had no idea what to make of it, and expressed doubt about whether they would see another opera. I tried to explain that this is not what it is. We saw the other cast and they were all wonderful young singers. I felt sorry for them having to perform under these conditions. This sort of "look at me" direction is precisely why I rarely attend staged opera any more. I fell in love with not only the voices but the sets and costumes, with being transported to another time and place. I almost never get that experience any more. Every time I was hearing sloshing water, getting my retinas burned out when the spelunking headlamps turned in my direction, and trying to figure out what all this stuff was supposed to MEAN, I was taken out of the story, out of the singing, out of what Carmen is all about. I hope this company continues in their obvious talent for finding the right voices, but this kind of directing is doing everyone - audience, singers and art form itself - a disservice. Peppinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00387546966066004397noreply@blogger.com