tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252382865816191535.post7045578575634133548..comments2023-10-23T03:30:19.055-04:00Comments on VOCE DI MECHE: APPLES AND ORANGESmechehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09752033708046142327noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252382865816191535.post-55938295075331073342015-09-14T00:47:22.802-04:002015-09-14T00:47:22.802-04:00Your piece makes a strong point about the importan...Your piece makes a strong point about the importance of the HD director. The best HD/DVDs occur when the two directors work together. An excellent example is Claus Guth's recent Fidelio (Salzburg festival). Good reason to call it Guth's Fidelio rather than Beethoven's but that is a different subject. I do enjoy both. I can not afford more than a handful of live performances each year. The Met Live in HD and similar broadcasts from Europe feed my appetite for opera. I certainly don't see fewer live performances, but then I don't live near the Met (west coast). I am attending 3 performances this year. I would attend more out of curiosity if I were closer. <br />I find that I am able to become somewhat more involved watching a broadcast than live, I don't have to worry about my blubbering or exclamation disturbing my neighbors. I'm one of those rare (weird?) people who applaud and shout "Bravo" in the movie theater (or at home). If a performance touches me, I must express it somehow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676994647138300339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252382865816191535.post-57514115164107905842015-09-12T06:24:13.082-04:002015-09-12T06:24:13.082-04:00I do like the up close details you miss in the hou...I do like the up close details you miss in the house, but there's nothing like attending a live performance, feeling the electric in the air, the support the audience gives the artist and what the artist gives in return. I've also seen when productions are made for sale on DVD, vocals may have been edited since the original broadcast as was the case with a Turandot with Placido Domingo, Leona Mitchell and Eva Marton. GayOperaDudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437295168104269263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252382865816191535.post-26262678318520453722015-09-12T03:42:32.744-04:002015-09-12T03:42:32.744-04:00Absolutely. These are two complementary art forms...Absolutely. These are two complementary art forms and I enjoy and appreciate both.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00941984670801380343noreply@blogger.com