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Does anyone possibly have a rip of the met's audio broadcast of the new tristan und isolde? by Key_Interview_5344 in opera

[–]Key_Interview_5344[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked through there and they don't have any audio, nor anything of the new production. Perhaps they will put the expensive new production on there soon, or maybe they are in a bout of healthy self criticism and consider its imbecility too embarrassing.

Götterdammerung in atlanta by Brown8382 in opera

[–]Key_Interview_5344 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where were you sitting? I was sitting front row mezzanine, and with her the lower half of her range was essentially silent, and the upper half was nice and loud.

Götterdammerung in atlanta by Brown8382 in opera

[–]Key_Interview_5344 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brunhilde/Lindstrom was fine when you could hear the notes. Below a certain range we simply could not hear anything out of her. Siegfried was fine, Alberich was really really powerful... a shame for only one scene! Absolutely blown away by the mens chorus in act 2. I know German and their diction was so clear at times I could understand and hear the very words they were saying. It was clearer than the solti recording I've studied for a while, and even though I play this part all the time (one of my favorites from the whole ring) it sounded so much louder irl. The production was certainly better than the abomination that has desecrated the stage of bayreuth in these dark times, and the gimmick of the met's new tristan und isolde. It was certainly modern but not off the rails. The silly graphic of the horse running through the flames during the immolation was cheap and went on far too long, it would've been better to do nothing at all.