tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post1299770408779016558..comments2024-01-04T13:56:52.127-05:00Comments on Regie, or Not Regie?: Come on Manon, let's go!Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16322512607114908183noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-4477228596334272932014-07-05T10:38:01.615-04:002014-07-05T10:38:01.615-04:00That IS a wonderful performance. I still think it ...That IS a wonderful performance. I still think it would work with a heavy techno track. :-)Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322512607114908183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-84415744370741062392014-07-04T16:04:54.782-04:002014-07-04T16:04:54.782-04:00I tinkered with it for a while today but that Non ...I tinkered with it for a while today but that Non piu di fiori experiment was a bust. I should've used a different version (I used the VK one and the real outcome of the experiment was me realising how much I like it) and reggae rather than hip hop but I couldn't find my reggae beats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-17586330611054573012014-07-02T23:18:55.048-04:002014-07-02T23:18:55.048-04:00Now, THAT I'd like to hear. I can imagine DSPM...Now, THAT I'd like to hear. I can imagine DSPMV either in a snappy big band version, or a very vampy blues.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322512607114908183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-17910697124031178352014-07-01T06:08:04.356-04:002014-07-01T06:08:04.356-04:00I see, that was before my time ;-) in any case, I&...I see, that was before my time ;-) in any case, I'm sure Toryanos was good in 1976 as well.<br /><br />I agree, classical + pop beat = disaster but I love playing around with things for laughs. I also see Deh, se piacer mi vuoi "benefit" from a jazzy treatment (I need to look up the jazziest DSPMV out there - what a terrible task, eh?) but that's for another time. I'm going to do something to Non piu di fiori this week hopefully.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-21010015035469880722014-06-30T13:28:00.836-04:002014-06-30T13:28:00.836-04:00Thinking back, I also remember Nico Castell as the...Thinking back, I also remember Nico Castell as the Haushofmeister, thinking he was pretty good. I have the DVD with Battle and Norman, but this recording was a few years before that. (I am OLD) Same production (which doesn't make much difference in a radio broadcast. My research suggests that it was 1976. Montserrat Caballé was Ariadne and Ruth Welting made her debut as Zerbinette; Alan Titus (what's he up to these days?) also debuted as Harlekin.<br /><br />I am not a fan of turning classical tunes into dance music but I think we definitely need to give it a try. I mean, Non piu di fiori can certainly stand up to a bit of irreverence, can't it?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322512607114908183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-49671918439309209342014-06-30T07:32:49.643-04:002014-06-30T07:32:49.643-04:00Troyanos is my favourite Composer, she's exact...Troyanos is my favourite Composer, she's exactly how I imagine him - very earnest and soppy romantic. Even as I think about it I want to give her/him a hug. I wish that production was more interesting.<br /><br />I'm going to have to listen to Non piu di fiori now and try to imagine a techno beat over-imposed. Now that I think it about, it might be hilarious to give it a reggae bounce. That basset horn calls for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-78265236804108632942014-06-29T22:09:38.450-04:002014-06-29T22:09:38.450-04:00That can be the b-side to my techno "non piu ...That can be the b-side to my techno "non piu di fiori." (to readers who are not earworm, I was listening to Vesselina Kasarova on my iPod one day. I walked into the frozen yogurt store that always plays techno music just as VK was hitting the final 4/4 repeat of the main "non piu di fiori" theme. The desperation in her delivery matched the driving techno beat quite well actually!)Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322512607114908183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-55387292018577571392014-06-29T16:16:03.954-04:002014-06-29T16:16:03.954-04:00"Manon, Let's Go" strikes me as a pe..."Manon, Let's Go" strikes me as a perfect title for a techno remix of Puccini. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com