tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post3043262097329707246..comments2024-01-04T13:56:52.127-05:00Comments on Regie, or Not Regie?: A Flock of Fiordiligis– Malin Haretlius, Dorothea Röschmann, and Gundula JanowitzRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16322512607114908183noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-80865599416319641182012-10-20T00:23:30.127-04:002012-10-20T00:23:30.127-04:00My impression of Gundula Janowitz is a beautiful v...My impression of Gundula Janowitz is a beautiful voice with a bland personality. I saw her Fidelio (w Bernstein) and I wondered what the fuss was about. She sings beautifully in the Karajan video of the Brahms Requiem, but looks like she had just gotten a botox injection. <br /><br />I think, however, that Christa Ludwig is the Dorabella in the Cosi in question, and I would love to see her! Even in a lip-synched, over-decorated film. (that set also reminds me of some of the Lawrence Welk set pieces.) Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322512607114908183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-45008329948758693982012-10-17T21:23:53.848-04:002012-10-17T21:23:53.848-04:00I'd agree that DR and Hartelius are doing it w...I'd agree that DR and Hartelius are doing it with almost a wink and Janowitz is much more straight-up. <br /><br />But ye gods, 1970s opera movies! It looks like Cosi fan tutte meets Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (with turbans)earwormoperahttp://earwormopera.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-72195799395869369202012-10-17T15:53:25.762-04:002012-10-17T15:53:25.762-04:00Isn't the Janowitz a film? In an interview she...Isn't the Janowitz a film? In an interview she stated to J.B. Stean that too many things could go wrong in live performances. Well, I only saw Janowitz once, in Vienna, in Ariadne and I much prefer it to the film she made the same year--and nothing went wrong! Her live Eva is one of the best. The quality of the film is very poor; it's too bad there isn't a good quality one available. Roschmann is very much like a rock, nary a move. Hartelius is carrying on as her director wanted and yes there probably is too much action. Roschman's voice would seem to be somewhat larger than Hartelius' but only live performance hearing would really be the only way to make the judgement. I adore Persson and have the Glyndebourne performance (not the later one from Salzburg)and Hytner again is somehwat hyperactive throughout the entire performance. Preference? Impossible. My first <br />Cosis were all with Schwarzkopf; she like Roschmann was "like a rock" with no extraneous directorial touches. She truly commanded the stage every time she opened her mouth. Hartelius sings beautifully and shouldn't have to deal with Bechtoff's directorial busyness.David Dollingernoreply@blogger.com