tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post7447871927051601198..comments2024-01-04T13:56:52.127-05:00Comments on Regie, or Not Regie?: Hello, Ragazzi! (Part Two)Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16322512607114908183noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-91944909226371749732016-08-20T17:52:31.718-04:002016-08-20T17:52:31.718-04:00You're welcome and thank you! I really enjoyed...You're welcome and thank you! I really enjoyed this production in the cinema. On youtube it has (a lot) less impact. I'd love to see this production travel. I guess I should review it now. Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322512607114908183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-63514699788507015192016-08-20T09:04:57.862-04:002016-08-20T09:04:57.862-04:00Thanks for drawing attention to this Carsen produc...Thanks for drawing attention to this Carsen production, which is new to me! And, as Stray says, welcome back. :)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549302523503271428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-74174299346186190412016-08-15T11:39:43.689-04:002016-08-15T11:39:43.689-04:00Yay! I am glad you tracked it down. I'm going ...Yay! I am glad you tracked it down. I'm going Wednesday night. Frankly, if I didn't already have tickets and a commitment to my opera buddy, I'd probably stay home. ;-)Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322512607114908183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-63704872329667861232016-08-15T09:47:59.785-04:002016-08-15T09:47:59.785-04:00Finally caught this at the chain arthouse. As you ...Finally caught this at the chain arthouse. As you say, there was some confusion about who was actually in it! Beyond the Westbroek/not Westbroek thing, the cinema's advertising couldn't quite figure out if it was directed by Carsen or Graham Vick. <br /><br />strayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109343770835869181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-62798841666456178682016-07-23T11:30:43.977-04:002016-07-23T11:30:43.977-04:00Hey! Thanks for the welcome.
As far as I know, th...Hey! Thanks for the welcome.<br /><br />As far as I know, this is the only theater in the area showing this All'Opera series. I found it by accident on the theater's website. And unfortunately, this is the last opera of the season. <br /><br />To demonstrate the importance (not) of this alternative HD series, the cineme actually scheduled La Favorite the same night as the Met La Boheme this summer. I already had bought my tickets and invited my new opera buddy to Boheme, so it was a bit late.(I really wanted to see Opolais and Grigio anyway!)<br /><br />But, as you said: weird times, no advertising to speak of; it'll be surprising if they bother to show them next year (if there IS a next year). <br /><br />Meanwhile, this cinema is showing the Met in HD. The 12 or 14) theaters are fairly small. Last fall, they showed the opera only in one theater; by winter they added a second theater. Even with the two theaters, the whole new season is nearly sold out already. Maybe they'll add a third? <br /><br />Actually, I am not sure our high-end place will feel they can sell out a third theater. At least two mainstream multiplexes in the area are also running the series. But there you don't get assigned seats or wine at intermission (although you do get loud action movies with loud explosions in the next-door theater!) Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322512607114908183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245314665139759027.post-834142228082979732016-07-22T22:33:08.024-04:002016-07-22T22:33:08.024-04:00Hey Rob, welcome back!
There's a curious turf...Hey Rob, welcome back!<br /><br />There's a curious turf war going on here over this particular HD series, with two local art houses (one established chain, one scrappy indie) running it more or less concurrently. Between the two of them, it's excellent Exhibit A in how <i>not</i> to market an opera HD series -- run it at weird times, have minimal info (not even casting or location), and bury what info you do have either at the bottom of your Wordpress page where the sun never scrolls, or off an obscure link that doesn't really read to the human eye as a link. Urgh. Hope they both don't manage to kill it off before this <i>Fanciulla</i> comes around.<br /><br />On the other hand, Opera HD Turf War - who'da thunk it!<br />strayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109343770835869181noreply@blogger.com