Dave wrote:
On 19 Apr 2007 17:36:45 -0700, "Capt. Rob" said:


Ah, yes. Last Thursday I took a 15 minute walk over to Lincoln Center after
work to see Flavio (surprisingly good for pre-Mozart opera). Found when I
got there that they were practically giving away tickets for the next
night's Traviata, so picked up a couple of center orchestra seats for that
performance, and walked over after work to see that one too. (It was
excellent.)

Have you listened to any Monteverdi? Problem with some of the early
opera's is they become monotonous...too much recitative and not enough
aria...Who sang the leads in Traviata? That's one of my
favorites...Opera Grand Rapids did it about 10-12 years ago...we
performed on a canted stage that they washed down with Coke before each
performance so that we wouldn't slide off into the pit..they had netting
stretched over the orchestra so that if someone dropped a glass or a
bottle during the brindisi no one would get clobbered...