tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70563947541065495632011-11-27T17:12:58.070-07:00Confessions and Ravings of the mad Princess of MycenaeElektranoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056394754106549563.post-31661765755038147712009-07-11T18:21:00.003-07:002009-07-11T18:25:14.628-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VDYfMAL8zac/Slk7dBgFMDI/AAAAAAAAAHg/N9hsaq12Ws0/s1600-h/Brewer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357378601539153970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VDYfMAL8zac/Slk7dBgFMDI/AAAAAAAAAHg/N9hsaq12Ws0/s400/Brewer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The lovely Christine Brewer, back in Santa Fe for Gluck's Alceste, is walking a little slower than Elektra remembers. The whole Met brouhaha seems to be long in the past for the golden-voiced anti-diva. We hope that the staging doesn't require too much movement though...</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7056394754106549563-3166176575503814771?l=wobleibtelektra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elektranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056394754106549563.post-83867447569413425962009-07-11T16:42:00.003-07:002009-07-11T16:45:37.578-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VDYfMAL8zac/Slkj0FqpK4I/AAAAAAAAAHY/t0JEL2xLy8s/s1600-h/Meacham.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357352609515121538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VDYfMAL8zac/Slkj0FqpK4I/AAAAAAAAAHY/t0JEL2xLy8s/s400/Meacham.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Not your run-of-the-mill barihunk of the month, Lucas Meacham bows as Mozart's Don at the Santa Fe Opera on July 18. While not the plushest of voices, this tall drink of water oozes confidence and sexiness. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7056394754106549563-8386744756941342596?l=wobleibtelektra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elektranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056394754106549563.post-80919549223852454332009-07-10T17:46:00.000-07:002009-07-11T00:21:31.580-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-Fy6D9pslWQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-Fy6D9pslWQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7056394754106549563-8091954922385245433?l=wobleibtelektra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elektranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056394754106549563.post-39441460286382406232009-07-10T17:41:00.000-07:002009-07-10T17:44:16.712-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VQQIO7f053k&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VQQIO7f053k&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7056394754106549563-3944146028638240623?l=wobleibtelektra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elektranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056394754106549563.post-23946218648659232362009-07-10T14:28:00.000-07:002009-07-10T14:34:15.575-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VDYfMAL8zac/Sleympj_ZFI/AAAAAAAAAHI/6Yd3v_fiXCI/s1600-h/Dessay.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356946658842076242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VDYfMAL8zac/Sleympj_ZFI/AAAAAAAAAHI/6Yd3v_fiXCI/s400/Dessay.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>No, it's not really Lucy. Natalie Dessay gave Santa Fe audiences her first staged Violetta on July 3, 2009.</div><div>While it might be one of the most 'athletic' performances of the consumptive courtesan, Elektra questions Mme. Dessay's vocal suitability for the role. Will she even be able to survive the run of 10 more performances?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7056394754106549563-2394621864865923236?l=wobleibtelektra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elektranoreply@blogger.com0