tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851616.post7620785585189362062..comments2023-09-12T11:16:57.372-04:00Comments on Likely Impossibilities: Are you not honest, Otello?Micaelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424063023952527613noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851616.post-16645333381425591482012-10-19T08:39:36.995-04:002012-10-19T08:39:36.995-04:00There aren't many classical actors of colour e...There aren't many classical actors of colour either. One of the better young ones is Andre Sills; a former team mate of mine and an imposing, athletic 6'4". He is heartily sick of being cast as Othello or Aaron the Moor!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851616.post-89171327259803910062012-10-15T08:02:42.535-04:002012-10-15T08:02:42.535-04:00Ashley--what Lisa said. If his voice was once a ma...Ashley--what Lisa said. If his voice was once a mansion with a guest house and a pool, it's now more like a Manhattan studio. It is to some degree to be expected at his age.<br /><br />Ivy--I don't ever like to say there's only one way to do something. But that sounds like a more compelling choice than this one. They did most of what they could to kill the intensity.<br /><br />Lisa--I concur, but the score is still SO AMAZING!Micaelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424063023952527613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851616.post-80214439693325534192012-10-15T01:52:00.823-04:002012-10-15T01:52:00.823-04:00The last couple of times I heard Morris his voices...The last couple of times I heard Morris his voices was dried out, woody, gray in tone, and sorta weirdly pitchless. I mean, he wasn't exactly out of tune, but there was so little core to his voice that it was difficult to tell what pitch he intended to sing. He got through Fiesco in Boccanegra largely on authority (and in truth, the last-act confrontation scene with Simon was hair-raising, in a good way). So I am reasonably sure that what Zerbinetta means is "his voice is in a condition where perhaps a short role is the most we want to hear him in."Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851616.post-30073030938982173622012-10-15T00:30:51.906-04:002012-10-15T00:30:51.906-04:00What do you mean when you refer to Morris' ...What do you mean when you refer to Morris' 'vocal estate'? Just curious - I don't get the reference<br /><br />Also: "Renée Tatum was a finely sung, alert Emilia, and avoided doing that thing where the ladies-in-waiting always clasp their hands horizontally and for that we thank you, Renée Tatum."<br /><br />LOLOLOLAshleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13657530286921219255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851616.post-33452743943239374982012-10-14T20:22:20.831-04:002012-10-14T20:22:20.831-04:00There's IMO only one way to do Otello, and tha...There's IMO only one way to do Otello, and that can be found in a 1959 video with del Monaco, Gobbi, and Tucci. The opera is played as total blood sport, with del Monaco carrying on in a way you wouldn't believe. Yet the total crazed bug-eyed intensity is exactly what this opera needs.Ivy Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03626556117524314236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851616.post-38364125704169340522012-10-14T16:41:12.913-04:002012-10-14T16:41:12.913-04:00This might inspire me to blog about the couple-of-...This might inspire me to blog about the couple-of-seasons-ago <i>Otello</i> at SF Opera. I have various issues with the opera (the insane pacing, my utter disbelief that Otello turns on Desdemona that fast, etc.); I've heard it live three times and all of them were mediocre in different ways.<br /><br />I think my real problem might be Giovanni Martinelli, if you know what I mean. And if you would like to hear James Morris as a young Lodovico, throw on the Met DVD of the broadcast with Vickers (whom I dislike intensely in almost everything), Scotto (who is wonderful), and MacNeil in the old production (Zef?).Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.com