tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630356600537382212.post3470660183384850405..comments2024-03-26T04:25:27.186-07:00Comments on Seattle Opera Blog: Learning to Love the ConceptSeattle Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003665787231048819noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630356600537382212.post-53704058671615308592009-08-31T02:57:54.407-07:002009-08-31T02:57:54.407-07:00Hallo, Jonathan (Caves, not Dean)!
If you don'...Hallo, Jonathan (Caves, not Dean)!<br />If you don't like the word "Traditional", use "werktreu"<br />(roughly "true-to-the-original"), which is more-nearly correct than "traditional", as "traditional" now (at least here in Germany) now means as un-true to the original as an egocentric stage director can make it!!<br />However, as the "Ring" is timeless, a setting in modern times can also be werktreu, IF what one sees on stage conforms to what eminates from the orchestra pit and the libretto text! Such a "Ring" is now in the process of development in Lübeck (Germany) in the excellent stage direction of Anthony Pilavachi. One year at a time; "Rheingold" two years ago, "Walküre" last year, and "Siegfried" this coming Sunday (6 Sept.); I've attended some of the rehearsals and love the way Pilavachi has fitted what I see on stage to what Wagner composed in text and music, fitted to today's times!!<br />Tschüß,<br />Win H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630356600537382212.post-83817055439516033812009-08-28T11:03:54.882-07:002009-08-28T11:03:54.882-07:00Jonathan Caves, thanks for your well-informed take...Jonathan Caves, thanks for your well-informed take on this issue of "traditional vs. concept" Rings. I've been wanting to address the question of Seattle's "Green" Ring on this blog, as I've been doing in our pre-performance lectures, because you're right, it's not exactly a concept, it's far more subtle than that. The production's idea is to let the Ring speak for itself, and it's obviously all about human beings and their relationships, and about the natural world and man's place therein. Give me another week or so (busy time, this August!) and I'll try to address the issue here. Not promising anything exhaustive, but thoughtful, if nothing else. <br /><br />-Jonathan DeanJonathan Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11655629660579464336noreply@blogger.com