tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post8293847596702242801..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: A Star Is Born at Don GiovanniCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-82489709436941063122007-06-04T10:04:00.000-07:002007-06-04T10:04:00.000-07:00Dear eric: There's a statue in the graveyard but i...Dear eric: There's a statue in the graveyard but it's just that, a statue, and they have the Commendatore's voice piped in from backstage, which rather takes the supernatural scariness/fun out of the whole scene.<BR/><BR/>And the first act finale is really a bitch to stage since there's so much going on musically and dramatically, with the pit orchestra playing one tune and the onstage orchestra (here sitting in the side boxes) playing another, with dancers coming in and out among the three Masked Party Crashers, and the Don in the middle of his seduction/rape of Zerlina. If you don't know the opera ahead of time, there's no way you would have understood what was supposed to be going on.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-45389167336172407562007-06-04T09:53:00.000-07:002007-06-04T09:53:00.000-07:00I'm planning on seeing Don G and am very much look...I'm planning on seeing Don G and am very much looking forward to the "Non mi dir" -- what a sublime aria. But, no Commendatore statue in the graveyard?? How did that work out? Also, what specifically was confused about the Act 1 Finale?<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the great review. I brought up your blog this morning, hoping I would be able to read about Don Giovanni, and sure enough, here it is :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-79284682125404020572007-06-03T19:15:00.000-07:002007-06-03T19:15:00.000-07:00Brava!!! Elza was indeed captivating--her voice wa...Brava!!! Elza was indeed captivating--her voice was huge and clear and arresting. Thanks for filling us in on the "summer of passion" commencement passions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214553842561096633noreply@blogger.com