tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post3441041434545670612..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: SF Opera's 9/11 Part 2: Opera in The ParkCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-53821313258872813172011-09-16T11:48:12.989-07:002011-09-16T11:48:12.989-07:00Dear Ced: There were so many other things they cou...Dear Ced: There were so many other things they could have done: operatic arias touching on war, peace, commemoration, but instead it was that endless mournful, lugubrious, Americana nonsense. Even one my favorites, the Bernstein "Make Your Garden Grow" near the end, was in a bloated and pompous arrangement.<br /><br />And though it's hard to believe, I've never watched an episode of "Friends."Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-64080911695532683202011-09-16T01:11:24.751-07:002011-09-16T01:11:24.751-07:00Hi Mike. The event was not touching, I have to con...Hi Mike. The event was not touching, I have to concur with you. It was too beautiful a day in the park to be sad. I kinda appreciated the oecumenical display, and all preached tolerance. I liked the first text ("we remember"). Still, I feel they could not go ahead with the usual opera in the park and handled it as well as they could, sneaking in a little nessun dorma at the end to break the all-flag-waving theme.<br /><br />Now, regarding the Heart of a Soldier, hearing that big Rescorla aria a second time: "I'll be there, I'll be there" just reminds me of the Friends theme song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPAWovvvjks and the inadvertent metrosexual vibe in the middle of all this macho bravura just makes me giggle.Cedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-29153574065486476922011-09-16T00:13:09.464-07:002011-09-16T00:13:09.464-07:00Dear Jan: Yes, Bishop Andrus was there.
And thank...Dear Jan: Yes, Bishop Andrus was there.<br /><br />And thanks for all your work at your blog, which continues to be filled with intelligence and information.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-16951512744829422002011-09-15T22:25:36.506-07:002011-09-15T22:25:36.506-07:00I see they imported the guy who carries the mace f...I see they imported the guy who carries the mace from the Episcopal Cathedral. Imagine that means the event also got the Bishop. <br /><br />Thanks for the shout-out. The weekend was awfully wearing. I've seen it suggested elsewhere that we've now made a practice of memorializing the hijackers ... sigh.janinsanfranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.com