Klarinet Archive - Posting 000206.txt from 2007/02

From: "Susan Ullom Hungerford" <susan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Dallas Opera and Lohengrin
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:45:53 -0500

I don't even think I need to say more...the details that have been forwarded
are grand!! I have a degree in Music History/Clarinet principal. The music
is full, and well worth going to hear, even if you detest opera...basically,
I tell people who don't like opera to go and close their eyes during the
performance!!

Susan Ullom Hungerford
External Affairs Associate/Education Coordinator, Opera Pacific

----- Original Message -----
From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 10:32 AM
Subject: RE: [kl] Dallas Opera and Lohengrin

>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dnleeson [mailto:dnleeson@-----.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:42 AM
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> Subject: RE: [kl] Dallas Opera and Lohengrin
>>
>> OK. I'll bite. In what way is Lohengrin "wonderful"?
>>
>> Details please. It's too easy to say that something is good or
>> bad, but very difficult to explain why you think it is good or
>> bad.
>>
>> The usefulness and real value of criticism is in the explanation
>> by the critic of his/her views.
>>
>> Dan Leeson
>> DNLeeson@-----.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Dan,
>
> I don't know what Susan will say...but wow....you have in this opera:
>
> Counts
> Dukes
> Kings
> The "HOLY GRAIL"
> You know what?...you have a woman who marries a guy without even knowing
> his
> name!!!
> You've got a dual
> You've got a swan
> A healthy dose of magic
> Bad guys, good guys
>
> And
>
> You have four 6 foot long herald trumpets playing full out...part your
> hair,
> take paint off the wall fanfares on stage!!! (and the brass parts in the
> pit
> are powerful stuff...I've got my earplugs in)
>
> So you've got one incredible brass fanfare after another..
>
> And you have a lot of very good music to fill out the tale.
>
> Simple I know....let Susan go the distance on the intellectual stuff. My
> brain's been rattled, as I sit directly in front of the 1st trumpet
> player.
>
> Forest
>
>
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> It's the Woodwind.Org 2007 donation drive!
>>>> Visit https://secure.donax-us.com/donations/ for more information
>

-------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> It's the Woodwind.Org 2007 donation drive!
>>> Visit https://secure.donax-us.com/donations/ for more information