Klarinet Archive - Posting 000031.txt from 2008/02

From: Kenneth Wolman <rainermaria@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Strauss' use of orgasms
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:43:03 -0500

Daniel Leeson wrote:
> There is the opera with a title similar to "Lady Macbeth of Mzenk" in which,
> in the San Francisco production, the two main characters simulate sex in a
> bed in full view of the audience. Maybe in wasn't simulated. And some
> clothes were worn. I couldn't tell because I was in the balcony.
>

I saw LMM in New York back in 2000 or 2001, I forget which. In that
production, the tenor Vladimir Galouzine "took" soprano Catherine
Malfitano standing up, leaning her back against a refrigerator, the door
of which banged back in forth in rhythm. It was slightly disgusting and
extremely funny.

KW

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