http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/jim-carrey-stars-in-orphandeacutee-et-eurydice/Content?oid=12832895 Comments On: Jim Carrey Stars in <i>Orph&eacute;e et Eurydice</i> by Dominic Holden en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Brendan Kiley]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:08:02 -0700 The Stranger
Posted by iphigenia9898]]> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:13:24 -0800 The Stranger Posted by iphigenia9898]]> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:02:37 -0800 The Stranger
It's Hell.
Posted by Sugar Bunklee]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:09:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Canadian Nurse]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:45:43 -0800 The Stranger
Your son,
Dominic

Posted by bigyaz]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:39:32 -0800 The Stranger Posted by megs]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:30:40 -0800 The Stranger Posted by gloomy gus]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:20:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Lelia]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:45:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Brendan Kiley]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:27:41 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by bigyaz]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:54:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by MarkyMark]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:10:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by BLUE]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:33:16 -0800 The Stranger
For the record, I agree that you don't have to be an opera scholar to write a review of an opera so long as you can appreciate the form. And yes, you gave a very nice review. But you do have to admit that believability of the acting in opera is definitely secondary to the singing by necessity. How else can you watch a soprano singing full throat as Violetta while she is supposedly wasting away from consumption?
Posted by SolM]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:14:13 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:06:47 -0800 The Stranger Stranger readers are not (in general) the sort of people who have season tickets to the opera. So if Dominic's review was the kind of inside-baseball review that everyone here seems to want, it stands to reason that Stranger readers would be less likely to read it.

I've seen a couple of operas in Seattle, and frankly, I think opera fans should be clamoring for different kinds of reviews. The opera can be a great time, but you wouldn't know it by reading most opera reviews, which have been starched to death. I don't think a review has to be dumb to be attractive to general interest readers, but I do think it has to be interesting. Most opera criticism, the kind of criticism people here seem to be demanding, is just not interesting for general interest readers.

Further, the suggestion that opera doesn't belong in the theater section strikes me as ludicrous. What would a Stranger opera section cover on a weekly basis? How many outlets for opera are there in town?
Posted by Paul Constant]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:58:15 -0800 The Stranger Posted by NaFun]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:56:43 -0800 The Stranger http://www.cornichon.org/2012/02/lyre-ly…). The Seattle Times review by Bernard Jacobsen was, in fact, quite critical of William Burden's performance.
Posted by Cornichon]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:49:29 -0800 The Stranger positive review (save for my distaste for a weak vocal and theatrical performance by the lead).
Posted by Dominic Holden]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:37:05 -0800 The Stranger
Clearly this was just a ploy to drive readers to this article and to bump posts. So, you know, well played and all that...
Posted by genevieve]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:07:49 -0800 The Stranger Opera lovers are a fiercely protective crowd & I have to agree with genevieve. Tomes have been written about Orefo/Orphee and its place in the opera canon. Have you read anything about how the French version came to be? Or why the original version was meant to "revolutionize" opera. Tackling a review of this opera right out of the gate seems impertinent. If you dislike a particular performer in a role, that is a different matter. But again, how many others have you heard/seen of Orphee? (Not Orfeo-that's almost a different opera and rarely sung by a tenor). I have listened to the radio broadcast & while Mr. Burden is not astonishing in the role, he gives a committed vocal performance and is otherwise fine in the role. (I only heard it - I did not see it).
If you are an opera recordings seeker, I recommend listening to Orphee sung by Leopold Simoneau for a classically elegant version of this iconic, rule breaking opera. Happy listening.
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