Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-11-12

  • Taking an online class right now: Designing and Developing Virtual Classroom Training at #LINGOs. #
  • @NancyWhite Thank you for the #LINGOs heads-up. #
  • @SarahStewart Sorry; how are you feeling today? #
  • @marudelcampo As recovered as can be today. Longing for a vacation in the spring, however! #
  • @dmcordell Yes, I saw it. Great technology, but it needed some more rehearsals. It was too expensive not to be flawless. #
  • @dmcordell Just blogged about it https://silenceandvoice.com/ #

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La Damnation de Faust

I saw the new production premiere of Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust at the Metropolitan Opera last week, and finally got around to reading the review in the New York Times: Music Review – La Damnation de Faust – At the Metropolitan Opera, a World Morphs on Video – NYTimes.com.

Their take was a bit different than mine. I found the high amount of video and technology interesting and avant-garde, though still in need of more rehearsal while it was even a bit gratuitous at times. The horse riders had distracting lighting that did not appear to really ride on the virtual steeds, the walking and falling up and down the beams to the top of the stage and then lowered again on wires was distracting, and one of the moving curtains was distractingly stuck mid-open at the end. 

I am glad to see the MET pushing the boundaries of classic opera, as I think this will make a traditional art form more accessible and allow audiences to see it in a new way. I think anything that helps make art and culture more approachable is beneficial, especially when trying to reach a new audiences.

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-11-11

  • Getting ready for work. #
  • @SarahStewart Feeling a little better, or at least well enough to get back to the office. Thank you. #
  • @nycrican2 Very fortunate. But, teaching early in the week is better than later I have found. #
  • Got to the office after being home sick yesterday, and my computer won’t start. Lovely. #
  • I need some fresh air. #
  • Watched some of the Veteran’s Day Parade on Fifth Ave. Nice to see some patriotism without participanship. #
  • Teaching tonight. #

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-11-10

  • Think I overdid it in the yard and outside today. Think I caught a chill. #
  • Or perhaps it is just indigestion from some food I ate at lunch that did not really agree with me? #
  • I have noticed a similarity between Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln. Will have to blog about that this week. #
  • Do not feel well today. #
  • @marudelcampo Thank you for the kind words and encouragement. #
  • @rkmoss and it also makes you seems soooo sophisticated. Right up there with “people of quality retreat to the country on weekends.” #
  • Dragged myself to class. #

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-11-08

  • At the opera for the premier of the new production of La Damnation de Faust. #
  • @condolences Thank you for your kind words. #
  • @nycrican2 I appreciate them. Thank you. #
  • Not sure what to make from La Damnation de Faust. Lots of multimedia and projections and acrobatics and shirtless men. #
  • Visually it was interesting, but parts seemed contrived and I think another rehearsal or two would have ironed a few rough spots. #
  • Quite honestly, operas at the Met are too expensive to have anything left to chance or not choreographed to perfection. #
  • Beginning a drive to the Catskills today. Last hurrah of leaves on the trees. #

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