tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341724020764467697.post2752633400038269245..comments2023-10-31T04:36:17.426-07:00Comments on Alluvial: La CommediaRuby Apollinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597627449919946143noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341724020764467697.post-49698596733878002702009-05-12T07:49:00.000-07:002009-05-12T07:49:00.000-07:00Thanks to you both for your comments. Vet, you wil...Thanks to you both for your comments. Vet, you <I>will</I> see this opera, I'm convinced.<br /><br />SMG, possibly, although the fact that the themes are timeless cuts both ways--i.e. you can leave it where it is and it's still meaningful. I saw a modernized version of <I>Rigoletto</I> set in 1940's Italy and it worked OK; however, Rigoletto was a servant instead of a jester, which almost completely gutted the, to me, significant theme of clowns and tricksters again.Ruby Apollinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597627449919946143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341724020764467697.post-23034445024118000452009-05-11T08:05:00.000-07:002009-05-11T08:05:00.000-07:00I am (unlike Vet) a huge fan of both the art form ...I am (unlike Vet) a huge fan of both the art form and the composer. You insights are spot on as usual but I do think it could be re-staged in a modern setting and still be very good. Some aspects would need to chnge but the themes are timelessSteven Marty Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341724020764467697.post-89938406851262760732009-05-10T14:20:00.000-07:002009-05-10T14:20:00.000-07:00Ruby, although I can't share your enthusiasm for o...Ruby, although I can't share your enthusiasm for opera in general and Mozart in particular - I do enjoy seeing meaning injected into a story through interpretation. If I should ever be coaxed, tricked or bullied into trying to watch this piece, I shall now have a useful and interesting prism of meaning through which to view it. And for that, thank you.vethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376500106064052491noreply@blogger.com