tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10018924.post72962554149601502..comments2024-01-19T21:15:55.658-05:00Comments on The Vargas Blog: The Kirov Ring: Das RheingoldVincent Vargashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743915066238858029noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10018924.post-16465884189399941452007-07-15T08:57:00.000-05:002007-07-15T08:57:00.000-05:00The singers, on the whole, were more acceptable, s...The singers, on the whole, were more acceptable, shall we say, than the production which now that I have seen Die Walküre, begins getting on your nerves. Vocally, any Ring is going to difficult to stage these days. I thought the Kirov Opera did a creditable job on Friday.Vincent Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09743915066238858029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10018924.post-74092730535034230512007-07-15T08:38:00.000-05:002007-07-15T08:38:00.000-05:00Were we in the same theatre? This performance was ...Were we in the same theatre? This performance was all over the place and not worthy of the price of admission. The Vorspiel orchestrally was all over the place, while the Rhine Maidens were terrific, Gergiev was not with them. Putlin, Borodina, Diadakova and Gorshkov were excellent, but Tanovitsky, Tsanga, Skimov, Popov, Nikitin and Petrenko might as well stayed home. The production was acceptable but odd. The Kirov might have benefited with an earlier arrival in New York and alot of rehearsal, which Gergiev did not deem necessary. The chorus has yet to arrive in New York for the Goetterdammerung. If you plan to charge premium prices, you damn well better have a cohesive performance worthy of the entry price!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com