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May 27, 2005
Flammen and the unintended blogobrake
Last week I wanted to write - at first - about the opera Flammen by Erwin Schulhoff that was performed in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw last week by the Dutch Radio Philharmonic conducted by Edo de Waart. And again my opinion totally differs from Frits van der Waa's (critic for De Volkskrant).
I planned to write that, just as with the average audience, after sometime my attention went to the program notes during the concert. I thought the concert performance would greatly win in power when staged. But Fits thought it best not to stage it because of the pornographic tendencies in the libretto. In his opinion it might be too much on stage.
A good director knows what to do with a libretto like this and it would definitely add quality to the concentration span. The music is good but just out of balance due to the lack of stage scenes. Now the concert had timing problem.
Now it is Friday and I am glad I finally found some time to sit and write.
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