PS Un “blogger” non è un oracolo e commette inevitabilmente errori (il minimo possibile..). Ricevo spesso “correzioni” non sempre fondamentali e non sempre precise. Così come io mi sottopongo al giudizio altrui con nome e cognome così chi vorrà avere la bontà di segnalarmi eventuali errori o imprecisioni dovrà farlo unicamente mandando un commento: a ognuno la propria responsabilità. In base alla nuova normativa chi si fosse iscritto e desidera de-iscriversi è sufficiente che mi invii un messaggio e-mail..

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It is well known that la Scala is a giant in comparion to the  midget that is become the Comunale theater of Bologna (despite the attempt to ennoble it with a “Nouveau”) under the superintendent Macciardi, the culprit of the theater disaster, who was sent eventually to Naples (with completely justified consequences). There are great expectations for the new superintendent that one can only hope that will pleasantly a surprise. But going back to La Scala, the theater has always organized cycles of “Lieder“ a musical sector that has disappeared in Bologna for a long time, thanks also to the major chamber music institution Musica Insieme, which instead launched a “Respighi Festival”, two years ago, which frankly wasn’t really needed. Lieder never, they are not suitable for the Bolognese palate (and who said that?) and perhaps not even to Macciardi and the management of Musica Insieme.  La Scala is the only Italian theater that can withstand comparison with other great European theatres. The lithuanian Asmik Gregorian is a happy return  starting from the great and deserved success (vocal and theatrical) in “Die tote Stadt” by Erich Wolfgang Korngold in 2019. Expectations were therefore very high but the result fell short. First of all, the concert was changed. When purchasing the ticket it was supposed to be a recital of the Grigorian solo with Strauss’ Lieder and was transformed into a sort of double concert with the inclusion of the baritone. which turned into a kitsch performance where the last lied (Zueignung) was sung “a cappella” with the baritone also acting as the third voice… Unacceptable. Grigorian is NOT a singer for Lied. She has a voice that always becomes dramatic in the high register with very questionable results. It would be interesting to know why she didn’t choose Lieder more suited to his voice (i,e, Befreit). Her account fits well with the spirit of the Lied only in the intermediate register: the execution of the very delicate “Morgen” was in fact excellent. Overall, a performance far below expectations. It’s known that nobody can sing everything and it’s important that a singer is aware of her limits. The baritone was of good quality and does not deviate from a good professionalism that is not without uncertainty (for example in the third part of Mahler’s Lied). The pianist was very bad as he tends to expand his tempos in the solo parts as if he wanted to show that he exists, only to perform the semiquavers at the beginning of Mahler’s LIed as if they were embellishments while they are full of musical meaning. The attempt to tickle the public with vaudeville Italian was very poor. Too bad, really: a concert that could have been a triumph but instead became a poor perfomance.

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PS  Vorrei ringraziare tutti coloro che inseriscono commenti  ai posts utilizzando l’opzione “Lascia un commento”  (o “commenti” se ne sono già stati inseriti) prevista nella sezione sinistra (o prima del testo per schermi ridotti come i tablets) dei posts stessi affinchè tutti possano leggerli.  Il dibattito è sempre interessante per tutti…..grazie (è indispensabile lasciare nome e cognome – i commenti anonimi non saranno pubblicati)!!