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Festival Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos

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My review of Festival Opera's Ariadne auf Naxos is on San Francisco Classical Voice.

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It did not seem appropriate to mention this in a review, but at this performance I realized that Richard Strauss' music really does make me feel a little queasy. I also got an inkling of why not everyone likes bird-like high voices, but only for a few seconds.

The English translation of the Prologue was amusing and I especially liked it when Zerbinetta says "Opera is easy if you just pay attention."

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    Tod Brody

    After the second performance, I turned to my colleague in the orchestra and said “would it kill him to stay in the same key for more than two measures?” The harmonies and the harmonic direction shift so constantly that one can frequently feel at sea.

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