Hey, Rufus, I remember Jessye Norman doing Schoenberg's "Erwartung" (and "Gurrelieder:" and Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex" and Renée Fleming has done many new operas, though I'll also go with Berlioz.
Hey, Rufus, I remember Jessye Norman doing Schoenberg's "Erwartung" (and "Gurrelieder:( and Renée Fleming has done many new operas, though I'll also go with Berlioz.
He says, "It has been a "HUGE" success." No it wasn't. The house was half empty when I saw him in on a solo tour in Phoenix. And the reviews were not glowing, either. Read the reviews in the Washington Post: his tour was called "inaccessible" and the opera was widely panned as mediocre. I think Rufus is a risk taker for sure and great. But he's also a ruthless self-promoter who is a desperate narcissist.
@MrThistleFlower Well he did say in the interview that some reviews disliked it and were very critical of it, you're essentially rewriting what he said in the interview.
I saw his solo show in Perth, Australia and it was fabulous!
narazarth 5 months ago
What is he talking about that "These women don't do modern opera" Oh dear...that was an unfortunate faux pas!
mshellnj 1 year ago
Hey, Rufus, I remember Jessye Norman doing Schoenberg's "Erwartung" (and "Gurrelieder:" and Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex" and Renée Fleming has done many new operas, though I'll also go with Berlioz.
suryavarmanvii 1 year ago
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Hey, Rufus, I remember Jessye Norman doing Schoenberg's "Erwartung" (and "Gurrelieder:( and Renée Fleming has done many new operas, though I'll also go with Berlioz.
suryavarmanvii 1 year ago
Hey, Rufus, I remember Jessye Norman doing Schoenberg's "Erwartung" and Renée Fleming has done many new operas, though I'll also go with Berlioz.
suryavarmanvii 1 year ago
Wonderful man
vburm 1 year ago 2
He says, "It has been a "HUGE" success." No it wasn't. The house was half empty when I saw him in on a solo tour in Phoenix. And the reviews were not glowing, either. Read the reviews in the Washington Post: his tour was called "inaccessible" and the opera was widely panned as mediocre. I think Rufus is a risk taker for sure and great. But he's also a ruthless self-promoter who is a desperate narcissist.
MrThistleFlower 1 year ago
@MrThistleFlower Well he did say in the interview that some reviews disliked it and were very critical of it, you're essentially rewriting what he said in the interview.
ASadHippoOnABicycle 1 year ago
@MrThistleFlower WTHAYTA?
girlznguitarz 1 year ago
@MrThistleFlower Pheonix is in America, he said his European solo tour was a success.
desmondmyers 10 months ago
think Rufus meant to say prolific there and not precocious - although he was that too! As usual I am dazzled by this man.
brontedesk 1 year ago 3
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DogAmongMen 1 year ago
I wish I could've heard it.
emilygclarinet 1 year ago