Come Now, My Darling - The Ghosts of Versailles

[nadopera90]

bellissimo bravi!!!!!!

[MikelMask]

The entire performance is finally available on Met Player and well worth the wait. In my opinion this is the second best opera written since World War II after Poulenc's Dialogues Des Carmelites. I found watching the entire opera a very emotional but rewarding experience.

[teddyk4]

Terrible. Why can't we do better.

[asisecanta]

I NEED TO HAVE A WHOLE COPY OF THIS. Fantastic opera!!!!!!!!!!!!! How could I get a whole copy?

[Jellyboby]

bravo!! bravo!! terasa

[zibiza]

are bathed in the dark-silvery-blue-white coloring) with the passion and the colors and the light of the Figaro characters makes you completely understand what it is to be totally alive, and what it means to be dead. The lighting design is magic to be able to show summer and winter, paradise and hades, right next to each other - especially with the small stage the St Louis opera is on compared to the Met but there they all are, only a few yards away from each other, yet worlds apart.

[zibiza]

Opera Theatre St Louis staged this scene with both couples simultaneously, as here - and with two breath-taking changes transformed it into the happiest and saddest love song ever, all at the same time. Cherubino and the Countess are bathed in hot, golden, southern European sunshine, and they glow with lust and passion. They really get down with the sex, and the contrast of the bathed-in-silvery-white-blue-d­ark of Beaumarchais and Marie Antoinette (as all the characters in this video - contd

[yeshuapraise]

Opera Theatre St. Louis is doing this opera as part of their festival season. I won't be able to see the full production, but I snuck in to watch part of their dress rehearsal. Wonderful production, and a great opera If you get a chance, go see it.

[w7md]

This is beautiful music which sounds very Straussian , a category where Renee Fleming shines.

The Met was going to do this again in the coming season with Angela Gheorghiu but the present economic squeeze forced cancellation.

A DVD release of this would be a boon for opera lovers but don't hold your breath waiting...

Thanks for keeping this moment alive :)

[billacc37]

Does anyone know where to find a cd or dvd of this work?

[merryweatherMI3635]

Wexford Festival Opera will be performing this in October 2009. Maybe a CD or DVD will follow.

[mpsnknox]

I love this opera

[Aniretak205]

A very silly opera, but gorgeous singing!

... And I don't suppose I'm the only one who thinks Fleming's gown looks a tad umcomfortable?

[breatheasy9]

In Versailles I'm sure the gowns were a tad uncomfortable, you are right. And that is right out of Versailles during the Louis periods with a few modifications so she can sing... the neckline is a bit lower than the historical dresses to be sure, and there are some other inconsistencies, but still very close. However with that amazing voice I'll listen to her any day and she can wear any dress she wants.

[jgdmol4l]

wonderful singing...especially from Fleming (compared to some of her more recent performances)...then again it has been 2 decades since this performance so props to her for maintaining her career throughout...Teresa Stratas is also wonderful and her acting is quite good...beautiful!

[jmbankens]

This is quite wonderful....gorgeous singing all around!

[MusicalArtists]

Teresa Stratas is just amazing even when she isn't singing a note. Those eyes!