When I saw this production I was a young opera student...Best part was Ramey was shirtless..so I was able to watch close up with binoculars to see his technique!!!! Even shirtless he makes it look easy!!!!
@vclchatte It's not uncommon though. I was just in a production of this opera and apparently the language is *terribly* hard to learn... better this way I suppose. Plus, I think it makes opera more accessible... especially a rather abstract one like this. Just my two cents. :-)
@sharky123 This really was one of the best Met telecasts. Ramey and Norman were perfect. Ramey was an elegant and charasmatic Bluebeard and Norman completely convincing as a young girl. Even the "striptease" worked perfectly as Judith figuratively and literally stripped bare Bluebeard's inner personality and soul.
When I saw this production I was a young opera student...Best part was Ramey was shirtless..so I was able to watch close up with binoculars to see his technique!!!! Even shirtless he makes it look easy!!!!
vampireratt 1 month ago
I saw this production live at the met ...Ramey was great!!!
vampireratt 1 month ago
I love his voice, great interpretation!
AlenaD92 1 month ago
Polgár is the best as Bluebeard, Ramey has no clue, what it is all about. Norman has some.
babajaga39 3 months ago
Great singing, great production - bad conducting, whoever is the culprit.
AfroPoli 7 months ago
@AfroPoli The conductor might be James Levine.
CalistoBassi 6 months ago
@CalistoBassi Yes, it is Levine. I was at the performance in 1989
MrCC379 4 months ago
@vclchatte It's not uncommon though. I was just in a production of this opera and apparently the language is *terribly* hard to learn... better this way I suppose. Plus, I think it makes opera more accessible... especially a rather abstract one like this. Just my two cents. :-)
crapbag725 10 months ago
Just superb!!! Two great singers with the ability to be "inside" the music. Ramey is absolutely the best Bluebeard I have ever heard.
PEAinSwe 1 year ago
One of the best Met telecasts ever! Ramey and Norman were mesmerizing.
sharky123 1 year ago 2
@sharky123 This really was one of the best Met telecasts. Ramey and Norman were perfect. Ramey was an elegant and charasmatic Bluebeard and Norman completely convincing as a young girl. Even the "striptease" worked perfectly as Judith figuratively and literally stripped bare Bluebeard's inner personality and soul.
arpeggio1358 1 year ago 2
He is so perfect in this role!
bassfanne45 1 year ago
Beautiful, great singers. TY
Onegin65 1 year ago