Rameau, Les Indes galantes, Chaconne
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@Bauldolino84 You are so right. I don't know to whom you are responding, but they need a reminder that all this 'historic' music, When It Was Modern (ahem), was performed also in Modern Dress, or modern dress with stylized notions. Ditto Gluck, Haendel, Mozart. Besides, I think the contrast of presentation, as someone living now, with the period instruments and this antique old music is thrilling, and makes the point of how immediate the music still is.
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@NiallMS Russia, for one.
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@NiallMS it's actually rather common to clap like that in the end of shows like opera etc.
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Lovely Chaconne with Baroque Trumpet !!! .... so velvety and sweet !!! ♥
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I think that the mix presented here is absolutely beautiful. Opera is in some ways the culmination of art forms - singing (requiring some of the most dexterity of the human voice), dance, music , theatre - and it should be treated as a changing art form. The usage of 17/18th century operatic structure with a blend of experimental dance and antiquated forms is, in my opnion, absolutely brilliant and I thoroughly enjoyed the interpretation. Art's fluidity is its genius.
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@Bauldolino84 I think that the mix presented here is absolutely beautiful. Opera is in some ways the culmination of art forms - singing (requiring some of the most dexterity of the human voice), dance, music , theatre - and it should be treated as a changing art form. The usage of 17/18th century operatic structure with a blend of experimental dance and antiquated forms is, in my opnion, absolutely brilliant and I thoroughly enjoyed the interpretation. Art's fluidity is its genius.
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A glimpse of the orchestra would have been good!
Where on earth do the audience all clap in unison?
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beautiful! such kindness and humanism!



So you think performance of opera should be either ultra-modern or ultra-historical? You can't possibly dichotomize something like artistry. Sorry, but I don't think opera needs to be restricted to stuffy courtly dances and powdered wigs... and having seen this production live and on DVD, I don't think the audience was so adamant about Baroque choreography either. That ACTUALLY seemed to enjoy it. I could be wrong, but I think that's the intent behind such art.
Bauldolino84 4 years ago 17
It's called artistic freedom. And it works just fine here. The problem with your view of historically informed practice, is that you believe these operas and ballets should only be performed one way. How restrictive!
norcalrobbie2 4 years ago 14