Colon Theater in Buenos Aires was inaugurated May 25, 1908 with a performance of Verdi's Aida. This is one of the opera houses the world's largest. His room, a horseshoe, one of the largest of its kind, 32m diameter, 75m deep and 28m high, presented the eclectic style of the early twentieth century, Italian and French at a time, marbles,
gilt, red velvet ... A large bronze chandelier illuminates the room 632 and its red velvet seats of the 600 bulbs. If you count the boxes, balconies and galleries, 2478 and 500 standing spectators can attend performances of the Teatro Colón. The original cupola
Marcel Ham, almost destroyed, was replaced in 1966 by a work of Argentine painter Raul Soldi.
When I met this architectural jewel of the Belle Epoque, I must have been between 11 and 12 years.
I attended with my class, a concert by the symphony orchestra.
amazed I still remember that first experience. The magnificent hall, gilding, velvet, and on stage, the musicians tuning their instruments. Then suddenly the silence, the conductor appears to applause. Again the silence, a silence as heavy as that which precedes the storm. The wand is rising and the miracle of music thing.
One of the works of this program has remained in my memory, the symphonic poem Finland of Ian Sibelius. Forever. Just as I play some chords to carry me in 1959 at my first concert at Colon.
I returned many times when I lived in Buenos Aires, but the three operas I remember particularly Perennial. The dates were unknown to me and the name of most interpreters.
So I did my research on the Internet of course. It was really sad, no pictures, very little documentation. Memory is, in Argentina, a fragile! Fortunately mine is doing well!
What was my surprise when I found that these three operas were presented in the auditorium Columbus that year. All three in 1965! I was 18.
It therefore began in May with La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi of , Violetta is embodied by Anna Moffo which the singing talent allied to great beauty. The big star of this Traviata was, however, the rental Cecilio Madanes . At that time it was said, moreover, "La Traviata" Madan ".
With the collaboration of designer Miguel Ángel Lumaldo and costume designer Eduardo Lerchundi , Madan Traviata devised a very elegant, all in sepia, like an old photo worn by time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xn6p5hB7fU
In September, it was the great Birgit Nilsson , I mean his talent and not his waistline, which presented of Turandot Puccini . I recall an extraordinary voice and a commanding presence. I must add that this was the first appearance of Montserrat Caballé on stage at the Teatro Colón. She sang the role of Liu. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_vc_txniDM China
This fairy tale, the imperial palace, the mob, and of course, this cruel princess were made to seduce the teenager j 'was.
A month later, in October 1965, Lulu of Alban Berg was a shock for me that I can compare it occurred to me that the discovery of contemporary painting at the Instituto Di Tella, in those same 60s.
A year later, this story of debauchery and blood would surely have been banned by the dictatorship of General Onganía, as was the opera Bomarzo , the Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera .
Lulu, all of twelve-tone series, a genre of music that had nothing to do with what I had heard so far, was written by Berg shortly before his death. It not happen elsewhere in the supplement. On the basis of two pieces of Frank Wedekind , the opera portrays the rise of a woman to murder her husband, then his fall to become a prostitute and finally die in the hands of Jack the Ripper.
Lulu is a femme fatale around which men die, and even a lesbian, the Countess Geschwitz.
Like The Blue Angel, she seduces men by exposing their violent impulses and domineering. It leads to social decay and death. Projection of all desires, is accused of being fickle Lulu. "I never wanted to look something else in this world for which I was taken. And I was never taken into this world for something other than what I am, "she said.
From the prologue, the trainer presents the world as a series of animals trapped in a circus. A place of captivity and exposure instincts which will then appear throughout the duration of the action. The company itself is a circus.
This opera is a metaphor for a world that destroys itself, based on the balance of power and possession.
The staging of Berg's opera belonged to the same steward Turandot, Poettgen Ernst, but my most vivid memories are those of Lulu in the red mane, Evelyn Lear who wandered in the last act, in tubular structures and reached by a spiral staircase up his wretched room in London where she would die. These sets, which dazzles me, were signed Leni Bauer-Ecsy . All of this very dark, very expressionistic.
Having found no video of that era, here's a scene of Act 1 of a performance at the Opera Royal de Wallonie in Liege in 1999. Lulu: Valentina Valente; Dr.Schoen Nicholas Christou; Alwa: Julius Best. The orchestra is led by Friedrich Player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO_jLWpVu5E
Of these three very different operas, Verdi, Puccini and Berg, Lulu might be the one who marked me the most. Possibly because of the thirst for novelty, this exhilarating vertigo that still produces in me the mystery of the unknown.
El Teatro Colón Buenos Aires fue inaugurado el 25 de mayo 1908 con la representación of Verdi's Aida. Es una de las salas más de Ópera del mundo important. Su sala Horseshoe, one of the largest of its kind, 32m diameter, 75m deep and 28m high, it presents the eclectic style of the early twentieth century, Italian and French at the same time, marble, gold, red velvet ...
A large chandelier illuminates the room and its 632 locations red corduroy with 600 lights. If you count the boxes, balconies and galleries, 2478 spectators and 500 standing may attend performances at the Teatro Colón.
The original dome Marcel Jambon nearly destroyed, was replaced in 1966 by a work of Argentine painter Raul Soldi.
When I met this jewel of Belle Époque architecture, je had to have between 11 and 12 years.
I attended with my degree, a symphony orchestra concert.
dazzled cherish a memory of this first experience. The great room, the golden, velvet, and on stage, the musicians tune their instruments. Then suddenly the
silence, the conductor appears to the applause. Again the silence, a silence heavy as that before the storm. The baton is raised and the miracle of music that is imposed. One of the works of the program remained in my memory, the symphonic poem of Finland Sibelius Ian. Forever. Just to hear some of his chords for transportation to 1959, my first concert in Columbus.
I went there often when I lived in Buenos Aires but the memory of three operas is particularly lively. The dates were unknown to me and the names of most of the performers. I then realized my research
obviously on the internet. It was really sad, no pictures, very few documents. Memory is, in Argentina, a fragile body! Fortunately mine is doing very well.
To my surprise when I noticed that these three operas were presented in the auditorium in the same year Columbus. The three in 1965! I was 18. all started then in May with La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi of being embodied by a Violetta Anna Moffo singer whose talent was joining a great beauty.
La Traviata star of this era, however, Cecilio regisseur Madanes. At that time it was said on the other hand "the Madanes Traviata." With the collaboration of Miguel Angel Lumaldo designer and costume Eduardo Lerchundi , Madanes Traviata imagined a great elegance, all in sepia, a little like an old photo worn by time.
Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xn6p5hB7fU
In September, was the great Birgit Nilsson , spoke of his talent and not on whether size , who presented Turandot Puccini of . I remember an extraordinary voice and a commanding presence. I must add that it was the first appearance of Montserrat Caballé on stage at the Teatro Colón. Sang the role of Liu. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_vc_txniDM China
This fairy tale, the imperial palace, the crowd unleashed and, of course, the cruel princess were made to seduce the teenager that I was then.
A month later, October 1965, Lulu of Alban Berg was for me a shock that I can compare with I made the discovery of contemporary painting at the Instituto Di Tella, in those years 60.
A year later, this story of debauchery and blood had indeed been banned by the dictatorship of General Onganía, as happened with the opera Bomarzo , the Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera . Lulu
entirely in twelve-tone series, a type of music that had nothing to do with what had heard before, was composed by Berg just before his death. So much so that did not complete.
With the basis of two works by Frank Wedekind , the opera describes the rise of a woman to murder her husband, then his
fall for a prostitute and eventually die at the hands of Jack the Ripper. Lulu is a femme fatale around which men are dead, and even a lesbian, the Countess Geschwitz.
Like the Blue Angel, seduces men by exposing their violent impulses and mastering. Leads to social decay and death. Screening of all desires, is accused Lulu being fickle. "I never wanted Apparently nothing in this world that for which I took. And I never took in this world for anything other than what I am "he says.
Already in the prologue, the trainer presents the world as a series of animals locked in a circus. A place of captivity and exposure of the instincts that will appear later during the action. Society itself is a circus.
This opera is a metaphor for the world that destroys the same, based on relations of power and possession.
The staging of Berg's opera was the same regisseur of Turandot, Ernst Poettgen but my most vivid memories are those of a red-haired Lulu who wandered in the last act, between structures tubes, and climbing a spiral staircase to her room where she would find London miserable death. These sets, which dazzled me, bore the signature of Leni Bauer-Ecsy . All very gloomy, very expressionistic.
Failing to find any videos of that time, this is a representation of Act 1 Scene 1 at the Royal Opera of Wallonia, in Liege in 1999. Lulu: Valentina Valente; Dr.Schoen: Nicholas Christou, Alwa: Julius Best. Loa orchestra is directed by Friedrich Player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO_jLWpVu5E
Among these three very different operas, Verdi, Puccini et Berg, Lulu Quizás es me that the mayor medida Marco. Posiblemente a causa sed esta novedad, este embriagador vertigo that Produce Aún hoy el misterio in E de lo Desconocido .
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