tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458752.post113559226255338789..comments2023-10-26T08:19:23.900-04:00Comments on an unamplified voice: ReceptionJSUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477558636942883735noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458752.post-1135700051901352992005-12-27T11:14:00.000-05:002005-12-27T11:14:00.000-05:00You'll be amused to hear after saying I don't get ...You'll be amused to hear after saying I don't get something like AmTrag stuck in my head after two listenings that I had some unknown ear-worm this morning that turned out to be the rather haunting sequence with the hymn.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458752.post-1135654286107911112005-12-26T22:31:00.000-05:002005-12-26T22:31:00.000-05:00"Did you say some stations actually chose to preem...<I>"Did you say some stations actually chose to preempt the broadcast with Christmas music?"</I><BR/><BR/>Opera-L has reports. The most mind-boggling is <A HREF="http://listserv.cuny.edu/Scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0512d&L=opera-l&O=D&F=P&P=7693" REL="nofollow">here</A>.JSUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02477558636942883735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458752.post-1135635078683283812005-12-26T17:11:00.000-05:002005-12-26T17:11:00.000-05:00Beg your pardon, JSU. Did you say some stations ac...Beg your pardon, JSU. Did you say some stations actually chose to preempt the broadcast with Christmas music? Unbelievable. At least WBJC in Baltimore only played Christmas selections by opera singers in their usual lead-up to the Met broadcast. Regarding the technical glitch, I was relieved that that was resolved just before the lake scene began.<BR/><BR/>(Ariadne: The Bolshoi microphone story is interesting. They're still doing that? I might post my own account of my experience with that--some twenty odd years ago.)Clayton Kooncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05075385150588253823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458752.post-1135610487400210332005-12-26T10:21:00.000-05:002005-12-26T10:21:00.000-05:00Uh oh, visible microphones at the foot of the stag...Uh oh, visible microphones at the foot of the stage is like a near phobia of mine, by now!<BR/><BR/>Don't know how to post the exact link, but my Oct. 26 (hey 2 months ago!) post called "My 3rd Favorite Opera House" details the sonic disaster that ensued at a Moscow production [I didn't say it was on the Bolshoi mainstage] with not only a mixed ethnic, mixed language production of Aida, but ... (shudders) ... microphones on 5 ft high silver stands planted every 4 ft across the front of the stage. (There's more, so please do read it for yourself, if you like.)<BR/><BR/>Hopefully, this production has better mics!!!Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.com