Split personality. Liking the arts, especially opera, and hockey and Los Toros. I know, I know THAT one is non pc currently. But I can't help it saw some in Spain and got hooked, but good.
But on the other hand right now opera and hockey are in the forefront!
"Part I of «Rigoletto a Mantova», a hybrid of opera, cinema, and Giuseppe Verdi was presented on RAI as a virtual opera. From reports this was not done in a proper opera house, where singers are on stage and the orchestra and conductor in the pit. This was shown as live TV show from an Italian Palazzo and the orchestra elsewhere". Some photos taken by Italian Photographer(s) show how it was done. This was ONLY act one, with the rest to follow on Sunday-tomorrow..am not certain at what time Central Summer Time but you could go to
The article I read, mentioned "the slow conducting (Zubin Mehta had to slow things down because it must have been a nightmare to keep things together under those conditions -- already at a slower-than-normal tempo-- a fast Rigoletto would probably fall apart anyway) and the way Mehta didn't really seem to be meshing with the singers. Again, the orchestra was somewhere else and everything had to be linked and patched together".
Rigoletto being duped to assist in his own daugher's abduction
Placido Domingo "turns Rigoletto on its head, making that a key of his interpretation of the character. Rigoletto as a man on the brink of madness and of cruelty. Rigoletto as a weak man playing his cards very close to the chest. But the key here is the shaky balance between weakness -- it's always the curse (never his fault) to the tragic end -- and the love for his daughter".
"But it's such a treat to see the red carpet being rolled out for opera -- on prime time Italian State TV on a Saturday night with the Italian President as MC.
It warms every opera lover's heart, regardless of the results"
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