La Juive

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

Ilana,

A quick internet search for information on the production of La Juive
only produced information on the Opera Orchestra of NY
(228 W 72nd St, NYC, NY, (212) 799-1982).  Can you tell us the
schedule, etc.?  Are you involved with the production?

Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: IKochinska (at) aol(dot)com <IKochinska (at) aol(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant. <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 11:05 PM
Subject: Moses und Aron at the Met


>A very delayed response to Eliott's comments on Moses und Aron - I
also saw it
>& found it very powerful - didn't feel let down dramatically by the
absence of
>Act 3, but I agree with your indignation at the fact that one of our
great &
>most important composers couldn't even get support to finish a major
work..
>(Maybe things aren't getting that much worse after all, but have
always been
>so... )
>As much of a genius as Schoenberg was, I'm not sure I can really go
so far as
>to agree that the Golden Calf scenes were a warning to German Jewry
in
>particular -- that is, that Schoenberg was a historical as well as a
musical
>prophet -- but certainly Germany and other parts of Western Europe,
as well as
>the US, could have provided him with inspiring examples of debauchery
in the
>'20s & '30s.  Hmm.
>He was certainly a man of astonishing depth in both music and
philosophy.
>While I think it's undeniable that he, as a beleaguered prophet of
his art,
>identified with the character of Moses, I don't think that by itself
is an
>interpretation of the opera, so much as it gives one insight into
Schoenberg's
>passionate and intuitive grasp of the character of Moses & the people
around
>him.
>Also, I thought we saw a fine performance (even British opera singers
act
>well, if those two are any example).
>Any other thoughts on this -- or on other 'Jewish' operas?  For
anyone
>interested in this -- a concert performance of La Juive is coming up,
courtesy
>of the Opera Orchestra of NY.
>Ilana
>
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