Renee Fleming in Manon

Seeing it tonight. Peter Davis in New York magazine said:

"What a relief to hear Renée Fleming sounding something like the singer she was a decade ago, before superstardom arrived and “The Beautiful Voice,” “America’s Soprano of Choice,” and all the other silly promotional labels were glued onto her. Her deluxe instrument is right now at its ripest maturity (savor the moment—it never lasts long enough): an easily produced, warmly vibrant, smoothly textured voice responsive to anything she cares to ask from it. Most of the annoying cooing mannerisms, glottal exaggerations, pitch bending, and annoying rubato excesses that have disfigured her singing lately have been toned down for the current Manons, and her most musical instincts come to the fore. With Marcelo Álvarez as an elegantly considerate Des Grieux for her duet partner, Fleming takes her place as one of the Met’s great Manons, in face, figure, and charm of manner as well as vocal distinction."

Anyone see it?

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Don't hold back, VA. Just say what's on your mind.

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Careful, tiger. You're losing credibility.

Anyway, she was great tonight. But what a slut that Manon is! Girlfriend wants EVERYONE to have sex with her!

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Don't worry. Voiceanth was just being bitchy about a diva.

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Updated On: 10/8/05 at 01:26 AM

Is so nice to see Namo is still as obvious, as well, an elephant in the room..

Not being bitchy - just giving my thoughts..

As I said, I'm a Millo fan and people loathe her and never find anything in her performances to praise...

I praised Fleming just noted what my ears heard in the dress circle...and Joey, where once I was a lone dissenter, there is now an army...Miss. Fleming has sung strangley, one too many time (note: The Opening of NYP, where she did hip hop dance movements to "Let the bright seraphim" and as one person put it "sexed it up"

Sexed up ?? Let the bright Seraphim????

When I used to say:

"Hey does anyone here the bad diction, or the scooping or the weird attacks, or the swooning or mooning or the lack of any tempermant".

It seeemed as if I was talikng of a sacred Inca Goddess who could do nothing but let out vocal drops of whipped cream..

Now, people (as evidenced by Peter G. Davis) hear the abnormalities and are mentiong it..and prasing her when she drops them..

Look, her beloved teacher used to tell her "Renee, for god's sake, just SING it"...once she died, things got REAL bad.....

Updated On: 10/8/05 at 09:25 AM

That is EXACTLEY what I AM saying!!!

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Opera has to be the last blood sport left. It aint safe for anyone. On or off the stage.

Oh my dear bo five - I am thrilled you went to Manon of ALL the operas one would choose ....so unusual a choice?

What was your favorite moment the night you went?- what was your favorite part?

Can you spell it out - in french! ?? Do you know who wrote this opera? What was his real masterpiece? Iguess in the age of the internet that should bean easy one...

Right!

Your dealing with opera people here and its hard to hoodwink us unlike lies told to broadway dopes or dupes...I mean if you don't know if the aria ended on a C or an out of tune D flat - well it pretty much gives it all away!

You DO know most opera reviewers have never sung a note of it (unlike myself) yet give their opinions at will..Some have never even taken a lesson or know how to sight read (I did ! I have).

AS I stated, I came from some sort of run through - so that just may concern singing - real - not made up!

Your short and totally unbelieveable review proves that the only french you would know concerns fries..

As for my looks,(and YOUR photo is where??) I agree, so horrid.... yet people always seem to want to meet me..or know me or buy me a drink - I guess they take pity on me!!

Real ones too! Not made up ones..

Well, If you do post a photo just try not to SMILE in any of them.... it will make matters even worse than they already are..

Updated On: 10/9/05 at 12:36 AM