tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641460491129602270.post2575192892170833977..comments2012-01-26T14:44:11.875-08:00Comments on Sly Wit: Opera 101—The Modern World and the UnderworldSylviehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12894115691475045438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7641460491129602270.post-77521521110963373642011-01-21T13:38:02.901-08:002011-01-21T13:38:02.901-08:00Lovely to meet you briefly too. I just watched the...Lovely to meet you briefly too. I just watched the Cocteau movie yesterday for the first time, at home, and it was a wonderful experience. Though Jean Marais, Cocteau's boyfriend, was a pretty crummy actor, everybody else was great, particularly that mean Maria Casares from "Les Enfants du Paradis." The cheap, imaginative special effects hold up beautifully, and the film has an hypnotic, dreamlike quality that is genuinely poetic.<br /><br />I've been listening to a recording of the Philip Glass opera from a recent Portland production, and have decided it's one of my favorite scores of his. The bouncy, upbeat sound is unexpected, sounding more Nino Rota than "Satyagraha." I'd recommend trying to hunt down a copy of the recording, because the music is fun. What's really cheeky about Glass making an opera out of the screenplay is that the movie already has a beautiful musical score by the greatest French film composer of all time, Georges Auric, which sounds completely different.<br /><br />Hope to see you again soon.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.com