John Mucci
Mon, 06 Dec 2004 12:38:14 -0800
Dear Erik:
Not drastically changed, but well-improved, I think. Yes, things are much better disposed on the page. Congratulations! I hope more people subscribe to it, as it is one of the more intelligent sites devoted to promulgating works of a composer who deserves more considered attention.
John Mucci
>Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:55:46 +0100
>The home page of Mascagni.org has drastically changed. It is now >better-looking (I hope) and focuses on "news" organized in sections, >currently: general news (including web site udpates, upcoming >performances, etc.), recordings (featuring the latest releases), and >articles. This has the benefit of making much more content directly >accessible from the home page and, hopefully, of making the site >more >attractive especially to newcomers. Check it out at: >http://www.mascagni.org/
> >Of course, feedback is welcome! > >Finally, a couple of updates, that you can find as well directly on >Mascagni.org: > >1. Four performances of Cavalleria Rusticana and Rapsodia Satanica > will take place a the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Rome Opera) in > March 2005. All the details are on the news page: > > http://www.mascagni.org/news/#id81 > > The Rome Opera has (almost) promised us in the past a Nerone, an > Amica in French, and it looks like we'll have to wait a little >bit > to see those. Still, Rapsodia Satanica is a beautiful work, and >it > is good to see an all-Mascagni program rather than the typical > Mascagni / Leoncavallo. I can only hope that they will project >the > colorized version of the movie as well, but if they plan to do > this, they don't mention it on the web site of the Rome Opera. > >2. A new DVD of Zanetto has been released on label Kicco. The DVD is > from a live November 2003 performance in Savona, Italy. Denia > Mazzola Gavazzeni and Romina Basso are conducted by Bruno > Aprea. The DVD also includes a concert with Denia Mazzola >Gavazzeni > as well as interviews. > > All the details are available here: > > http://www.mascagni.org/recordings/507726 > > A notable detail: the opening chorus of Zanetto has been >replaced > with an orchestral introduction. I have to say that it sounds > pretty good: it is light and subtle, like the rest of the opera, > and a good way of doing Zanetto if you don't want to hire a >chorus. > > This is not a bad performance of Zanetto, although Denia Mazzola > somtimes sings too much in her loud "verismo" style. The >Orchestra > Sinfonica di Savona is good, but doesn't play as well during >Denia > Mazzola's concert, which features one Mascagni piece, "Fa chei > pensier" from I Rantzau. > > All in all, a recommended DVD. > >Enjoy, > >-Erik >_______________________________________________ >mascagni-interest mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.alphanet.ch/mailman/listinfo/mascagni-interest