On Mar 11, 2005, at 3:46 AM, Michael Cook wrote:
At 12:20 -0800 10/03/2005, Mark D Lew wrote:It has been my observation that Wozzeck is most highly praised by people who are very into orchestral music but have little interest in opera. That is, the sort of people who like Wozzeck usually don't much care for Verdi and Puccini, and vice versa.
Not my experience. I get as many kicks from Wozzeck as I do from Traviata or Tosca, and in the opera theatre where I work (where we do just about all the big Wagner, Verdi and Puccini stuff) I find many people who feel the same. Wozzeck works on many levels: of course it's great orchestral music, but it's also great theatre and wonderfully written for the singers. And there are passages in Wozzeck that are just as romantic and sexy as anything by Puccini.
Michael Cook
A complete aside:
The chamber orchestration by John Rea of Wozzeck, which I mentioned previously as having a killer trombone part, was played in British Colombia a while ago, and the trombone part prompted the B.C. player to write an article about how to practice for the gig. This would only be of interest to trombonists, but I know there are some here on the list.
http://www.musicforbrass.com/articles.php?artnum=182
Christopher
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