a timeless classic work... my FAVORITE opera of them all! and with the GREAT Jessye Norman... ohhh... and wonderful Maria Hughing... who could ever forget this performance... ever...
Henry Murray I did too, Henry. I was enthralled. It was back in 1987 and I still remember that production and how wonderful it was. Maria Ewing, Jessye Norman, Regine Crespin, Florence Quivar. Brilliant.
If you have a video of the finale of this production, please post it. There are a lot of videos of the finale in so-so productions. The finale in this production was great and used to be on RU-vid, but not now.
@@tangerinehatbox "Darren's very negative... has nothing nice to say about anything... and disable comments from his videos... which means he's also a coward as well... that's right, he can dish it out ... but can't take it.
En dépit de tout le génie de Madame Norman, l’anglais transforme et dénature complètement l’œuvre. Cela devient une « soupe « là où Poulenc a composé pour l’articulation française, claire, précise. Cette musique n’est absolument pas interprétable dans une autre langue que le Français. Celui de Bernanos, en l’occurrence. Très dommage .
It was Poulenc's intention that it be performed in the language of the country it was staged in. It's why there are multiple premiere performances from the 1950s.
