Re: Goerke's horrible NORMA
Ortrud
> Did anyone else make the mistake of going to this besides me?
> Ghastly is too kind a word to use to describe Christine Goerke's
> recent performances of NORMA in Philly.
> Ok, she might have been sick (she did cancel half of one performance)
> but does that explain why she can't seem to hit a pitch dead on (she
> was never on pitch), why she can't render coloratura runs cleanly, why
> her high notes were squally and harsh, why she can't blend into an
> ensemble instead of screaming so loudly that it shatters ear drums?
> She seems to revel in the fact that she can be the loudest thing on
> two chubby legs.
> If a singer has a good technique and can depend on it to pull them
> through, being sick should not matter all that much.
> Troubles begain with the Casta diva. There was no magic, no caressing
> those phrases, no getting behind the words. It was dull, flat and
> embarrassing. And things only got worse.
> Whatever happened to this singer?
> Bobby H
Wow, thanks for the report. I haven't seen any reviews of Goerke's
Norma in Philly in the classical music press. Are there any? It is
awful, these singers who swear they can sing anything and everything.
I wonder if Zubin Mehta or Seiji Ozawa, et.al. have gotten a hold of
the bad news yet.
Mrs Terfel
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I have not seen reviews either (other than RbHagen's here). Ugh,
indeed let's hope Mehta and Ozawa don't get a hold of the awful news.
Saw a picture of hers somewhere and she is looking mighty zaftig, to
boot. Not good.
Mark
She got a postive review here in Washington, DC for her Chrysotemis
last Saturday.
LT
> She got a postive[sicK] review here >in Washington, DC
That's 'postive-ley' true, Merdy. Too bad none of your other posts
have ever been.
Tsk....tsk....
La Donna Mobile
> She got a postive review here in Washington, DC for her Chrysotemis
> last Saturday.
Naturally. But of course. Someone by the name of Richard Tucker must
be spinning in his grave.