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operanc
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Posted:02/06/2008 5:00 PM |
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What performer/artist would you like to see return in another OCNC production?
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| Gina (guest) |
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Posted:02/06/2008 11:15 PM |
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Future invites for Lisa Daltirus, John Fowler, Talise Trevigne, and David Ossenfort (despite Roy Dicks' lukewarm N&O review.... isn't Mr. Dicks really a country music critic?)
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| Roy Dicks (guest) |
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Posted:02/11/2008 7:32 PM |
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Hi. I just wanted to clear up any confusion Gina might have about me. I'm assuming her reference to me as a "country music critic" is tongue-in-cheek. However, just to set the record straight - I've been the classical music critic for the News & Observer for over ten years, and have written music reviews for national publications. (I also review dance and theatre for the N&O).
I have sung in operas, I have directed operas, and I have written two original librettos for operas that were produced. I have seen about 350 operas staged in the US, Canada, Europe and South America. I have collected opera recordings for almost 5 decades and am familiar with the standard repertory as well as many rarely heard works.
Mine is only one opinion, but I hope an informed and experienced one. I don't expect or want everyone to agree with my assessments. I do hope my reviews make people think about their own reactions and give them some ideas about evaluating performances. Any criticism I give OCNC production is always based on its own standards and best productions.
I have supported OCNC from its beginnings a decade ago, and continue to be thankful for its presence here. I look forward to many more enjoyable performances.
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operanc
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Posted:02/12/2008 11:00 AM |
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I'm sure Gina's comments were tongue in cheek. We'll never let the Forum degenerate into personal attacks, else we would have to pull it. Interestingly, the Performers topic was the one that was of most concern to me when we decided to create the Forum. When evaluating performers, where is the line when it begins to sound personal? If a singer has had better days and our audience posts their opinions about it, when might one be considered insulting? I suppose newspaper critics have to walk this fine line often. I don't want to become thought police though. We respect the opinions of all critics, all audience members, and everyone involved with the creation of the show. A great thing about the Forum is that it allows evaluation to rest in the hands of the general public, not just an appointed person or two. The Internet has opened the gates in many similar ways (for better or worse depending on the forum!)
Frank
General Director
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| Gina (guest) |
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Posted:02/14/2008 10:02 PM |
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Excuse me while I extricate my foot from my mouth.....ahhh, that's better. I apologize to you, Roy Dicks, especially, and anyone else who may have been offended by my comment in my previous post to this forum. It was tongue-in-cheek and seemed rather innocuous at the time. After reading my own words a week later, reading Mr. Dicks' response, and upon further reflection, I can see how my comment could be viewed as irreverent.
Mr. Dicks, my comment was not made in the spirit of debasing your experience and credibility. It was simply my (feeble) attempt at humor, the genesis of which was a sentence in your review of Lucia De Lammermoor (which for completely selfish reasons I feel compelled to address, but I don't want to take up any more space here, so I shall, if you will indulge me, continue my explanation and attempt at redemption at your published email address)
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