tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post6991032874013620916..comments2024-03-05T10:14:38.181+00:00Comments on CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST: Alden's new Katya Kabanova, ENODoundou Tchilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-13724445143810585302010-03-31T13:55:05.889+01:002010-03-31T13:55:05.889+01:00Actuaqlly readmy opther posts on Janacek,search th...Actuaqlly readmy opther posts on Janacek,search the search box or use labels, There is lots more, also specifically on Janacek's models and what they might imply in performance practice.Doundou Tchilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-49714256950831613072010-03-31T12:29:51.653+01:002010-03-31T12:29:51.653+01:00A very good point, thanks ! But I've always w...A very good point, thanks ! But I've always wondered about the erotic in Janacek. Ktaya needs an affair to escape her life but she's at heart such a puritan that she needs to confess and kill herself. It's not like she was exposed by others. <br /><br />On a deeper level, eroticism for Janacek seems to be a symbol of something else. The chase for him means more than the catch. So consummation is always elusive. To some extent it reflects Kamila, who won't sleep with him because it "breaches convention", but in fact because she didn't fancy him. So he turns that refusal artisticly into a kind of justification for having heroines like Katya, Jenufa and Mila suffer for their wild instincts. He's equating sexual freedom with personal and artistic freedom. Hence From the House of the Dead where he doesn't have to disguise it in female roles. None of this either in this production, alas.Doundou Tchilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-25227804022191755812010-03-31T11:17:43.868+01:002010-03-31T11:17:43.868+01:00I think the problem with the production is the lac...I think the problem with the production is the lack of genuine connection and eroticism in the central act. I admired Alden separating his characters, highlighting the disconnect, but the text clearly speaks of an impassioned summer night tryst in Act 2. Without that central pillar there is no sense of jeopardy. Musically, however, the evening had much to offer.Gavin Plumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367649538228383713noreply@blogger.com