tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28061513.post654515574469136254..comments2023-03-23T11:34:06.273-07:00Comments on Where in the world is Uncle Jeff today?: A (Mostly) Sunny Day in PotsdamJ.B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03992966848219249646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28061513.post-45057293545510431372007-07-11T15:02:00.000-07:002007-07-11T15:02:00.000-07:00Yes, I wondered if that might be the case. Not be...Yes, I wondered if that might be the case. Not being familiar with the opera, I didn't know that.<BR/><BR/>I also wish we could have stayed for the third act, but that wasn't possible.J.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03992966848219249646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28061513.post-34722525468707604632007-07-11T14:59:00.000-07:002007-07-11T14:59:00.000-07:00dear boy,casting octavian with a female singer is ...dear boy,<BR/>casting octavian with a female singer is not non-traditional. (unless you were meaning to imply that strauss' original conception was non-traditional, which by the way it was not. see: mozart, cherubino, le nozze di figaro.)<BR/>octavian was written for female voice, almost always sung by a mezzo, though occasionally negotiated by a soprano (i.e. elisabeth soderstrom, lisa della casa, sena jurinac).<BR/>it is long and can be a tough slog for a first-timer. but, too bad you missed the third act; the final 20 minutes are sublime.uncle leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636584478723593402noreply@blogger.com