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| re: James Levine passed away over a week ago | |
| Posted by: larry13 09:39 pm EDT 03/17/21 | |
| In reply to: re: James Levine passed away over a week ago - PlayWiz 05:05 pm EDT 03/17/21 | |
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| And, re her Susanna in "Figaro," there was the time--years and years before she was fired--when she threw all the belongings of Carol Vaness(the Countess)out of Vaness' dressing room because Battle thought SHE should have been assigned the "#1" ladies dressing room. Talk about a toxic workplace. And, probably because of Levine, this was allowed. | |
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| re: James Levine passed away over a week ago | |
| Posted by: Zelgo 10:34 am EDT 03/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: James Levine passed away over a week ago - larry13 09:39 pm EDT 03/17/21 | |
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| It seems that the MET's firing of Battle gave courage to all the other great opera houses to stop booking her. Did Battle ever appear on stage anywhere in an opera after that? |
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| re: James Levine passed away over a week ago | |
| Posted by: larry13 11:25 am EDT 03/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: James Levine passed away over a week ago - Zelgo 10:34 am EDT 03/19/21 | |
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| I've always read that she never ever appeared again in a staged opera anywhere in the world. It is a bit amazing to me that it took the Met(finally)firing her for all these other opera houses to stop hiring her, no matter what they'd had to endure during earlier engagements. |
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| re: James Levine passed away over a week ago | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:35 am EDT 03/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: James Levine passed away over a week ago - larry13 11:25 am EDT 03/19/21 | |
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| "It is a bit amazing to me that it took the Met (finally) firing her for all these other opera houses to stop hiring her, no matter what they'd had to endure during earlier engagements." Agreed. I guess it speaks to human nature, and doesn't speak very well of it at all :-( |
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