OperaNow! #38: Me and My Buddy, Oliver
This week Oliver and I forgo Skype and just chat...von Karajan turns 100 (who cares?)...celebrating the Schubertiade...Austrian arts subsidies pay big dividends...Herr Schrott and Netrebko procreate...Jerry Springer practices and winds up at Carnegie Hall...plus various soundbytes.
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I loved this show a lot. I think you should make Mike and Oliver shows a regular feature of Opera Now! And keep playing recordings and discussing them--mi piace! Cool show, boyzzzzzzzzzzz.
Loved the show as always!! I really enjoyed the Barbara Hendricks' aria - thanks for sharing, Oliver!
-- Kendall in Portland, OR
Thanks for your support y'all.
I was thinking about starting my own blog where I recommend quintessential recordings, but I have NO time to sit around typing (I'm slow).
maybe I'll just randomly blurt out my faves when I'm on the podcast. Listen carefully.
Everybody knows I have a love-hate relationship with Barbara. Her "No word from Tom" is pretty hot as is her Mozart Concert aria K.272 "Ah, lo previdi!"
Avoid her Gershwin album. Pay top dollar for her spirituals with piano.
The OC
furtwangler wasn't a nazi -- he was music director of the berlin philharmonic (1922-1945), but he never joined the party
i love you oliver, and i am not just saying that because you asked us to on the last podcast. you have always been my favorite on operanow! hope i get to meet you someday.
I misspoke with Furtwangler. I was thinking of someone else.
In my search for info I discovered a movie called "Taking Sides" that tells his story with Stellan Skarsgard as Wilhelm and Harvey Keitel.
It's now on my Netflix queue.
sadly, 'taking sides' barely skims the surface (and harvey keitel is horrible in it) and it's yet another movie about classical music made by people who know nothing about classical music ('immortal beloved', 'copying beethoven', 'impromptu', etc.). if you're really curious, read shirakawa's 'the devil's music master' - that's the real story.
Apparently you can be Hitler's chief conductor, but as long as you didn't actually join the Nazi party, then no one can call you a Nazi. Other conductors with more conscience left to take up less glamorous posts elsewhere.
For the record, it was Karl Böhm I was initially thinking of.
His record was dubious at best.
Hi guys! It's very nostalgic for me to hear your voices. I really enjoyed the conversation. When are you going to talk to Brooklyn's populist opera company, Opera on Tap?
We're coming to Chicago this spring. Let's hang.
I love the show and enjoyed the aria. If you do more Mike and Oliver shows I think adding a musical segment would be great. I'd also be interested in your recording recommendations. Maybe you could do those on shows when there hasn't been a lot of opera news.
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