Newsgroup: it.arti.musica.classica
Titolo: Cheryl Studer in Berlin

Cheryl Studer has sung Strauss' Four Last Songs with the Berlin
Philharmonic on 6 & 7 September.  The original program consisted of
scenes from Elektra (w/ Polaski, Studer & Grundheber).  However, due to
Claudio Abbado's indisposition (recovering from heart surgery) he was
replaced by David Zinman and so the program was changed.  Of the 6
September performance today's "Berliner Morgenpost" reports:
(...)
"Vor allem für Cheryl Studer kam das Konzert einer Rehabilitierung
gleich. In München übel gemobbt, musste sie sich, Nerven zermürbend,
die Rückkehr auf die Bühne gerichtlich erstreiten und siegte. Dort wie
hier sozusagen aus voller Brust und nach wie vor heller Kehle. Sie sang
die berühmten, einschmeichelnden «Vier letzten Lieder» von Richard
Strauss mit glanzvollem, warm getöntem vokalen Strahl, jeden der
zahlreichen Höhepunkte wundervoll behutsam ansteuernd und auskostend:
ein gefeiertes Comeback durch die Hohe Pforte der Kunst."
(...)
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 gleich.
Odd.  According to everything you've written previously, she was just
fine before....
Bill
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 fine before....
To begin with, Kasimer, those are the Berlin critic's words, not mine.
Second, this was Studer's first appearance in Berlin since 1994 or 95.
So what he/she wrote has to be understood from that perspective.
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But could someone please take pity on those of us whose German is inadequate to
the task, and translate, please?  Did the revue pan or praise her?  I've always
liked Studer - at least what I've heard of her (and seen, on a documentary
about the "Faust" recording she did with Van Dam and Leech).  I've kept out of
the petty squabbling about her and the other established singers people on
these groups like to bash, but it would be nice to know what the Berlin critic
said!
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established singers people
Yes, you prefer to engage in petty squabbling about non-musical issues.
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 With fans like him, Studer needs no enemies.
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In any case, we must give pineiro credit for choosing his newspaper
carefully.  The Berliner Zeitung of the same day reports:
"Kaum überzeugend Cheryl Studer als Sängerin der Vier Letzten Lieder.
Der Stimmklang wurde ohne Rücksicht auf Textverständlichkeit geformt,
die Phrasierung war durch seltsame Atemzäsuren gestört, die
Intonation teilweise empfindlich zu tief."
And what, please, is this story about Claudio Abbado and heart surgery?
The man was operated recently for a *stomach ulcer*.
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 surgery?  The man was operated recently for a *stomach ulcer*.
If I find the report where I read it I'll post it here.
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Don't bother posting, Pineiro,
     I'll get the news from "The Aryan Nation Tagblatt" if I need it
     Racist, Bigot, Pig, that you are.
AndreEdouard
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 surgery?  The man was operated recently for a *stomach ulcer*.
My mistake.  I went back to the article and indeed it was a stomach
ulcer.  I have no idea where I got "heart attack" from.
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Thank you that you admit this.  This is an example of how vicious
and damaging rumors come into the world and often are spread about
until they make life difficult for the person involved.  Please be
more careful in future.
Claudio Abbado is doing very well.
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 The man was operated recently for a *stomach ulcer*.
Perhaps he mixed Abbado up with Maris Janssons, who has undergone
heart surgery a few months ago and is, I believe, still recovering. I'm
very curious if he will do the scheduled concerts with the Royal
Concertgebouworchestra which are coming up in a few weeks. he had to
cancel the last ones because of the surgery.
Benjamin
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