| To: vocalist Subject: Re: First Bad Review Date sent: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 13:28:58 PST Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Hi,
Alex Honzen wrote: "Lastly, of course, reviews are the opinion of just one >person. Sounds like sour grapes, but its astoundingly >true - I can even cite examples from my as yet limited >experience. Sometimes it sounds like the papers are >reviewing two entirely different shows. "
I can second Alex's opinion here...we were in an opera together last year that was reviewed by the two big area papers. Indeed, they were so diametrically opposed, one wondered if they saw the same show. . I laughed recalling that one review, for example, praised the attractive, creative costumes, while the other commented on their cheapness and shabbiness. Go figure.
Julie Ballenger; soprano Evanston, IL ______________________________________________________
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