Karen Mercedes wrote:
> Surely you jest when you imply that anyone who is as passionate a
> fan of Neil Shicoff as I am might be "put off by the unusual intensity" of
> a performer? Me?
Karen, I apologize, in that I had no intention to refer to
you personally in what I wrote - I was reflecting my
impression of many people I know how seem to have an
aversion to intensity in performers. (To cite examples of
non-intense performers whose popularity I can only
understand by positing that some people prefer easy
blandness to intensity, would violate my personal policy of
never bashing a performer in public.) On the contrary,
knowing you personally, I know you love intensity, so again,
I apologize for the impression I left. I'm glad you
corrected it.
I also like Neil Shicoff, and love his intensity (and I am
aware of many who are put off by his type of intensity, as
well), but Cura has a very different persona - a much more
extraverted intensity, I think, as compared to Shicoff's
very inward-looking intensity. And Vickers, equally
intense, has what I'd term a scary sort of intensity. So I
love Shicoff as an anguished Hoffmann, but I'd have a hard
time imagining strong-guy Cura in that role, as a strong-guy
Hoffmann would never fall for a mechanical doll or a lying
courtesan.
Peggy
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Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
"Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile"
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