Comments on: Elodie Lauten’s The Death of Don Juan http://www.sequenza21.com/2011/05/elodie-lautens-the-death-of-don-juan/ The Contemporary Classical Music Community Sun, 19 May 2013 04:27:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brian M Rosen http://www.sequenza21.com/2011/05/elodie-lautens-the-death-of-don-juan/comment-page-1/#comment-25866 Brian M Rosen Sat, 21 May 2011 15:40:37 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=5622#comment-25866 Ummm. Did we see the same show? I swung by last week (largely due to the shout outs from Sequenza21 and chambermusiciantoday) and was entirely underwhelmed. The music included some lovely gestures, but was, well, minimal. The projected imagery looked like it was made with out of the box photoshop filters. And the singing was at best, competent, and in some cases, not even that. Several sections were very unintentionally microtonal. I’m talking high school musical bad.

I don’t begrudge Sequenza21 and chambermusiciantoday for promoting small independent works, nor do I regret seeing this, there were worthy moments, but for a review to claim brilliance? That this was as accessible as broadway? (My 69 year old father’s befuddled reaction was strong empirical evidence to the contrary.) That somehow THIS is the piece that resolves the opera/music theater divide? Come on. Let’s have a sense of journalistic perspective here.

]]> By: Tom http://www.sequenza21.com/2011/05/elodie-lautens-the-death-of-don-juan/comment-page-1/#comment-25858 Tom Wed, 18 May 2011 23:30:53 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=5622#comment-25858 Awesome. I wish I could see this. I’m familiar with The Death of Don Juan as an album of recorded music only, and I’d love to see this on-stage.

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