Comments on: Ecstatic

By: Susan Crayne

Susan Crayne — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:47:23 +0000

Hi,

I saw the wonderful HD version of Dr. Atomic with Susan Graham as host, and have been obsessed with her necklace every since. Do you have any idea where she got it? It probably cost $20,000, but a girl can dream.

Susan

By: Nora

Nora — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:42:00 +0000

I’m glad that someone else was upset by the font on that subway sign. I thought it was only me.

By: OF

OF — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:43:39 +0000

You did fine during your interview with Susan Graham. It was rather reassuring hearing from someone my age who is as enthusiastic about music as I am. I must say that the new opera that has been commissioned by Lincoln Center Theater you are writing sounds fascinating. I realize that you did not want to divulge too much about the plot to the HD audience, though I am intrigued by the prospect of an opera centered on computer identities. I would be very interested in hearing the piece and hope I will have a chance to be in New York for the premiere.

By the way, you were not the only one who was distracted by Susan Grahamâ€™s dazzling jewelry. After all, it is the opening night of the Metropolitan Opera!

By: Maury D'Annato

Maury D'Annato — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:24:25 +0000

You looked a little flummoxed by the Verdi quiz, as anyone would be (well anyone but opera queens, who sit around in half darkened rooms, feverishly revising our precisely ranked lists of favorite Early Verdi operas, favorite Strauss-non-Hoffmansthal operas, favorite operas about arugula) but generally came off as coherent and smart. Don’t fret. Also, fairly well substantiated rumour has it Ms. Graham is a republican, so you don’t owe her anything.

By: marcus

marcus — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:06:33 +0000

My favorite fun font is
Visitation.

http://eknp.com/php/fd.php?f=visitation

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:21:31 +0000

I saw you on the Met HD and posted to the opera community on Livejournal(because I had forgotten your name, I was tired after four hours of opera), and they linked me here. I think it’s funny that you told Susan Graham that you had never seen Manon and you had!

I’m looking forward to hearing about your opera too-and you were very funny on camera, if an unintentional liar

By: Daniel Wolf

Daniel Wolf — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:29:03 +0000

With all respect, Helvetica? Really? Just look at the wagging tail on the capital “R”. Helvetica was a serious step down from Akzidenz-Grotesk. Gotham â€” the font in the Obama campaign materials, which powerfully echo WPA posters â€” is better in every way.

Bondoni, on the other hand, is just fine, though this page looks better in Georgia, a great screen font.

By: Khaleem

Khaleem — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:28:09 +0000

Wendell is right. The interview was fine – it was clear you were a little flustered by the “what’s your favorite” questions, which isn’t a very interesting line to take with someone who has much more to say. But you were a good sport and, it’s OK, I think Susie did a good job.

By: Julian

Julian — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:00:15 +0000

The interview came across well on HD! I liked your Verdi-cabinetmaker analogy. Anyway, your planned opera sounds (from what you said and what I’ve read) so exciting. Do you have a sense of when the rest of us will get to hear it?

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:58:48 +0000

No arugula to be seen from my HD movie theater! Even better, it’s great for 20-somethings and 30-somethings who don’t know Simon Boccanegra from Satyagraha to hear someone like you sounding smart and enthusiastic about opera. The Met should have you on the HD’s or Sirius/radio bcasts more often.

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:33:02 +0000

Gawd – that font is ugly. And not just originally ugly, but tortured in layout ugly too. Stretched or something, from what I can tell.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:24:48 +0000

Your interview was a highlight amidst a pretty poor collection of features and interviews for the HD Broadcast. I would rather watch you lie to Susan Graham’s face than watch Martha Stewart make a cocktail in tribute to Renee Fleming.

By: Zander

Zander — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:27:29 +0000

I’ve been to that theater! I saw the Rite of Spring project there last fall, which was pretty cool, spectacularly orientalist theater aside. What a crazy space. I kinda want to go to a church service there sometime just to see what it’s like.

By: Wendell

Wendell — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:17:03 +0000

I saw the HD broadcast, and didn’t notice any arugula in your teeth. In fact, you looked pretty adorable. As for already having seen Manon, it was the Puccini version of the story that the Met did about six months ago. The last time they did the Massenet version was in April 2006, so you may have been having a senior moment, but you weren’t lying.