I know that Salome sings a lot about Jokanaan's white body, but I don't think it requires him to be costumed bare-chested, as Grimsley was here. Commanding even from the cistern, resonant, the high point of the production. Yet Downey praises Greer’s apocalyptic performance. So has Santa Fe reviewer Charles Downey seen the sexy DVD from Covent Garden? It’s Salome played by Maria Ewing and Michael Devlin as John the Baptist? Michael wears nothing but his white hide, a wild mane of black hair and a loin cloth. His clothes would have been in tatters as any mortal’s spirit would have been. I say the audience sees JtB through Salome’s eyes as desirable. Incidentally there’s a great picture of Greer as JtB from Santa Fe, photographed by Ken Howard in 2006.Ī reviewer says Jokanaan, John the Baptist, would probably look like Hell after his imprisonment and a biblical diet of crickets so why is Greer performing bare chested. So isn’t it funny when performers get questioned for baring too much? To me it just goes back to the question of what is art, particularly with the Anna Nicole Smith opera in the works. Fred Matthews, Siggy Seigel, Greer Grimsley. On that note each of the singers I have chatted with recently have also mentioned health. Not for his own health or well-being so much as marketability. So I was watching the View recently and Sherri Sheperd says she has an opera singer friend who feels concerned about his weight. The territory of gods, royalty, warriors and women. Opera is known for tackling weighty issues.
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