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...Dutchman Edo de Waart. Gelmetti's performance of Ravel's Bol?ro two years ago has already passed into Sydney folklore. Loose of hip, his stomach thrust forward, he seemed to coax Ravel's rhapsodic wave out of his shoulders. Seeing him perform the same piece with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra a year before, the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel went so far as to say, "Gelmetti conducts with his stomach." Whatever the case, his expansive enjoyment of the music is infectious. "For a big guy, he's quite jazzy in a way," notes Calnin. "He's really got that rhythm...
...calming effect – I’m sure most of us would say the same about our extracurriculars…Personally, I value the quality of the singing above all else, but perhaps it’s the many levels of any opera performance (orchestra, singing, acting, scenery, costumes, etc…) that keeps me interested. And one must never forget that singers and opera-lovers are usually a little bit crazy...
Walking down the darkened halls means an orchestra of snores coming from the bunks on the other side of the lockers...
This year’s productions promise to be no less ambitious. The Ravel will be performed in French with a full orchestra and English supertitles...
...redesign will incorporate steeply-raked seating, lighting along catwalks, control and follow-spot lighting booths and an orchestra pit into the existing infrastructure...