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From: Jean de Leyde
Date: 28 Feb 2007
Time: 12:42:00 -0500
Remote Name: 145.53.134.139
Dear all, The unimaginable has happened: a grand opéra - Halévy's great La Juive - is going to be performed by the Netherlands National Opera in Amsterdam. The company is co-producer of the current Paris-production and the opera is scheduled for September 2009. Thank you, Pierre Audi! Let's hope 'Amsterdam' can afford Massis, Shicoff, Lloyd, Antonacci and Oren...... Of course, before that we (at least I) will have to try to change the many misguided judgements about Halévy's style and about the concept of Grand Opéra and Scribean stories. What a great prospect and challenge! Next opera: a complete Meyerbeer, be it Grand or comique! (I would love to see a complete Etoile du Nord with stellar singers.) Kindest, Jean de Leyde