Ned Rorem in La Fenice - 11 September, 1951
from The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem 1961-1972, pages 321-322:
At the Venetian premiere in 1951 I had found it stale but was afraid to admit it. Everyone was saying, "Why do people call it a pastiche when it's pure Stravinsky? It is pastiche, and quite impure. A few very inspired tunes, but the libretto's overrefined with In-jokes and the prosody's burlesque. I left before the last act. (The babble of that international Venetian cast! Schwarzkopf's German accent, Tourel's Jewish accent, Roundsville's Broadway accent, Cuénod's nonaccent from Switzerland, and the Englisheries of dear Nell Tangeman's two or three hardworked lines.)
The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem 1961-1972 (San Francisco, ), p. 321-322. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1421598377111 accessed: 8 October, 2024
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The Rake's Progress
written by Igor Stravinksy |
performed by Robert Rounseville, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Igor Stravinksy |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 11 September, 1951 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors, in public |