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Monday, May 19, 2014

Astonishingly malicious trash: Perverse casting disables Richard Jones's new Glyndebourne Rosenkavalier - Reviews - Classical - The Independent

"Since this Octavian (Tara Erraught) is a dumpy girl with the demeanour of a scullery-maid, and since the two seem so alike in age, you’d say it was a torrid lesbian affair." Ok, most opera review is rubbish, but in it's provincial malice, this one crosses a very basic line of civility. The real Ochs here is the reviewer, and were I her family or friend I'd call him out in the best Viennese manner, at the end of a sabre.

 casting disables Richard Jones's new Glyndebourne Rosenkavalier - Reviews - Classical - The Independent

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  1. http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2014/05/20/314007632/in-2014-the-classical-world-still-cant-stop-fat-shaming-women?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140520 good summary of this crowd:

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