http://virtualstoa.net/2007/11/18/sunday-verdi-blogging/ Chris Brooke's Weblog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:31:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/11/18/sunday-verdi-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-133445 Chris Brooke Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:50:13 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/11/18/sunday-verdi-blogging/#comment-133445 Oh, each Act is quite short. It's not on anything like a Wagnerian scale. Eact Act contains two scenes, so I think it's almost always performed these days as first four scenes - interval - last four scenes. Oh, each Act is quite short. It’s not on anything like a Wagnerian scale. Eact Act contains two scenes, so I think it’s almost always performed these days as first four scenes – interval – last four scenes.

]]> http://virtualstoa.net/2007/11/18/sunday-verdi-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-133019 ejh Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:04:42 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/11/18/sunday-verdi-blogging/#comment-133019 Four acts: must be hard work watching, let alone performing. I was listening to <i>Aida</i> on Radio Clásica last night: started before eight and went on until midnight... Four acts: must be hard work watching, let alone performing. I was listening to Aida on Radio Clásica last night: started before eight and went on until midnight…

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