[Magdalen] For would-be Venetians and Lovers of the Baroque Everywhere

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 22, 2018 5:41 PM
>To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] For would-be Venetians and Lovers of the Baroque	Everywhere
>
>There is another John Eliot Gardiner version on YouTube, done in the Palace
>of Versailles, but I don't like it as well, even though the sound might be
>a little more "perfect". For one thing, you miss all the glory of the
>cathedral, and for another, I just think this one is probably more like the
>original, only better ;)
>
>On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Jay,
>>
>> I am going to watch it on my Smart Tv soon, maybe tonight. Jordi Savall's
>> version was my favorite but then I just saw Opera Vision's version of a
>> performance of Monteverdi's Orfeo from Hungary, and I had to admit it was
>> better than Savall's version which was quite good; however, as much as I
>> loved the music; I found the opera in Savall'a production boring and the
>> newer performance kept my interest.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>> >Sent: Jan 22, 2018 4:44 PM
>> >To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> >Subject: [Magdalen] For would-be Venetians and Lovers of the Baroque
>>  Everywhere
>> >
>> >Totally geeking out on this today. It's my favorite rendition of
>> >Monteverdi's Vespers, done quite a few years ago in San Marco. I had a
>> >video of it once, but it was lost in the divorce. Anyway it was a VHS.
>> >
>> >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJIwFO9A1f8&t=1221s
>>
HI Jay,

OPera Vision is free and the version will be on line for a while.  It is easy to sign  up for Opera vision  It is an upgrade of another Opera program from the UK   It was Opera Platform; it is essentially the same thing only not particularly British. 

Joe