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Stanley Stewart
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« Reply #60 on: 13:35:19, 17-06-2007 »
 # 60          A speedy revival of the Aldeburgh D.I.V., George, is indeed a consummation devoutly to be wished.

I steered clear of the ENO production because I felt that I would be distracted by Ian Bostridge as Aschenbach.  My loss, I'm sure, as I do enjoy his CD recordings.   It's the stage persona which defeats me.

I even looked again at IB in an off-air video of "The Bartered Bride"; Sadler's Wells, Dec 1998; and, even supporting George Devine's strictures on an artist's right to fail, also recall a Bostridge recital at the Wigmore Hall and decided that enough was enough.

Peter Pears's performance remains the benchmark for me but I also greatly admired Philip Langridge in the role of Aschenbach.   I'm particularly keen to see Alan Oke in the role.
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #61 on: 14:14:19, 17-06-2007 »
Alan Oke was the Bob Boles in the ON Grimes last year, and for me at least, one of the best things in the show: a wonderfully realised portrayal of the frankly unhinged zealot (who quite by chance had been got-up to look disarmingly close to my mental image of a certain occasional contibutor to both this board and the other place). I hope that one day he'll be given a stab at Grimes too: I have a feeling that he'd be much more suited to the part than the Peter I saw at Newcastle. 
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Stanley Stewart
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« Reply #62 on: 16:05:48, 17-06-2007 »
 # 62         Welcome back, Ron - and in good form, too.

Yes, Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts seemed tired at Leeds after the regional tour of "Grimes".

Alan Oke has been patient and perhaps his "time in the sun" has now come.
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