Sicklist: Baden-Baden loses star from its gala
mainElina Garanca has crashed out, ordered by her doctors to take a week’s break.
She is replaced on July 22 and 24 by the Russian mezzo Ekaterina Gubanova – a fine artist but not quite the same fire-power as the other stars on show: Anja Harteros, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel.
….not quite the same fire-power as the other stars on show –
Do we really want to read such a remark?
Not really. Putting down people – at least some people – appears to be the blog writer’s hallmark. But do you see any reason to take this seriously?
Having listened to the tv transmission of the 24 July concert in the meantime, I can also state that the remark putting down Ms. Gubanova is not only poor form, but lacks good musical judgement as well.