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Welcome
Thank you for visiting the site for
more news and information about Daniel Snyder, tenor.
I'm
currently in preparation for the role 'Tom Buchanan' in the remount of
Harbison's 'Great Gatsby' to play in San Francisco at the Yerba Buena
Center for the Arts, Feb 10, 11, and 12.
Role preparation is always an historical and
literary exploration, and one of the great privileges of being a
singer. The role of Tom presents the opportunity to reflect on the
'20's, the implications of sudden prosperity, the meaning of lifelong
commitments taken up casually as well as the concept of reliving the
past.
Rereading Fitzgerald in itself has been
rewarding and as always with him - puzzling. In my opinion Gatsby
contains no transcendence. This is a hallmark of post WWI literature.
Where it is prophetic is in the novel's deconstruction of the new
modernist order that appears in substitution for the romantic ideals of
the past age. How many times have we Americans lived boom to bust in
our own lifetimes - dancing furiously while the wine is flowing and
taking our infallability for granted. What haunts about Gatsby is Mr.
Gatsby's insistence on the prospect of winning the future by
recapturing the past. The fact that this 'green light' of his pulls us
through the story means that there is something inside us that cheers
for Gatsby as a hero, even though he seems tainted.
Ultimately, we are creatures of time and we
can never go back while the future is always uncertain. This is what
'Daisy Knows' as Tom sings during one amazing ensemble in the opera.
It would be great to see you at the show -
www.ensembleparallele.com/
Dec 2011, New York
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