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mcnally
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response 14 of 39:
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Nov 29 17:38 UTC 2007 |
Richard III? Henry V? You've never heard of Shakespeare's plays
based on the lives of these monarchs?
He also wrote plays based on the lives of historical figures such
as Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, etc.
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krj
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response 15 of 39:
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Nov 29 18:25 UTC 2007 |
Maybe hera could change her "real name" setting so that
resp:13 appears as a label on everything she posts. :)
Not that any Grexers outside of my family cares, but here's a
reminder that the La Scala moviecast of Verdi's AIDA
will be shown in Canton next Wednesday, December 5.
Verdi got the material for AIDA from a musical by Elton John
& Tim Rice. Verdi was taking a break from cribbing from Shakespeare
at that point in his career. It's a shame, but truly great
art is totally original.
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mary
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response 16 of 39:
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Nov 29 22:08 UTC 2007 |
I care. In fact, I think it would be really nice to have a Grex dinner
gathering before attending a local moviecast at which Leslie could give us
a little pre-concert insight into the production and music. You know,
something to help us opera newbies along.
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hera
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response 17 of 39:
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Nov 30 01:27 UTC 2007 |
Fuck that shit. We had a huge turkey dinner before football tonight. Beat
THAT.
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tod
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response 18 of 39:
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Nov 30 10:51 UTC 2007 |
I can beat that but not til Monday night.
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hera
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response 19 of 39:
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Nov 30 16:25 UTC 2007 |
Monday night is going to be homemade chicken soup.
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void
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response 20 of 39:
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Dec 3 04:57 UTC 2007 |
Are they going to have elephants onstage and all?
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krj
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response 21 of 39:
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Dec 3 05:54 UTC 2007 |
I do not know if this production of AIDA included elephants.
(This was La Scala's opening night from last season, late 2006.)
I wouldn't go expecting elephants.
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void
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response 22 of 39:
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Dec 3 06:10 UTC 2007 |
I won't be able to make it anyway...I just love that Aida calls for live
elephants, even though they're rarely used.
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mcnally
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response 23 of 39:
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Dec 3 20:09 UTC 2007 |
The only production of Aida I have seen did have live elephants but
had to be presented in a different venue than usual to accomodate them.
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krj
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response 24 of 39:
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Dec 3 20:36 UTC 2007 |
I could digress here into a mention of the Thai Elephant Orchestra, in
which the elephants actually play the instruments.
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hera
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response 25 of 39:
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Dec 3 21:52 UTC 2007 |
Or we could digress to when my daughter rode an elephant in Florida!
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krj
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response 26 of 39:
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Dec 3 23:05 UTC 2007 |
((( now linked between Agora and Music )))
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krj
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response 27 of 39:
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Dec 21 14:48 UTC 2007 |
Even more opera moviecasts!! Now San Francisco Opera is getting into
the game, starting March 2008. The SFO presentations are to include:
Puccini, LA RONDINE
Puccini, MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Saint-Saens, SAMSON & DELILAH
Mozart, DON GIOVANNI
Mozart, MAGIC FLUTE
Philip Glass, APPOMATTOX (a new work)
There are a few cast notes in the Gramophone article, but there is no
detailed date information. Too busy to look for more details now.
One item of note is that San Francisco Opera is going to use a
different digital projection system which is claimed to be brighter
than the one the Met uses.
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=2929&newssectionID
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I need to get back and write about about last week's moviecast of
ROMEO & JULIETTE.
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hera
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response 28 of 39:
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Dec 21 19:40 UTC 2007 |
I absolutely LOVE listening to classical music at the Cascades in Jackson,
Michigan. For those of you who don't know, it is a tourist spot where there
is a waterfall that comes down a bunch of "steps" and there is a light show
where the steps change colors. I love the music in the open air. It brings
tears to my eyes and a lump to my throat....and I love the colors! :) There
is no other way to thoroughly enjoy classical music.
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slynne
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response 29 of 39:
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Dec 21 23:54 UTC 2007 |
And here, all of this time, I thought it was fun to see the DSO at
Orchestra Hall ;)
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hera
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response 30 of 39:
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Dec 22 00:24 UTC 2007 |
NO fucking way. slynne, have you ever been to the cascades? I mean,
comparably, it's like having sex in a cardboard box or having sex out int he
open air with fireworks going on.
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tod
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response 31 of 39:
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Dec 22 00:32 UTC 2007 |
What kind of a cardboard box?
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slynne
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response 32 of 39:
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Dec 22 01:39 UTC 2007 |
corrugated?
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hera
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response 33 of 39:
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Dec 23 06:28 UTC 2007 |
re #31: A very tiny one, with staples sticking out all over the place, in
below zero weather.
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krj
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response 34 of 39:
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Jan 18 18:11 UTC 2008 |
update on resp:6 :: After lots of web searching and some
correspondance with the PR firm handling the La Scala opera moviecast
series, the news is that one of the distributors for the La Scala
series dropped out after the first presentation, and so
this week's TRISTAN & ISOLDE, and the remainder of the series from
La Scala, will not be shown in Michigan.
If you just *have* to see one of the La Scala presentations, the
nearest participating theater is in Cleveland. Let me know if
anyone needs a link to the full list of participating theaters
in the US.
(For those who aren't opera geeks: La Scala in Milan is often
regarded as the world's premier opera house; its rivals
would be Covent Garden in London and the Met in New York, and
maybe the Paris Opera.)
The Metropolitan Opera series continues; they presented an
excellent MACBETH last weekend (I should write a short review)
and next up, in mid-February, is Puccini's MANON LESCAUT.
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krj
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response 35 of 39:
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Mar 14 19:30 UTC 2008 |
Opera-movie updates: Tomorrow is Benjamin Britten's PETER GRIMES from
the Metropolitan Opera, live, 1:30 pm. The repeat is on Sunday
afternoon. This is the season's serious drama, about a small fishing
village, and an outcast fisherman whose last apprentice died under
questionable circumstances. I plan to be at the Quality 16 theater.
I have found a theater in Michigan showing the La Scala opera-movie
series: it's in Kalamazoo. We are too jammed up with other events to
get to any of their shows.
The San Francisco Opera series started last weekend; again, we got
squeezed out on time for their showing of Puccini's LA RONDINE. The MJR
Brighton multiplex is showing the San Francisco series, as well as the
previously-announced Canton Emagine. SFO tickets are a discount --
$10-$12, ten bucks less than the Met.
The Royal Opera House (Covent Garden) in London has announced a series
of four transmissions from April through June. Three are ballets; the
one opera will be CARMEN, in late April. I have not found any theater
information yet.
There will be at least one opera moviecast per week through April.
Aieeee.
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krj
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response 36 of 39:
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Mar 15 22:24 UTC 2008 |
*Outstanding* performance of "Peter Grimes" by the Metropolitan
Opera today. A smaller crowd at the Quality 16, because Britten is
less popular, but the performance was fabulous.
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krj
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response 37 of 39:
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Mar 20 20:01 UTC 2008 |
Saturday is the Met's moviecast of Wagner's TRISTAN & ISOLDE, all
5.5 hours of it. The Met has had to use four Tristans and two Isoldes
to get through five or six performances in this run -- Tristan #4 will
appear for the first time Saturday. The show has
had to be halted in mid-performance twice -- once when Isolde #1
was taken down by an unhappy stomach, and once when Tristan #3 was on
a piece of scenery which broke and send tumbling into the "prompter's box".
So, Saturday offers the potential of seeing a complete trainwreck!
But we will hope they pull it off.
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jadecat
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response 38 of 39:
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Mar 20 20:29 UTC 2008 |
I was reading a New York Times online article (I think) about the
various problems that have cropped up with the Tristan und Isolde opera.
Something about one show having to employ three different Tristan's one
for each act?
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