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hera
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response 9 of 39:
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Nov 20 20:49 UTC 2007 |
I shall ask my daughter what she thinks of this business of making
Shakespearian works into operas. She's "into" Shakespeare.
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gelinas
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response 10 of 39:
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Nov 29 01:08 UTC 2007 |
(Shakespeare borrowed the stories for his plays, so why shouldn't people
borrow from him?)
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hera
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response 11 of 39:
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Nov 29 03:56 UTC 2007 |
Did he now? Cites please.
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mcnally
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response 12 of 39:
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Nov 29 07:16 UTC 2007 |
re #11: Well, obviously there are the histories..
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hera
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response 13 of 39:
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Nov 29 15:53 UTC 2007 |
Unluckily for you, I have no idea what you are talking about.
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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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