The first act of Akhnaten at the ENO was one of the best things I have seen in a while. The remaining two thirds contains altogether too much juggling but is still pretty good.Good value tickets (£20) too.― ShariVari, Monday, February 11, 2019 6:33 PM (eight months ago)
Good value tickets (£20) too.
― ShariVari, Monday, February 11, 2019 6:33 PM (eight months ago)
This is in NYC at the Met now, contemplating checking it out
― Josefa, Saturday, 9 November 2019 19:25 (four years ago) link
saw it last night and enjoyed it but not as much as Satygraha at the Met a few years ago. main problem i think was my seats were too far away so the orchestra never got loud/ immersive enough. can confirm there is a lot of juggling, which i liked.
― mizzell, Saturday, 9 November 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
3 hrs of juggling though, I dunno... You were on one of the upper levels?
― Josefa, Saturday, 9 November 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
yeah pretty near the very top
― mizzell, Saturday, 9 November 2019 19:46 (four years ago) link
it’s called the family circle for some reason.
― mizzell, Saturday, 9 November 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
Suggestions please, for a project: symphonic opera bangers with choir, rather than solo voices. Pieces that would be sample-friendly, in the manner of say these?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_a2pfwKjIY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AasJhhjpK4(famously sampled by Big Boi of course)
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 18:17 (two years ago) link
I don't mean to dodge the question, I just came here to say Leontyne Price (^^^) is 95 years old today. Happy Birthday!!
― Josefa, Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:41 (two years ago) link
Happy Birthday!Question is so broad, hard to pick one.
― Ferryboat Bill Jr. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 February 2022 23:01 (two years ago) link
Random thing that pops in my head is something from Eugene Onegin. Maybe this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6jhnNk3U9Uperhaps starting from the 2:40 mark? Maybe not banging enough for you.
― Ferryboat Bill Jr. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 February 2022 23:03 (two years ago) link
Borodin - Polovtsian Dances from Prince IgorThe banger starts at about 3:50https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqKclPhsK0o
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 11 February 2022 08:03 (two years ago) link
Wagner - Sailors' Chorus from Der Fliegende HollanderChorus enters at about the minute markhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Ae1aUXANY
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 11 February 2022 08:05 (two years ago) link
Verdi - Anvil Chorus from Il TrovatoreLiteral banging at 1:15https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZN01_pAxro
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 11 February 2022 08:08 (two years ago) link
Ha! This last was the most obvious choice
― Ferryboat Bill Jr. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 February 2022 11:36 (two years ago) link
can somebody help me with a curious opera-related discrepancy? lately i've been listening to this rossini recording:
https://www.discogs.com/release/2836006-Rossini-Erich-LeinsdorfMetropolitan-Opera-And-Chorus-The-Barber-Of-Seville
and i was hoping to read the (italian) libretto along with what i was hearing. unfortunately i've misplaced the libretto that originally came with this box set. so i turned to the internet. the specific portion i wanted to track down is the last side of the last disc in the box: it's labeled "Act III (concl.)" so that's what i look for. well, it turns out that everywhere else on the internet specifies that "the barber of seville" is an opera in TWO acts!
does anybody know what's going on here?
― budo jeru, Friday, 25 March 2022 00:03 (two years ago) link
There's another opera with the same title by Giovanni Paisiello, apparently?
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 March 2022 00:11 (two years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barber_of_Seville_(Paisiello)
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 March 2022 00:15 (two years ago) link
In popular cultureThe Count's serenade "Saper bramate" is used in Stanley Kubrick's period film Barry Lyndon.[citation needed]
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 March 2022 00:16 (two years ago) link
Just got out of much ballyhooed production of AKHNATEN at The Met. Philip Glass came out and took a bow.
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 June 2022 03:15 (one year ago) link
Not a repetitive series of bows lasting 58 minutes?
― Creature Catcher (Live) (morrisp), Saturday, 11 June 2022 03:36 (one year ago) link
Ha, no. Just one or two.
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 June 2022 04:10 (one year ago) link
https://playbill.com/article/countertenor-anthony-roth-costanzo-on-the-transformative-nature-of-philip-glass-akhnaten
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 June 2022 12:59 (one year ago) link
Interview with Nerfertiti, Rihab Chaieb:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsFc4PTLY7s
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 June 2022 13:12 (one year ago) link
Dima highlight reel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgetLghpOCc
― Jean Arthur Rank (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 11 September 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link
A Renée/Dmitri duet just showed up in my Friday algorithm. Still missing that guy.
― And Your Borad Can Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 February 2023 14:24 (one year ago) link