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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 10, 2019 13:08:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 13:12:08 GMT
Abduction was the first Opera I ever saw, aged 14 on a German exchange visit and taken by my host family. Took me about 30 years to see my second Opera  Might go for this to see if I enjoy it more this time! |
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 10, 2019 13:50:19 GMT
Abduction was the first Opera I ever saw, aged 14 on a German exchange visit and taken by my host family. Took me about 30 years to see my second Opera Might go for this to see if I enjoy it more this time! Sounds like you were even more put off by that than I was when I saw Boheme aged 7, as it took me a mere decade to see another opera. Though I'm still not that keen on Boheme!
I'm looking forward to seeing all of ETO's spring 19 operas when they get round to Cambridge in the first week in April. I'll certainly be seeing Entfuhrung in the autum, as I've not seen it before, but I'm not sure about Der Silbersee, as I'm not very keen on satiric pieces.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 10, 2019 15:01:45 GMT
I remember a 5 year old girl wearing a pretty party dress during a performance of Die Walkure. She and her family didn't return for the 2nd and 3rd acts. I wonder what she is doing now? I suspecr not at the opera
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 10, 2019 19:28:19 GMT
At least Act 1 is usually considered the best act of Walkure!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 20:28:47 GMT
Abduction was the first Opera I ever saw, aged 14 on a German exchange visit and taken by my host family. Took me about 30 years to see my second Opera Might go for this to see if I enjoy it more this time! Found the proof!! Well, proof I was at this opera, can't prove I didn't see another one till 2011  |
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 10, 2019 20:53:03 GMT
Abduction was the first Opera I ever saw, aged 14 on a German exchange visit and taken by my host family. Took me about 30 years to see my second Opera Might go for this to see if I enjoy it more this time! Found the proof!! Well, proof I was at this opera, can't prove I didn't see another one till 2011
I'm surprised to find that it's as recent as 2011 that you started properly operagoing, as from your posts on here you sound a much more experienced operagoer than that. My first post-Boheme opera was in 2002 then I started going regularly in 2004 after being blown away by an ROH Rosenkavalier (the only time I can say that seeing a piece has genuinely changed my outlook on life). Dragging this back on topic, I started seeing ETO in 2005 & have notched up nearly 50 of their productions since.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 8, 2019 9:14:16 GMT
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Post by Mr Snow on Oct 8, 2019 10:14:46 GMT
Agree completely both productions should be seen. Two of the best nights I've spent in the Theatre all year. The Weill is such a rarity that its a must see. I did read that it was wordy and a full performance could last 3 hrs. So they've gone a great job tightening it up. It seems to me they've cut back the part of the Frau housekeeper and just explained her backstory? The only issue I have with the Indie review is it ignores what I thought was a clear interest in Anarchism - the real political alternate to Totalitarianism. It is oversimplifying to say it was just about Fascism and with Extinction Rebellion being in the news today, this is even more relevant than the review suggests. The whole piece also seems to serve as an alternative version of Les Mis. Where hunger sets up the story, but the policeman and protagonist can develop and change for the better. PS ETO missed a trick. No history of exotic fruit in Britain should overlook Lodiges Nursery! Who today realises that Hackney provided the plants for Caxton's Crystal Palace and The hothouse at Kew and all from a a site adjacent to the current Empire. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loddiges(End of Trivia diversion). |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 8, 2019 16:46:14 GMT
I mm so glad it wasnt just me who thought about the Le Miz link
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Might go for this to see if I enjoy it more this time!
