The Medusa Fora

Christine wrote:

philipchevron wrote:I'm seeing Fidelio at the Met next week, so that will have to compensate.

You get to hear the Pogues - doesn't that compensate?
I always thought Fidelio was strictly for my parents' generation only, and for couples married no less than 50 years at that. But I see it's Flimm, so should be fantastic, hope you enjoy it!

Aw y'know.....when a guy like Beethoven, who has zero sense of stagecraft, troubles himself to write an opera (just the one, mind) you gotta be at least interested.

I saw Fidelio once but I didn't like it. I remember one quartet (?) being particularly atrocious. Ludwig really shouldn't have bothered.
Maybe I'm a bit biased as well, having been born in Salzburg (advice: don't come here this year!).

And I only listened to Berg's Wozzeck which I believe would be more enjoyable with visuals.

Eyeball_Kid wrote:...having been born in Salzburg (advice: don't come here this year!)...

Morgen/Abend Herr/Frau/Fraulein Eyeball. Wie gehts es ihnen? I visited Salzburg once for a day to visit the Tiergarten back in 1980 sometime.
Busy year, eh? Remind ignorant old me, is it someone's multi-centenary birth year or summat?

Danke. Es geht mir gut, Herr Fintan.
indeed, some boring old fart is getting really old this year. The city of Salzburg has decided to honour him with this statue:




Gruß,
Herr eyeball_kid

Eyeball_Kid wrote:Danke. Es geht mir gut, Herr Fintan.
indeed, some boring old fart is getting really old this year. The city of Salzburg has decided to honour him with this statue:

Gruß,
Herr eyeball_kid

I even experience his anniversary when I'm at my parents house and they are doing their daily practise of his Requiem for their show with the choir... "Dies Ire"

Alex wrote:...their daily practise of his Requiem for their show with the choir... "Dies Ire"

So Mr C. have you been to the Met yet? How was big Luddy van's opera?

Fintan wrote:So Mr C. have you been to the Met yet? How was big Luddy van's opera?

That be Monday. Today I'm seeing Paul Sorvino in Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella at Lincoln Center.

Nice one. Loesser? Why's that name ring such a bell? Pardon my ignorance, which is slack given that I grew up in a musical theatre kinda family. He sounds really familiar. Anyhoo, enjoy both then

Fintan wrote:Nice one. Loesser? Why's that name ring such a bell? Pardon my ignorance, which is slack given that I grew up in a musical theatre kinda family. He sounds really familiar. Anyhoo, enjoy both then

Off the top o' my head, I know he did a lot (perhaps all) o' the music/lyrics for Guys and Dolls, and he wrote the song "Baby, It's Cold Outside."

Oh THANK you, Carol. That was buggin' me.....of COURSE. D'oh!

Fintan wrote:Oh THANK you, Carol. That was buggin' me.....of COURSE. D'oh!

's no problem, Fintan. 's no problem at all.

It was not Frank Loesser at his best and the production was a bit Summer Stock, but Paul Sorvino was engaging. Afterwards, myself and Nora Meyers reenacted De Niro's Taxi Driver in 42nd Street for her, if you will, Poguementary. Now I'm having a burger.

Thanks for the review Mr. C. How's the burger, though?

I liked FIDELIO, after a shaky start. The Finnish soprano (don't ask me to approximate her name) worked her ass off and the 2nd Act was genuinely engaging.