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Foxgolfer
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I was in a similar position a few years ago when MrsFG booked to see The Red Shoes - Mathew Bournes production
Have to say it blew me away / absolutely loved it. One of my most memorable nights in a theatre .
Followed it up with more standard production of Swan Lake and was bored silly
Be interested in what you think .
Have to say it blew me away / absolutely loved it. One of my most memorable nights in a theatre .
Followed it up with more standard production of Swan Lake and was bored silly
Be interested in what you think .
She's a bit ambivalent about Matthew Bourne, doesn't like his versions of classic pieces but thinks his contemporary stuff is ok. We're seeing an Akram Khan thing based on Frankenstein and a double-header by Hofesh Schechter (who to be honest I have never heard of) and I am actually looking forward to them, sort of.
Have just noticed the blurb for the Schechter says it's a piece "where violence, tenderness and hope are all laid bare", so spending a bit of time on this forum is probably good prep.
Never been to Sadler's Wells which seems odd. I've more often than not been a bit disappointed by ENO productions (I've only seen opera there). We tend to go to Covent Garden for opera (or Leeds Grand Theatre of course).
Late lunch with plenty of decent wine, bottle of something afterwards, posh hotel. I'll get through it somehow.
AFCDorset
Roofer
Indeed, Mozart in English was not a good choice, might explain why I have not been back in rather a long time.
Silver Fox
Roofer
Bit of a contrast to Mac's Death of the British Working Class here isn't it?
Eggs66
Roofer
"Have just noticed the blurb for the Schechter says it's a piece "where violence, tenderness and hope are all laid bare", so spending a bit of time on this forum is probably good prep."
Could this be the seed that one day flourishes into "Bentleys Roof - The Opera"? A modern day tragedy in three parts, all of them sweary.
Could this be the seed that one day flourishes into "Bentleys Roof - The Opera"? A modern day tragedy in three parts, all of them sweary.
sixthswan
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In Eastern Europe, ballet and all that, is for the masses.
When I worked in Bratislava I paid the equivalent of 50p for best seats in the state opera house. My flat was owned by a Slovak opera singer whose name I can never remember but who Slovak colleagues said was like the 4th tenor.
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Foxgolfer
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It’s a sort of inverted snobbery . The Fast Show did a great skit on it with 3 guys sitting fishing talking about Opera . Can’t seem to find it .
Shakespeare wrote very much for the ’‘groundlings’
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Foxgolfer
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Bent -how did you live this long being ignorant about pretty much everything ?
It’s an achievement in itself to be terminally wrong in every utterance. Few would manage it even by random accident .
It’s an achievement in itself to be terminally wrong in every utterance. Few would manage it even by random accident .
bnet
Roofer
spin that on its head nurseyBent -how did you live this long being ignorant about pretty much everything ?
It’s an achievement in itself to be terminally wrong in every utterance. Few would manage it even by random accident .
This reminds me of the thread Mac started on one of the old boards, something like "Ever replied to the wrong thread?". It was absolutely hilarious. Second funniest thing I ever saw here.Bent -how did you live this long being ignorant about pretty much everything ?
It’s an achievement in itself to be terminally wrong in every utterance. Few would manage it even by random accident .