As usual I have an operatic update for you all: Hamlet, the musical...well, actually that was a really bad movie. But this production was extra exciting...the New York Fire Department made their operatic debut in this seldomly performed piece!
Ok, well, I didn't actually get tot see them, but I did notice the strange, faint smell of fire at the beginning of Act II. But seeing as I'm not a particularly excitable person (even when attending something I enjoy as much as the opera) I just figured that there would be a scene coming up with a bonfire that they were just practicing for. But I've been told that my logic is often very, very flawed.
Needless to say, no body died...well, actually almost everybody died in the final minutes of the performance. And the only real fatality was a poor gell that was too close to the light and happened to melt, probably when it saw Horatio...who was a beautiful, beautiful man. Not only was he tall and blonde and in some very tight tights, but he could sing too! No credit in the playbill, but what can you do (Horatio if you're reading this, I have an event on Wednesday night that you are more than welcome to attend with me...Brazilian guitarist...wine...food...).
Theoretically we were all there to hear Ophelia anyway, whose voice often seemed directly connected to the follical of every hair on your body. Despite her magical singing, it was a pretty blase performance. For the MET, the sets were pathetic (2 moving walls poorly put together with technicolor faux marble) and the costuming was so drab that there was nothing to even look at besides the performers, and although they sang well, that's not enough to keep your eyes occupied (according to the program both the sets and the costume were from Geneva...bad Geneva! Bad!).
It's too bad the firemen didn't actually make an appearance on stage, their outfits and equipment would have spiced things up a little bit...
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/04/06/2010-04-06_fire_is_ultimate_diva_at_the_met.html
Tuesday 6 April 2010
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