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| re: So, how's the Brokeback Mountain opera? | |
| Posted by: AC126748 10:35 am EDT 06/02/18 | |
| In reply to: re: So, how's the Brokeback Mountain opera? - ryhog 10:14 am EDT 06/02/18 | |
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| I would say the NYCO production is worth seeing if only for Daniel Okulitch, reprising the role of Ennis that he created in the premiere production. He's an excellent singer who's too rarely heard in New York. The opera itself is not terribly memorable. | |
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| re: So, how's the Brokeback Mountain opera? | |
| Posted by: blue70 07:13 pm EDT 06/02/18 | |
| In reply to: re: So, how's the Brokeback Mountain opera? - AC126748 10:35 am EDT 06/02/18 | |
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| I'm seeing it tomorrow. I wasn't going to go, but I heard Wuorinen interviewed a couple weeks ago (along with Daniel Okulitch and Glenn Seven Allen), and I liked what he had to say. | |
| Link | Review from the Observer |
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| In reply to: re: So, how's the Brokeback Mountain opera? - blue70 07:13 pm EDT 06/02/18 | |
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| The Tenor was the only who one we could understand most of the lyrics from. Soprano none. We were seated in the last row of the loge. Cheaper tickets because sub-titles not visible from there. Thought we wouldn't need them. Boy were we wrong. Knew the film so could follow the story which the music had nothing to do with. A total disappointment. | |
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| If it ain't 'Brokeback,' don't fix it | |
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| Posted by: WaymanWong 04:27 pm EDT 06/02/18 | |
| In reply to: re: So, how's the Brokeback Mountain opera? - AC126748 10:35 am EDT 06/02/18 | |
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| I agree that Daniel Okulitch sings beautifully as Ennis, but the opera adds nothing (even though Annie Proulx, who wrote the original story, did the libretto). The music was too atonal and modernistic to my ears, but maybe I was destined to disagree with Wuorinen, who says the short story is better than the 2005 movie. ''Brokeback'' is about Ennis, a laconic cowboy who has trouble expressing his emotions, so it seems so antithetical for him to be broadcasting his feelings. Part of what made Ennis and Jack so moving was their struggle to find the words for the ''love that dare not speak its name.'' But in an opera, they can't stop singing about it. Anyway, I found this clip of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles doing the ''Brokeback Mountain Suite,'' which is more affecting and haunting. It features songs by Bob Dylan and Bernie Taupin from the film, as well as Gustavo Santaolalla's sublime, Oscar-winning, Western-inspired score. |
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| Link | Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles: 'Brokeback Mountain Suite' |
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| Or you could watch this... | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 11:16 am EDT 06/02/18 | |
| In reply to: re: So, how's the Brokeback Mountain opera? - AC126748 10:35 am EDT 06/02/18 | |
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| 😄 Laura, ducking and running |
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| Link | Brokeback 1776 |
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| Love that! Hilarious! n/m | |
| Posted by: LynnO 08:14 pm EDT 06/02/18 | |
| In reply to: Or you could watch this... - showtunetrivia 11:16 am EDT 06/02/18 | |
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| Ha | |
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| re: Or you could watch this... | |
| Posted by: OldTheaterGuy 03:09 pm EDT 06/02/18 | |
| In reply to: Or you could watch this... - showtunetrivia 11:16 am EDT 06/02/18 | |
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| Brava, Laura! | |
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