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| re: I'm confused. Does anyone actually WANT to see opera stars perform musicals? | |
| Last Edit: GrumpyMorningBoy 10:21 pm EDT 07/29/20 | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 10:20 pm EDT 07/29/20 | |
| In reply to: re: I'm confused. Does anyone actually WANT to see opera stars perform musicals? - Snowysdad 07:04 pm EDT 07/29/20 | |
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| Youre right. My grumpy side was out strong this morning, and it was too much to lump together. We know how much the earliest days of musical theatre borrowed from operetta, not to mention Gilbert & Sullivan, etc. As for Mr. Terfel -- Aside from the acting, which I really was unconvinced by -- as is crucial for Sweeney -- his casting illustrates something else for me. When SWEENEY TODD or WEST SIDE STORY are sung by true opera stars, it exposes the limits of what the composers wove into the roles. It's like hearing a country tune for a fiddle played on a Stradivarius violin. When you hear a voice this big, with that much dexterity, it only makes me wish that the composer had written something harder and more expansive. It's like watching Olympic-level skaters skate an entire program with nothing but single axels. - GMB |
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| re: I'm confused. Does anyone actually WANT to see opera stars perform musicals? | |
| Posted by: Snowysdad 11:33 pm EDT 07/29/20 | |
| In reply to: re: I'm confused. Does anyone actually WANT to see opera stars perform musicals? - GrumpyMorningBoy 10:20 pm EDT 07/29/20 | |
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| WSS is problematic, very hard to produce a first class production. Casting requirements: Youth, star quality (for Tony, Maria and Anita), major singing ability, and even more dancing ability. It does not belong in an opera house which is going to sacrifice dancing and likely star quality. There are musicals that can go there but I'm definitely not convinced that WSS is one of them. Also duly noted about Gilbert and Sullivan. The D'Oyly Carte Opera company had its heyday in the 50s and 60s when they fielded opera quality casts. The round of London recordings from the company, first stereo ones show the company and Gilbert and Sullivan at their best. |
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| re: I'm confused. Does anyone actually WANT to see opera stars perform musicals? | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 10:39 pm EDT 08/01/20 | |
| In reply to: re: I'm confused. Does anyone actually WANT to see opera stars perform musicals? - Snowysdad 11:33 pm EDT 07/29/20 | |
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| Of course, there was one opera star-to-be in the original West Side Story - Reri Grist, who played Consuelo and sang "Somewhere." But she was just at the very beginning of her operatic career at the time. | |
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