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| Last Edit: singleticket 07:29 pm EDT 08/30/20 | |
| Posted by: singleticket 07:28 pm EDT 08/30/20 | |
| In reply to: Gilbert & Sullivan - SUBRCCS 10:57 pm EDT 08/29/20 | |
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| When I was growing up there was this popular idea that light opera was more accessible than grand opera. That may have been the case back then because the popular music that light opera used as a connective tissue to grand opera was still much closer to popular culture than it is today. Now it almost feels to me that certain grand operas would be more accessible than operettas. If you want to see a wonderful vision of the enduring charm of Gilbert & Sullivan, check out Mike Leigh's delightful TOPSY TURVEY. |
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| re: Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 11:41 am EDT 08/31/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Gilbert & Sullivan - singleticket 07:28 pm EDT 08/30/20 | |
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| I think you need especially talented actor-comedians for Gilbert and Sullivan. Not just great singers who can emote. That might be a drawback for revivals. | |
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| re: Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 08:18 pm EDT 08/30/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Gilbert & Sullivan - singleticket 07:28 pm EDT 08/30/20 | |
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| And to the point, Sullivan was often deliberately parodying/borrowing from operatic styles of the time. So if you know what his source was, you're that much more in on the joke. My personal favorite is the "Here Is A Case Unprecedented" quintet from The Gondoliers, which is a clear "steal" from the Quintet in Carmen. A more familiar one would be Mabel's cadenza in the middle of "Poor Wand'ring One" which is taken right from Violetta in La Traviata. |
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| re: Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| Last Edit: singleticket 10:12 am EDT 08/31/20 | |
| Posted by: singleticket 10:09 am EDT 08/31/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Gilbert & Sullivan - Chromolume 08:18 pm EDT 08/30/20 | |
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| And to the point, Sullivan was often deliberately parodying/borrowing from operatic styles of the time. So if you know what his source was, you're that much more in on the joke. Agreed, as well as the Sturm und Drang of 19th century popular theater with its banditti, naval heroism and gothic ruins. G&S might have done a lot to bury many of those tropes through parody. |
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