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| re: Lonny Price/Santa Barbara Symphony Kismet | |
| Last Edit: mikem 09:08 pm EDT 08/31/21 | |
| Posted by: mikem 09:08 pm EDT 08/31/21 | |
| In reply to: Lonny Price/Santa Barbara Symphony Kismet - jsr 12:08 pm EDT 08/31/21 | |
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| I may go to this. I am coincidentally going to be in Southern California at this time, and Kismet is one of about 10 Tony award winners for Best Musical that I have never seen. Kismet is done so rarely that I am not sure when I would be able to see it again. | |
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| re: Lonny Price/Santa Barbara Symphony Kismet | |
| Posted by: Snowysdad 12:35 am EDT 09/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Lonny Price/Santa Barbara Symphony Kismet - mikem 09:08 pm EDT 08/31/21 | |
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| I have a long history with this show. I first saw the Lincoln Center production with Alfred Drake as a teenager, then appeared in a production as The Wazir. It is certainly operettaish in style, no surprise there considering the adapters, Wright and Forrest. I have no idea if you will like it or not, most people I know feel strongly about it, love it or loathe it. If you do get to go, I hope you enjoy it. | |
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| re: Lonny Price/Santa Barbara Symphony Kismet | |
| Posted by: BruceinIthaca 04:00 pm EDT 09/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Lonny Price/Santa Barbara Symphony Kismet - Snowysdad 12:35 am EDT 09/01/21 | |
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| In high school orchestra, we played the Polovetsian (sometimes transliterated as Polovtsian) Dances Suite from which much of the music of Kismet is drawn, so when I first heard the OBC, it was both a pleasure to hear those familiar melodies with lyrics, but also a bit of a "clang," having thought of the music as quintessentially Russian! So, many layers of cultural complexity. | |
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