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Reiner Torheit
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« on: 05:11:14, 06-09-2007 »
Concert performance of the finale of CARMEN at Serbian National Opera...  illustrating the perils of the bottle  Sad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNJ9w8KJdKY
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« Reply #1 on: 05:25:50, 06-09-2007 »
That is absolutely astonishing.
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« Reply #2 on: 06:07:08, 06-09-2007 »
Certainly is, Aaron!  I'm amazed the management allowed her on stage in that condition?  I think the tenor handles the situation with great aplomb, all things considered.
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« Reply #3 on: 09:39:07, 06-09-2007 »
Strewth  Shocked Glad to hear it was drink and not something more permanent. Yes the tenor is a trouper to carry on regardless (or do I mean a trooper?)
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« Reply #4 on: 10:59:01, 06-09-2007 »
 Shocked!!!!!!!! Shocked


I find the polite applause at the end the most incredible thing about this. 

But I really liked the tenor, who, I believe, was a star of the Kirov some years ago.
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« Reply #5 on: 11:17:24, 06-09-2007 »
I dunno about the Kirov, but I've heard him in Belgrade, he sings a stonking "Governor Richard" in BALLO (they do the "Bostonian" version there).
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« Reply #6 on: 13:00:15, 06-09-2007 »
 Embarrassed

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and there was Brown, upside down, lapping up the whiskey on the floor.
"Booze!", "Booze!" the firemen cried as they came knocking at the door.
"Oh don't let 'em in till it's all drunk up", somebody shouted "Macintyre!"
and we all got blue-blind paralytic drunk when the Old Dun Cow R.O.H. bar caught fire

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« Reply #7 on: 17:46:35, 06-09-2007 »
Well bang goes that career.  (Although if you read one of the comments underneath the video, it appears that the career started with a bang Wink)

At tOP they have a thread about banning the 3 works you feel are most overplayed.  I was going to have
1. Carmen
2. Carmen
3. Carmen
but on the basis of this performance, I may be forced to think again.  A new and very subtle take on the role which I believe merits further serious study by all of today's great Divas......

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« Reply #8 on: 17:58:13, 06-09-2007 »
Poor lady.  Isn't that what understudies are for?
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« Reply #9 on: 18:29:30, 06-09-2007 »
You're unlikely to have a covers for a live TV show, inkie: it's a there and then affair, usually. Too much time in the dressing room (or hospitality, possibly), perhaps new to the studio, perhaps suffering other problems; but you can bet your sweet bippy that the director was sweating buckets when he realised the state she was in. A total nightmare for everybody else, and even worse for her, once she'd sobered up, no doubt.
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« Reply #10 on: 18:58:09, 06-09-2007 »
scrolling down the comments revealed a few interesting points, apparently the lady can sing and really well, she was just pissed for this one, although I'm  surprised the brass players aren't creasing up on this.

lillbep (or whatever) notes:

"Too bad the tenor didn't have a real dagger."


another message states:

"She released her first album in 1984 titled Imam dečka nemirnog (I have a naughty boyfriend). Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Dragana toured and recorded with the band, Južni vetar (Southern Wind). In 2006, Dragana released her 19th album titled Luče moje. She has also recorded a duet with Serbian star Zorica Brunclik titled Sele moja. She also acted in the movie Slatko od snova."

I liked reading the 'naughty boyfriend' bit, but I'm also glad it wasn't me... Undecided

for further enlightenment ...

"In one of the Serbian blogs (if we can believe them) it says that Dragana apparently had a headache on the day and some well meaning moron offered her a Slivovitza or 6, which she swalloed on top of her own medication! Recorded 1996."


who's had a slivovitza, or 6 Huh
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« Reply #11 on: 23:02:04, 06-09-2007 »
Quote from: Ron Dough on 18:29:30, 06-09-2007
......and even worse for her, once she'd sobered up, no doubt.

That's assuming she has.

(I have had 6 slivovice, and it took a long time, partly because after 6 you forget to count.)

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