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« Reply #30 on: 21:10:44, 29-12-2007 » |
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£25 for one seat. Is that a joke or is that the full cost for your party?
Unfortunately not a joke! Cinema: Didsbury Film: HANSEL AND GRETEL
Date: Tuesday 01.01.2008 Time: 18:30
Select the number and type of tickets you wish to buy.
Maximum of 9 tickets per booking.
TYPE: QTY: TICKET PRICE:
Adult £25.00
Concession £20.00I wonder if it's any cheaper at a different cinema? This one's very convenient though. Too expensive to ask any friends to go with me! Oh well, I'm looking forward to a free Fille on BBC4 tomorrow night, 7.30. |
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« Reply #31 on: 21:22:39, 29-12-2007 » |
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 Seems to be just as expensive in different cinemas - except for those in the USA. |
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« Reply #32 on: 21:46:12, 29-12-2007 » |
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Seems to be just as expensive in different cinemas - except for those in the USA.
No way would I pay that, MJ. I don't think I've ever paid that much to see H&G live, let alone on a screen! You could see it in Bonn tomorrow for less, unless you wanted highest-priced seats (except, of course, it's probably sold-out and there's the small matter of getting there!). My memory's not that great but I think I paid £32 for me, my brother and his two children on a family package. The seats were front circle - just about the best in house. That was eight years ago but it still compares extremely well with £90 for the same group to see a film relay. Oh well, I'm looking forward to a free Fille on BBC4 tomorrow night, 7.30.
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« Reply #33 on: 23:26:42, 29-12-2007 » |
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Are you going to see Emilia di Liverpool next week?
No - are you? Where's it being performed? I haven't seen a live opera for a long, long time. I suppose I was spoilt going to so many superb performances when I was a child/young adult that I don't have any urge to seek out opera up here these days! As with singing G&S - it was great to do in my 20s but I have no desire to do it now. Going back on topic  I would only pay that £25 if I were desperate to see that production - but I'm not. I'd pay half that without too much hesitation as it would be quite fun to see - I'm sure I'd enjoy it. I do have a soft spot for it as I was the Dew Fairy in my student days in what was actually a fairly good town and gown production - our H&G had lovely voices. |
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« Reply #34 on: 23:53:48, 29-12-2007 » |
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Are you going to see Emilia di Liverpool next week?
No - are you? Where's it being performed? I’m tempted. MJ, but more out of curiosity than anything else. As you might remember, I’m not a can belto fan; but this piece, unlike the more famous Lou di Liverpool, is very rarely performed. Also, it’s being put on in the magnificent St George’s Hall, which is a big attraction. I think I’ll leave it until performances start and, if there are tickets still available, I’ll go one night. That way I’ll know I’m not depriving a genuine fan of a ticket – something I’d feel rather guilty about. There is a link to the Liverpool Phil site further up this thread (reply No 7) where I posted it for Ruth’s information. Amazingly, it’s also on in Gdansk later in January (a different production, I presume). |
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« Reply #35 on: 00:38:37, 30-12-2007 » |
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Isn't Emilia di Liverpool set in the mountains outside Liverpool? - would be interesting to see the set  |
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« Reply #36 on: 00:48:54, 30-12-2007 » |
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Forgot to add earlier that our very own Chafing Dish got a mention in the Met broadcast! Well, sort of  apparently there were Chafing Dishes on stage during the food dream sequence. If I hadn't seen Chafing Dish here on r3ok I wouldn't have known what they were. |
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« Reply #37 on: 00:52:36, 30-12-2007 » |
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Forgot to add earlier that our very own Chafing Dish got a mention in the Met broadcast! Well, sort of apparently there were Chafing Dishes on stage during the food dream sequence. If I hadn't seen Chafing Dish here on r3ok I wouldn't have known what they were. I still don't know!  |
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« Reply #38 on: 01:03:26, 30-12-2007 » |
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Does anyone here recommend going to see Hansel and Gretel live from the Met in the cinema on Tuesday night? It's rather expensive for an evening in the cinema (£25) so I probably won't but I'm curious to know if other r3ok posters are going to see it - or indeed any of the other performances to be shown this season.
My mum liked Engelbert. Bet you'd pay more than £25 to go to see him live.  |
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« Reply #39 on: 09:11:43, 30-12-2007 » |
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Forgot to add earlier that our very own Chafing Dish got a mention in the Met broadcast! Well, sort of apparently there were Chafing Dishes on stage during the food dream sequence. If I hadn't seen Chafing Dish here on r3ok I wouldn't have known what they were. I still don't know! |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #40 on: 12:55:57, 30-12-2007 » |
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Isn't Emilia di Liverpool set in the mountains outside Liverpool?
I don't know, Andy. As I mentioned earlier, this work doesn't even get a mention, let alone a synopsis, in my near-700 page Dictionary of Opera and Operetta. Perhaps it refers to the jam butty mountains stockpiled by the the villains Thatcher and McGregor before their confrontation with the diddymen and the Union of Jam Butty Miners. would be interesting to see the set Well, even if I don't get to see it I shouldn't have much trouble getting a programme so I'll let you know. |
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« Reply #41 on: 13:07:04, 30-12-2007 » |
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I believe the stage directions for Emilia di Liverpool say it is set in "the mountains outside Liverpool". The only mountains just outside Liverpool are in Wales, though I suppose you could at a stretch include the Pennines. I don't think Donizetti had much idea of the place really, but obviously though it sounded exotic or romantic!
I'm not going - I'm mildly curious, but not enough.
John Shirley-Quirk had a boat called Amelia di Liverpool. He came from Liverpool, and his mother's name was Amelia.
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« Reply #42 on: 13:09:08, 30-12-2007 » |
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Isn't Emilia di Liverpool set in the mountains outside Liverpool? - would be interesting to see the set According to the libretto, it's set 'in a valley, distant little leagues from London', although the first scene's alpine mountains may come as a surpise! |
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Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
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« Reply #43 on: 14:25:21, 30-12-2007 » |
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Isn't Emilia di Liverpool set in the mountains outside Liverpool? - would be interesting to see the set According to the libretto, it's set 'in a valley, distant little leagues from London', although the first scene's alpine mountains may come as a surpise! So the "mountains outside Liverpool" don't come into it at all? I think I got that from Fritz Spiegl. It's just her family name, as far as I can tell (my Italian is not good) - perhaps not a good enough reason for resurrecting it for the Capital of Culture year in Liverpool, though I can see the temptation. |
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