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Il Grande Inquisitor
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« Reply #45 on: 23:17:43, 30-12-2007 »
Wasn't it delightful?!   Cheesy
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« Reply #46 on: 23:23:35, 30-12-2007 »
Quote from: Il Grande Inquisitor on 23:17:43, 30-12-2007
Wasn't it delightful?!   Cheesy
Yes, wasn't he!
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« Reply #47 on: 23:27:53, 30-12-2007 »
I saw the Pavarotti tribute on BBC2 last Monday and there was a clip where Juan Diego Florez was talking about the recent ROH production and how, backstage, he phoned Luciano to say how he was about to go onto the Covent Garden stage and sing the role of Tonio and how worried he felt, only for the big man to reassure him that he was confident all would be well.  Smiley
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« Reply #48 on: 23:30:18, 30-12-2007 »
Be still your beating heart MJ! Wink
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« Reply #49 on: 23:52:36, 30-12-2007 »
Ouch!
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« Reply #50 on: 00:11:56, 31-12-2007 »
Quote from: Mary Chambers on 13:07:04, 30-12-2007
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.

Well, hey, Shakespeare thought Milan was a port... maybe Donizetti was just returning the compliment? Wink
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« Reply #51 on: 00:26:32, 31-12-2007 »
 A really delightful production from Covent Garden.

Thank you MJ and Andy D for the respective stills as I DVD recorded the production and the downloaded photographs now grace the slimline case for the disc.   Smiley
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« Reply #52 on: 08:40:24, 31-12-2007 »
Florez is unbelievably gorgeous, isn't he? Real hero stuff, and not even overweight (yet)! But he seemed to be shorter than many of the other men, so perhaps he'd be a bit disappointing in the flesh. His intonation was dodgy too, though his high Cs seemed OK. Are those the point of this opera??

Natalie Dessay I thought was brilliant. Is Marie meant to be like that? I have no preconceptions about Donizetti, but he does seem to have had an interesting view of the English (I'm assuming the Felicity Palmer and Dawn French characters are meant to be English, judging by their names)! The music is amiable junk, but it was good fun - I confess I got bored toward the end.
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« Reply #53 on: 10:49:53, 31-12-2007 »
Mary, JDF is indeed quite small (not "short", just dinky Cheesy) and in the flesh - I speak from the experience of having sat in the front row of his Barbican concert a year ago - he's still stunning but I find I want to mother him rather than, er, anything else Grin

La fille was as funny on TV as it was live, and I'd forgotten about the part where JDF turns up in a tank to rescue Marie Cheesy

Dawn French's intro was enjoyable, though by the curtain calls I found myself wishing she would just shut up  Embarrassed
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« Reply #54 on: 20:41:02, 31-12-2007 »
Quote from: Mary Chambers on 08:40:24, 31-12-2007
Florez is unbelievably gorgeous, isn't he? Real hero stuff, and not even overweight (yet)! But he seemed to be shorter than many of the other men, so perhaps he'd be a bit disappointing in the flesh.
Plenty tall enough for me...

MJ (5'1")
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« Reply #55 on: 10:26:38, 01-01-2008 »
Me too.

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« Reply #56 on: 10:44:11, 01-01-2008 »
But not me -

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« Reply #57 on: 11:00:20, 01-01-2008 »


Is this about La Fille du Regiment or the monstrous regiment of fillies?  Oh well, I'm off to see Emilia. I've packed my Kendal Mint Cake in case those mountains are more daunting than expected.  I'll report back later (assuming tickets are as easily available as I was told on the phone yesterday)
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