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a damned shame

by | 5:00 pm | Dec 29, 2008

Brothers under the Lederhosen: Alice Coote and Helmut Berger.

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  • Melot's Younger Brother says:

    Add Johnny Depp and you’ve got triplets.

    on December 29, 2008 at 5:08 PM
  • J. G. Pastorkyna says:

    I remember when there was a Helmut Berger, AND a Helmut Berger Tuna. I always thought it was an ideal setup for a good zinger, but I couldn’t think of one.

    on December 29, 2008 at 5:51 PM
  • Lydia Language says:

    Forgive me for phrasing it this way, but Alice Coote could act the PANTS off Helmut Berger – I’ve seen her Octavian! And she could sing the pants off Johnny Depp, but I’d rather have that task myself… (I suspect I’d be more into it than grave Alice.)

    on December 29, 2008 at 9:10 PM
  • sfmimike says:

    I’ve still not quite gotten over Mr. Berger (not Tuna) in “The Damned” doing god knows what with Ingrid Thulin, playing his very twisted Nazi mother. Alice definitely has Ms. Berger’s facial features in the photo above but not the proper amount of 60′s/70′s gay boy anorexia that really defined the classic Mr./Ms. Berger. (Just saw “Milk” last night and have been thrown into a time wormhole.)

    on December 29, 2008 at 9:11 PM
  • devils cub says:

    I think I have a crush on Alice Coote now.

    on December 30, 2008 at 9:42 AM
  • tannengrin says:

    Is she auditioning for the role of Bavaria’s Ludwig in Sissy – the Opera?

    on December 30, 2008 at 10:18 AM
  • Buster says:

    For the televised ROH Hänsel and Gretel Alice Coote was replaced by Angelika Kirchschlager who looked just like little Arthur Rimbaud – very cute!

    on December 30, 2008 at 10:25 AM
  • WeillFan says:

    Actually, I think the ROH “Hänsel und Gretel” had two casts. The Christmas Day BBC2 broadcast featured the more Germanic of the two.

    on December 30, 2008 at 11:51 AM
  • Thackeray Gnomey says:

    Coote has a much better voice than Kirchschlager and is an artist of much more substance.

    I can’t see why there is so much fuss about K. She’s a three-quarters soprano without much of a top and without much of a chest register — and I can never remember what she sounds like!

    Apart from that, she’s the new Christa Ludwig.

    on December 30, 2008 at 12:07 PM
  • High C's @ 4:20 says:

    Im a Coote fan too… (?) (!)

    Saw her in Chicago as Hansel, missed her due to illness in their Fledermaus last year… Elizabeth DeShong wasnt much of a replacement…

    on December 30, 2008 at 3:42 PM
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