Let it chat, let it chat, let it chat!
Here’s the place to stay warm and to discuss this afternoon’s broadcast of Les Contes d’Hoffmann, starting at 1:00 pm.
Following this performance with a score is going to be difficult, as the Met uses a mix-and-match edition, but if you’re interested, bad old Choudens can be found here.
Ok..it’s been too long since I stopped by..but I don’t see a link for the chat room
The “general” chat is done here in the comments section, Mrs. F. Some other commenters sometimes organize an “instant” chat — as soon as I know they are present, I’ll provide on an on-site link for that page.
No coveritlive today, La Cieca?
BTW, I’m at a cinema in Daly City, CA, and it’s not nearly as crowded as it was for Lucia. House is only 2/3 full.
CruzSF — I want to share an absolutely wonderful thing I discovered last year regarding the annual ballet gala, which is kept secret, pretty much, for the San Francisco Ballet…it happens about two to five days before the first official ballet of the season — I think that’s around the end of the month of January this time — at any rate, if you buy a $25.00 standing room, you can, saving your programme as entrance billet, go to the gala party, ACROSS THE STREET, which is at City Hall, which is just f***king fabulous! Food, wine, vodka, dancing girls (sorry no boys), and strobe light madness, all under the benefic gate of Harvey Milk!! Do go to the box office, or better yet, the SF Ballet Office over on Grove or Hayes, or whatever the hell it is, and pester them about when the GALA is. Say you went last year or something like that. Believe you, you won’t BE SORRY!!! It is SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I find out anymore about dates I’ll let you know via P.Box.
Best of luck — and it’s waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more fun that this Tales of H.
best regards,
Camille
Thank you, Camille, I’ll look into it. It would make a great introduction to ballet for me.
The SF Ballet beats the Opera, for me. The Gala is bits and pieces of the coming season and/or highlights of works created for SFB, and the dancers are stellar. That said, after having attended many NYC Ballet performances, i.e., the best. If you want to try out a little ballet music (there are no tight vibratos but plenty of tight asses), then this event is an absolutely top notch way to begin.
Good luck and hope you enjoy!
IMPORTANT DETAIL: do DRESS up — this is tux, furs, diamonds,and long elegant gowns. I Strongly urge you to wear your best getup or go to OuT of the Closet and throw together something.
Camille com’n tell us! Was it really like that line from one of A Chorus Line’s songs: “Everyone was beautiful……at the Ballet”!
If true, we will understand THAT!
I attended this production in Geneva last year and enjoyed it a great deal more than what’s currently playing in New York. It’s just so much more coherent, and seriously how can you not enjoy something where all of the women look like Mrs. White from Clue!
Thanks for the reality check. A fantastic clip! Wish I could see the whole thing.
This is exceptional–please identify the artists/conductor!
Blizzard = no HD Hoffmann in DC for me
“Olympia was Hoffmann’s first tail…”
I wish Junktruck would suffer the same fate as Olympia.
Far too fine a fate that would be!
Let the Vicar mete out her sentence.
bassoprofundo, are you in attendance today?
Come one, come all, join the realtime chat!
http://parterre.com/la-casa-della-cieca/
It’s embedded today, so just click on the above link.
Where is everybody? Is there snow in NYC?
It seems the people’s choice is realtime chat, as linked above.
You, LA CIECA, are the discerning person’ choice.
All I have heard so far is so dreary it’s hard to believe it’s Offenbachn no fun!
AND what kind of IPA symbol French is this?
It is not a great day for the muets.
God, so sorry about the typos. Never type on a blackberry with carpal tunnel and a broken thumbnail, as do I, in my fretta e furia.