Victory, of a sort
The annual Duke of York’s Picturehouse Eurovision Party, which is apparently a gay institution in Brighton, is pre-empted this year because of demand for tickets for the Met’s HD of Die Walküre. [BBC News] (Voigt photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera)
Either the insanest spin ever, or we must be dealing with very different demographics between the HD audiences in Brighton and downtown Toronto.
Ah, I get it now. The party was cancelled because the cinema is hosting Die Walküre instead – not because the demand for a competing event took the wind out of the Eurovision sails.
“It’s a different crowd”
I think not.
I would imagine it’s a very different crowd considering, from my experience, the fact that 90% of people attending those broadcasts are over the age of 70.
Any excuse.
Is Malena Ernman the only “crossover artist” (loathe the term) in Eurovision? Is she even competing this year? Her 2009 number was a hoot — and her Dido at Opera Comique (being repeated next year) was very moving.
I assume that that is a ‘real’ production photo, and all of a sudden Lepage’s concept makes sense….
You will note two characters referenced in the third act of Wagner’s music drama: Sintolt der Giggling and Wittig den Squirming.
No, really — is that what we’re in for tomorrow afternoon? Brünnhilde and Fosse dancers?
It looks like Lepage has restored the scene from Act 3 (wisely cut by Wagner after the tryout run in Liegzig) where Brunhilde tests Valhalla-wannabes for coordination and endurance by leading them in a vigorous round of Dance Aeorbics.
Was the Regie quiz a day early? This could be a cross-dressing Zauberflote, with Tamina posing with the Three Boys (plus a fourth, as an added bonus)!
No, it’s clearly Turandot set in the baths. The bitter old queen is flanked here by her usuals: Ping, Pang, Pong, and Dong.
Is someone hinting that after the Ring, Debbie will be singing at the baths?
I hope DV sees this photo. I can’t help but think she’d find it hilarious.
Reminds one of those old posed Victorian photos for World War 1 army recruitment that our beloved Vicar would know about, meant to save England inspired with Boudica leading the charge. The captions usually reading ‘Be a man and join up now’.
When are we going to see a regie Ring where Brunhilde ‘brings on the all dancing – high kicking boys. Perhaps it could be explained away she recruited a few ‘that were just wounded’ that she was supposed to take to Valhalla dead.
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So many new operas are based on films these days. Why not this one?
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