La Boheme

[rich p]

As an intro to opera -not just a performance - this was a really good programme on Carmen last week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pwstr/Carmen_The_Dream_and_the_Destiny/

 

[rich p]

As an intro to opera -not just a performance - this was a really good programme on Carmen last week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pwstr/Carmen_The_Dream_and_the_Destiny/

 

[dellzeqq]

just sent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_UtIy5VEz0 to The Babe and bought a bottle of prosecco.....

I wonder if the sceptics will ever work out why they have to leave the stage before the end of the aria.......

 

[dellzeqq]

just sent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_UtIy5VEz0 to The Babe and bought a bottle of prosecco.....

I wonder if the sceptics will ever work out why they have to leave the stage before the end of the aria.......

 

[TVC]

I have only ever seen one opera, and that was La Boheme. (I shall omit the bit about it being at Sydney Opera House because it would make me look like a git).

Go, but buy decent tickets so you can see the surtitles otherwise you'll be lost. Also, don't blub at the end or you might not be allowed back into Otley.

 

[TVC]

I have only ever seen one opera, and that was La Boheme. (I shall omit the bit about it being at Sydney Opera House because it would make me look like a git).

Go, but buy decent tickets so you can see the surtitles otherwise you'll be lost. Also, don't blub at the end or you might not be allowed back into Otley.

 

[rich p]

The plot is largely irrelevant IMHO. I've seen more believable storylines at the pantomime

 

[rich p]

The plot is largely irrelevant IMHO. I've seen more believable storylines at the pantomime

 

[sheddy]

Another option is to see the New York Metropoliton (sp) Opera shown live on the big screen at the Arts Picturehouses beamed to the UK.
Fantastic costumes and as it is filmed you get all the close ups. Tickets are approx £25 so sells out fast.

 

[sheddy]

Another option is to see the New York Metropoliton (sp) Opera shown live on the big screen at the Arts Picturehouses beamed to the UK.
Fantastic costumes and as it is filmed you get all the close ups. Tickets are approx £25 so sells out fast.

 

[dellzeqq]

The plot is largely irrelevant IMHO. I've seen more believable storylines at the pantomime

exactly - you don't get a great deal more out of it when it's sung in English at the ENO. It's just sex, sex, sex, sex. Like the late, great Teddy Prendergras, but, well, sexier. If you find sex boring, don't go.

Andy - the seat is important. Forget the stalls. Front of circle. The sound is better, and the view is to die for - both of the stage and the boxes. Please pay attention to the boxes - they're a bubbling stew, a veritable ferment, of social climbing and barely suppressed passion. If you need any help I can e-mail you the bit in Proust about a night at the opera. You'll love it.

Sitting at the back of the upper circle has its charm, but it might not be for you. Lots and lots of leather. Unless its one of those ghastly Monteverdi efforts. Then it's all retired spinsters from Wiltshire. Best avoided.

Anyway, the main thing is this. It's one thing to watch this stuff on the telly, or whatever. Seeing it in the flesh is stunning. The sheer power and clarity of the voices knocks your socks off.

And The Kid caught the beginning of 'O Soave...'. Left the room in tears after 30 seconds. Bingo!

 

[dellzeqq]

The plot is largely irrelevant IMHO. I've seen more believable storylines at the pantomime

exactly - you don't get a great deal more out of it when it's sung in English at the ENO. It's just sex, sex, sex, sex. Like the late, great Teddy Prendergras, but, well, sexier. If you find sex boring, don't go.

Andy - the seat is important. Forget the stalls. Front of circle. The sound is better, and the view is to die for - both of the stage and the boxes. Please pay attention to the boxes - they're a bubbling stew, a veritable ferment, of social climbing and barely suppressed passion. If you need any help I can e-mail you the bit in Proust about a night at the opera. You'll love it.

Sitting at the back of the upper circle has its charm, but it might not be for you. Lots and lots of leather. Unless its one of those ghastly Monteverdi efforts. Then it's all retired spinsters from Wiltshire. Best avoided.

Anyway, the main thing is this. It's one thing to watch this stuff on the telly, or whatever. Seeing it in the flesh is stunning. The sheer power and clarity of the voices knocks your socks off.

And The Kid caught the beginning of 'O Soave...'. Left the room in tears after 30 seconds. Bingo!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

The plot is largely irrelevant IMHO. I've seen more believable storylines at the pantomime

Oh no you haven't!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

The plot is largely irrelevant IMHO. I've seen more believable storylines at the pantomime

Oh no you haven't!

 

[Fab Foodie]

oh - just found this.
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_UtIy5VEz0
I think I'll just have to go for a lie down.......

Thanks for that, just wonderful... made my eyes leak.