Thursday, May 12
LOLipops, LOLerskating, and LOL-ympia
Hoffmann is such a struggle.
And when this is all done, I hope to return (with friends) to our regularly scheduled programming. Expect more updates, more features, more sounds, more content from a broader spectrum of topics.
Trrill: not just zealous about opera!
- Trying not to imagine Marilyn Horne when Linda Pavelka sings the Muse's opening aria with glorious vocal texture.
- Trying to understand Vinson Cole's French diction.
- Trying to snap myself out of hypnosis from Helen Schneiderman's gorgeous Niklausse.
- Trying to banish from my memory the sounds of Harrowing Blackwell's LOL-eratura in the Olympia scene (she's cute as hell, but it's "la chanson mignonne" the second time; "la chanson gentille" the first time; ).
- Trying to figure out the wig and makeup department's choices for Dean Elzinga's Lindorf; who knew that "diabolical" meant "cross between Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol, and Christopher Walken"?
- Trying to keep myself from pinching Julianne Gearheart ("Silver" cast) on the arse after her masterful interpolations in the Doll Song.
- Trying to keep my heart from racing every time John Uhlenhopp dances atop the bar as a totally believable drunk Hoffmann who throws vocal pacing to the wind and gives us spit, spinto, and squillo for the entire show.
- Trying to keep my jaw off the ground every time John Relyea opens his mouth to sing; he's far and away the best singer and performer in the cast; from his timing to his gestures to his perfectly even and easy voice, he's a consummate artist and a force of nature.
And when this is all done, I hope to return (with friends) to our regularly scheduled programming. Expect more updates, more features, more sounds, more content from a broader spectrum of topics.
Trrill: not just zealous about opera!
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