My current gig is with Opéra National de Lyon, singing the role of the Officer in Philip Glass' IN THE PENAL COLONY, based on the Kafka story. In much of the story I am explaining my torture machine to a visitor. This being a coproduction with Compagnie Anonyme, the machine is suggested more than shown, using a revolving platform. I "build" the "machine" by planting 11 spears around the platform, and eventually (bloody?) curtains are hung from them. Looking for a practical way of doing this, the production team bought--javelins. Light, easy to handle, practical! This is actually the first time I've ever had a javelin in my hand. I ran middle distance in high school, but we certainly had no javelins, and since then I have been a mere fan.
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Originally posted by AthleticsInBritainI'm such a philistine. When I first read the title I thought of Elmer Fudd and his "spear and magic helmet" in the greatest short cartoon of all time "What's Opera, Doc".
Congrats on the role, btw. I'm partial to a bit of Phillip Glass now and again myself.
Also congrats.
In the future, will you be trying for a role in Wagner's four-part classic on shot putting and discus throwing?
You know, "The Ring of the Nibelung"--?
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Originally posted by AthleticsInBritainI'm partial to a bit of Phillip Glass now and again myself.
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Originally posted by ghA writer in the pages of T&FN pages once aroused the ire of some people by using the operatic term "spear carrier" in one of his stories, taking it to be racist. Supernumerary does have a much better ring, I must admit.
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Originally posted by tandfmanOriginally posted by AthleticsInBritainI'm partial to a bit of Phillip Glass now and again myself.
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Originally posted by GrazerismOriginally posted by tandfmanOriginally posted by AthleticsInBritainI'm partial to a bit of Phillip Glass now and again myself.
I was thinking about your role as the officer yesterday when I was listening to John Adams' Doctor Atomic on the Mets radio broadcast. Also a scary piece.
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I'll sound like a sourpuss, but with the exception of jazz, I have not enjoy an opera after Puccini.
Grazerism, welcome back! I was wondering, where you disappeared."A beautiful theory killed by an ugly fact."
by Thomas Henry Huxley
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Originally posted by tandfmanOriginally posted by AthleticsInBritainI'm partial to a bit of Phillip Glass now and again myself.
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Originally posted by ghA writer in the pages of T&FN pages once aroused the ire of some people by using the operatic term "spear carrier" in one of his stories, taking it to be racist. Supernumerary does have a much better ring, I must admit.
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Originally posted by Per AndersenOriginally posted by GrazerismOriginally posted by tandfmanOriginally posted by AthleticsInBritainI'm partial to a bit of Phillip Glass now and again myself.
I was thinking about your role as the officer yesterday when I was listening to John Adams' Doctor Atomic on the Mets radio broadcast. Also a scary piece.
I also heard the last part of DR. ATOMIC. I was Kissinger in NIXON IN CHINA at English National a few years ago. Director Peter Sellars is literally an angel, finding sympathy for all the characters in that story--except Henry.
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