tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post9020016145414597735..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: Lulu Sings To Berg, With LoveCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-49256180427843349632009-06-08T22:19:03.639-07:002009-06-08T22:19:03.639-07:00Dear rootlesscosmo: I'd love to hear "She...Dear rootlesscosmo: I'd love to hear "Shepherd on the Rocks with a Twist." The Schubert piece was totally beautiful but ripe for parody.<br /><br />And I take it you didn't bother going to the recent Broadway musical version of "Spring Awakening," which is adapted from another hyperventilating Wedekind play.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-72738305314800165832009-06-08T22:00:01.447-07:002009-06-08T22:00:01.447-07:00Peter Schickele in his P.D.Q. Bach persona wrote a...Peter Schickele in his P.D.Q. Bach persona wrote a piece called "Shepherd on the Rocks, with a Twist." The ensemble includes a lasso d'amore--one of those ridged plastic tubes you whirl around your head, the pitch depending on how fast--and a tromboon, a slide trombone fitted with a bassoon bocal. No, I've never heard it. <br /><br />I actually like "Wozzeck" but "Lulu" gives me the same kind of inappropriate giggles as your friend got--not the music but the hyperventilating Wedekind libretto.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-74260851320540663182009-06-08T10:24:43.112-07:002009-06-08T10:24:43.112-07:00Dear Ced: Thursday, when you none of the cool kids...Dear Ced: Thursday, when you none of the cool kids were there.<br /><br />Dear Chanteuse and JRD: Thanks for the encouraging words.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-81871786774709812992009-06-08T08:47:02.989-07:002009-06-08T08:47:02.989-07:00I totally missed you, did you go on Wednesday?I totally missed you, did you go on Wednesday?Cedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02611663819436917513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-67394857125570315832009-06-07T15:58:02.140-07:002009-06-07T15:58:02.140-07:00Now, there's an opera -- getting bludgeoned in...Now, there's an opera -- getting bludgeoned in the opera hall...<br /><br />Also enjoyed your summation: <br /><i>...about the temptress Lulu who destroys everyone in her path with her wanton sexuality before being carved up by Jack the Ripper.</i>AphotoAdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08581940419934089601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-8674693546847121072009-06-07T11:06:53.309-07:002009-06-07T11:06:53.309-07:00Cool dress; uninspired coiffure.
It's hard to...Cool dress; uninspired coiffure.<br /><br />It's hard to envision Angela G. in that flora/fauna get-up!<br /><br />I adore your posts. . .<br /><br />ChanteuseJRDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668174652520224455noreply@blogger.com