Korngold's opera "Die Tote Stadt" opened at the San Francisco Opera on Tuesday evening...
...and according to my friend Patrick Vaz (click here for his blog), it's probably going to be the highlight of the season.
I make a brief cameo as a scary Dead City Bishop in the last act, along with about 40 other men and women...
...some of whom also appear in Act Two as White Nuns following a huge cross across the stage on which soprano Katherine Tier is mounted, singing about her desire to join a convent.
Though most of the audience can't see that half the nuns are actually men, backstage it feels a bit like one has wandered into the Castro Street Fair.
I'd have to agree with Patrick on this one, it's certainly the best production so far. Though, of course, I'll go to Boccanegra again, on your advice.
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Who knew that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence would wander into an opera by Korngold? Love the make up darling but the hats..well..I found another recording of the Die Tote Stradt aria by Joseph Schmidt (1933 - from Premiere Opera Podcasts). I'll burn a CD for you and give it to you the next time we meet.
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I like operas, but these pictures seem to be unusual for the topic. Those red eyes are frightening (which is not a problem - I'm fond of odd things, too).
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Congrats on the Blog of Note nod. No one deserves it more.
Wait wait wait, there's a Princess Sparkle Pony blog? Now that's something I need to see...
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