Short article describing 'public outcry' over acurrent staging of the Mozart opera, "Die Entführung aus dem Serail".
Are any of you involved with this production at the Comic Opera in Berlin? I would love to hear the other side of this story. I get so tired of people's outrage any more.
I have seen 2: a simple bare breast shot, and a something or other which would not upset anyone.
Cunning Little Vixen here in SF (Upshaw, Allen, et al) was not very erotic at all, for all of the erotic hoopla. Could not believe the bs associated with the great Alcina prod here.
I would certainly prefer some bare skin to all of the pelvic thrusting which seems to invade every SF show. I hate it mostly because it is such a lame move, staging-wise.
I'm really not just giving in to morbid curiosity, either... my friend's mom had tickets, but after hearing all the hype about it, she doesn't want to go. So, she gave the tickets to my friend, and he invited me along. My teacher saw it, and said it was pretty horrifying, but I can't pass up free tix to the opera, even if it is scary.
I'll let you know what I think.
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"Well, basically there are two sorts of opera," said Nanny..."There's your heavy opera, where basically people sing foreign and it goes like 'Oh oh oh, I am dyin', oh, I am dyin', oh, oh, oh, that's what I'm doin', and there's your light opera, were they sing in foreign and it basically goes 'Beer! Beer! Beer! Beer! I like to drink lots of beer!', although sometimes they drink champagne instead. That's basically opera, really."
"Well, basically there are two sorts of opera," said Nanny..."There's your heavy opera, where basically people sing foreign and it goes like 'Oh oh oh, I am dyin', oh, I am dyin', oh, oh, oh, that's what I'm doin', and there's your light opera, were they sing in foreign and it basically goes 'Beer! Beer! Beer! Beer! I like to drink lots of beer!', although sometimes they drink champagne instead. That's basically opera, really."
