Haven't seen that. I _have_ seen the Wedding. The parents with young children in the audience were rather surprised at the vivid sex scenes. (Fully clad, but still... vivid.)
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>The time: 03 Nov 2006. The place: alt.fan.pratchett. The >speaker: Julia Jones <julia.jo...@gmail.com>
>> In article <eie878$16a...@mud.stack.nl>, 8'FED >> <dra...@netyp.com.au> writes >>> "The ignorant fat-head has a tendency to talk during the >>> overture >>> at the opera. Serious, dedicated opera fans find this >>> kind of insensitive behaviour to be most galling. Score >>> 'two' for the ignorant fat-heads! Many opera overtures >>> were written quickly and with little trouble being >>> taken over them in the knowledge that audiences (at >>> least prior to the twentieth century) would be likely >>> to alter their conversation once the overture started >>> only by increasing the volume."
>> With the Barber of Seville, there is also this wee small >> problem for some of us wherein we are unable to hear the >> overture without visualising a certain Bugs Bunny cartoon. >> (I think the score was four out of five in our party.)
>I watched the BBC 2 version of the Ring Cycle with my Mum. The >*look* I got for murmuring "kill da wabbit" at the appropriate >point...
A couple of years ago we went to see "Bugs Bunny On Broadway" when the tour came past our local orchestra venue. It was enormous fun watching Cartoons With Live Symphony Orchestra -- and this was the Fourth of July concert at an outdoor amphitheatre, so it came complete with fireworks display at the end. -- Julia Jones "There are people in the world who believe that Elvis did not die but was abducted by aliens. Most of these people have the vote and many own guns." Terry Pratchett
>Julia Jones wrote: >> froarulv <froar...@online.no> writes >> >Julia Jones wrote:
>> >> We went to the opera instead.
>> >Witch opera did you see? I envy you[0] the opportunity to go and see an >> >opera >> >[0] Everyone living near enough an opera house to be able to go to >> >performances
>> Barber of Seville
>One I'd like to see, along with The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic >Flute, Le Comte D'Ory (saw part of it on television years ago - very >funny), and also Roman Polanski's Dance of the Vampires.[1] >[1] Okay, this isn't an opera, it's a musical, but all the same... And >not the version directed by Michael Crawford as apparently that was >rubbish
I will now make you very, very jealous, and mention that I have seen Pirates of Penzance done by the D'Oyley Carte Company -- though the revival company rather than the original. One of the nice things about living twenty minutes' drive from a major provincial theatre was getting to see all sorts of wonderful things that went on national tour without having to pay London prices. -- Julia Jones Spindrift -- EPPIE 2006 finalist, 5 stars from JERR Richard finds the truth in legend, when he finds a silkie bereft of his skin and in need of a home... http://www.loose-id.net/detail.aspx?ID=138
In article <1162555603.756185.322...@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,
"CCA" <sphira9...@aol.com> wrote: >Julia Jones wrote: >> froarulv <froar...@online.no> writes >> >Julia Jones wrote:
>> >> We went to the opera instead.
>> >Witch opera did you see? I envy you[0] the opportunity to go and see an >> >opera >> >[0] Everyone living near enough an opera house to be able to go to >> >performances
>> Barber of Seville
>One I'd like to see,
Once you've seen Bug Bunny's version, nothing else compares.
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Lesley Weston wrote: > in article 1162354446.168812.235...@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, > moira...@gmail.com at moira...@gmail.com wrote on 31/10/2006 8:14 PM: > > This year was a new low for participation, for me. I didn't even go on > > rounds with Anson, didn't buy candy.
> That's harsh. He couldn't have gone out twice?
Well, he's 8 now, and had a good time going the rounds with his friend and the friend's mom.
> > I did go to a party the 20th, and > > another the 27th. Dressed as Puss in Boots.
> Well that's something, anyway.
> > Spent the evening--am still spending it--drinking scotch and watching > > Buffy.
> > BTW, haven't been around because OE stopped letting me read newsgroups > > on October 5th, and I haven't been able to fix it. I find it hard to > > track threads in Google Groups, so haven't bothered.
> We've missed you. Well I have anyway, though of course we're not allowed to > speak for the whole group. I know Alec tried to help you and couldn't, so > there's nothing I can suggest that he won't have thought of, but I hope it > gets solved soon.
I have done every bleedin' thing I can think of, re-registering .dlls, unblocking port 119 by every means I can find, making sure everything knows that yes, OE is allowed to go online, adding another account (which makes new registry entries) blah, blah, blah.
in article pan.2006.11.03.00.07.52.994...@ALLCAPSyahoo.com, Sofia at pinkmonster2000REM...@ALLCAPSyahoo.com wrote on 02/11/2006 4:07 PM:
> On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:09:26 +0000, Lesley Weston wrote:
>> We had a record number of kids this year, so many that we ran out of candy. >> I rushed to the store two blocks away, but all they had left was one bag of >> caramels. Many parents won't let their children eat any caramels they find >> in their bags because they're just wrapped, not sealed, but I got them >> anyway just to have something to give to the kids; some of them will be >> allowed to eat them. The annoying part is that I was counting on having >> Kitkats left over as in previous years, and then, well... you can't waste >> food, can you?
> When we were young, we used to grab hold and eat anything adults gave us > on Halloween, and we used to keep it secret from our parents! I'm sure > kids nowadays have the same kind of naughty antics! :-)
Well that's some consolation for the loss of my Kitkats, though alarming to me as a parent. We didn't run out of candy until all the really little kids had been and gone, so the caramels went to the bigger kids, who might well have hidden them from their parents.
-- Lesley Weston.
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> On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:23:59 GMT, Lesley Weston > <brightly_coloured_b...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> in article gorhk2hh45bt0hpab59a1jv6gprgdl5...@4ax.com, Lister at >> fa...@SPAMclara.net wrote on 01/11/2006 11:02 AM:
>>> On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:09:26 GMT, Lesley Weston >>> <brightly_coloured_b...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> <snip>
>>>> The annoying part is that I was counting on having >>>> Kitkats left over as in previous years, and then, well... you can't waste >>>> food, can you?
>>> Now I know what to bring if I'm ever in Canada :)
>> Mmmm, Kitkats...
> Can you really not get them in Cananananada?
Oh we can get them alright - that's how come we had them to hand out at Halloween. But the chocolate is slightly different, as with all the English brands of candy available in Canada. Still good, though.
-- Lesley Weston.
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> In article <1162555603.756185.322...@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>, CCA > <sphira9...@aol.com> writes >> Julia Jones wrote: >>> froarulv <froar...@online.no> writes >>>> Julia Jones wrote:
>>>>> We went to the opera instead.
>>>> Witch opera did you see? I envy you[0] the opportunity to go and see an >>>> opera >>>> [0] Everyone living near enough an opera house to be able to go to >>>> performances
>>> Barber of Seville
>> One I'd like to see, along with The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic >> Flute, Le Comte D'Ory (saw part of it on television years ago - very >> funny), and also Roman Polanski's Dance of the Vampires.[1] >> [1] Okay, this isn't an opera, it's a musical, but all the same... And >> not the version directed by Michael Crawford as apparently that was >> rubbish
> I will now make you very, very jealous, and mention that I have seen > Pirates of Penzance done by the D'Oyley Carte Company -- though the > revival company rather than the original.
That's one of the few good things about being old - I have seen the real D'Oyley Carte Company live doing both The Mikado and Iolanthe. IMO, their Mikado was nowhere near as good as Jonathan Miller's production and their Iolanthe was pathetic compared to the Stratford production, both of which I have seen (over and over again) on TV.
>One of the nice things about > living twenty minutes' drive from a major provincial theatre was getting > to see all sorts of wonderful things that went on national tour without > having to pay London prices.
I saw them at Oxford's New Theatre; also many pre-London productions. It is useful, as you say.
-- Lesley Weston.
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> Barber of Seville, which I had not seen before. Which in fact I did not > even know the plot of, despite having heard it on CD many times. > Slightly bizarre experience sitting there with very familiar music, and > seeing what it all means. > --
I love Mozart! Don Giovanni is almost as good as Die Zauberflöte(Magic Flute), witch I think is the best(and kitschest[0]) opera of all! But Don Giovanni, with it's almost campy scenes[1] is almost as good. You are most fortunate indeed! And I think the plot in many cases is just a way of pasting the songs together and is not to be taken too seriously[2].
[0] At least of the classicals
[1] Especially the statue scene at the end
[2] I have the impression that many films are made in the same way.
>Oh we can get them alright - that's how come we had them to hand out at >Halloween. But the chocolate is slightly different, as with all the English >brands of candy available in Canada. Still good, though.
We only give you furriners the defective ones :)
-- We're climbing up the sunshine mountains Where the pretty brezes blow We're climbing up the sunshine mountains Faces all a-glow
Julia Jones wrote: > I will now make you very, very jealous, and mention that I have seen Pirates > of Penzance done by the D'Oyley Carte Company -- though the revival company > rather than the original.
I've only seen the Jon English / Simon Gallaher version. On stage.
Ultra-conservatives hated it, because it's a liberal interpretation with extra jokes. Many other people loved it for the same reason.
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