Stefan in "Turn of the Screw"

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Yorkie wrote:
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I assure you "don't like it" would be a gross understatement. It sums up why I can't like opera. Oh sure, some little bits are great (yes I like Nessun Dorma, O Fortuna and a bit of Semele) but on the whole it doesn't float my boat. If I wanted to see ugly, fat people warbling away in an ridiculously dramatic way I'd just sing to myself in the mirror :D
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Re: Stefan in "Turn of the Screw"

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Well I like opera and I have already seen some.
However, none from Britten, of whom I know only a few classical compositions. The video was already - ehm - very impressive. :?

For good luck, I am at the time in southern Italy to commit a few hills (Stromboli, Vulcano ..) and therefore I don't need an excuse to not to travel to Vienna. Lucky me. :lol:
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Random question but have Libera ever covered O Fortuna ?

I cant remember most of there earlier pre 1996 stuff.
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dani wrote:Random question but have Libera ever covered O Fortuna ?

I cant remember most of there earlier pre 1996 stuff.
Not that I have ever heard dani. I believe that there is part of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana that is written for treble voices (might be wrong on that).
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I'd be a little surprised if they ever did any of the Carmina Burana stuff. Libera focuses on more uplifting songs and if you translate the lyrics, it just seems inappropriate for what they would do. I could be wrong.
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dani wrote:Random question but have Libera ever covered O Fortuna ?

I cant remember most of there earlier pre 1996 stuff.
I do not recall them doing a version of "Carmina Burana". However, that would be a great collaboration project, if that were to happen like "The Nutcracker". If I were to imagine, the lower voices could actually join the main male choir because the treble part does not require that many people.
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Widescreen wrote:I'd be a little surprised if they ever did any of the Carmina Burana stuff. Libera focuses on more uplifting songs and if you translate the lyrics, it just seems inappropriate for what they would do. I could be wrong.
I dont know the content of the song. Just they do stuff like Mysterium and a few other mysterious songs well and it adds a lot to a concert.
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Widescreen wrote:I'd be a little surprised if they ever did any of the Carmina Burana stuff. Libera focuses on more uplifting songs and if you translate the lyrics, it just seems inappropriate for what they would do. I could be wrong.
I dont know the content of the song. Just they do stuff like Mysterium and a few other mysterious songs well and it adds a lot to a concert.
Agreed. However Carmina Burana has a lot of eroticism in it - it's just that it's in latin so people don't realize it. Musically it's great.
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I love opera, though "Turning of the Screw" would seem to me to be an odd subject for opera. What next? "Frankenstein'? "The Adams Family"? "Friday the 13th?"
Am I to understand that in the opera they have young Miles singing in Latin? How did they work that in?
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TullyBascombe wrote:I love opera, though "Turning of the Screw" would seem to me to be an odd subject for opera. What next? "Frankenstein'? "The Adams Family"? "Friday the 13th?"
Am I to understand that in the opera they have young Miles singing in Latin? How did they work that in?
Anything can be the subject of a work of theatre.
Miles sings Latin when he is studying Latin with his governess.
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I listened to part of "Turn of the Screw" live broadcast from LA today. It was pretty good!
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Wow! Thank you for this information! I took it for a basis to share their thoughts and impressions about Stefan on our site. And I thought like that.
Stefan, whose photo of entire 1.5 years I had to avatars, Image continues to surprise and delight. Last summer, he participated in a grand festival in Krakow, dedicated to film music (then a lot of playing Lord of the Rings). There he was as a soloist.
In the end he shook hands personally conductor and the organizers of the festival hall and the standing ovation Image
I mentioned this last August or September, even wanted to write an article (in itself), but then I had a care in the real world. and then forgot
And this year, Stefan was quite in earnest singing In Opera, it is an adult, though childish voice))))
Damn, opening day coincides with my birthday. Great gift! It is true I will not be there, well, okay ..

I have always maintained that he was too academic for Prizeman
By the way, Mr. Prizeman too tired to deal with it, as a result of Stephen longer solo in Libera
Just had staged another school (Trinity Boys School in sense), and in general it done, but with a different opera, as they say.
May turn a little too Prizeman back? And then there are pop stars with super-original voices, like Tom, Ed, Josh, MBen, now there, and coming soon ..
That's the approach Christmas album .. How to sing this time? Very interesting! Do not want to repeat all previous blunt. I am sure that they understand it all, including the chief, who is responsible for the music - Mr. Robert Prizeman. But how can implement it? We all know and understand that you can not always produce the best quality, and is calm and the crisis .. Although this is undesirable, especially now when so much attention concentrated on the whole thing.

And Stefanito - good luck, let bunting can handle it, it is very difficult, believe me, I had once participated in opera productions, it's incredible hemorrhoids ...
The more so for children. But when it's like - then everything will be fine, if only to installers with drunken illuminators did their work well, and our Stefancheg does not frighten!
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Re: Stefan in "Turn of the Screw"

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dani wrote:Random question but have Libera ever covered O Fortuna ?

I cant remember most of there earlier pre 1996 stuff.
Vienna Boys Choir sang O Fortuna during a soccor commercial years ago.
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Re: Stefan in "Turn of the Screw"

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The "Turn of the screw" performances will start in less than two days now :)

For reminder : there will only 6 performances : on September 14, 17, 19, 21, 24 and 27

Apparently DearLibera will be there for the première on Wednesday 14, and also for the 17, 19 and 21.
I will be in Vienna for the 17 and 19.
Momo (from Japan also) will go for the 17, 19 and 21.
John45 is going for the 19 and 21

Each of us hopes to see Stefan at least once :)
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Re: Stefan in "Turn of the Screw"

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Its so nice we will hopefully get some reviews on what Stefan is like as its soooo very different than Libera.
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