Stefan in "Turn of the Screw"

[john45]

Any of you Europeans going to Vienna?

[Yorkie]

Opera?

Stefan is a great kid, fantastic singer and all that + I've always wanted to visit Vienna but............? I think I'd rather stay at home and push nails in to my eyeballs.

[paul]

I agree with Yorkie,

Stefan is a great kid, but opera I would rather stay at home and peel of my finger nails with pliers.

[maartendas]

Oh you guys don't know what you're missing! I have only seen a handful of operas in my lifetime (yet) but Britten's Turn of the Screw is one of the most amazing operas I have ever seen. Spellbinding and gorgeous and gripping from the first moment. I saw it in the DVD version of a BBC production starring Nicholas Kirby Johnson as the treble lead role: " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I knew Stefan was doing something with an opera in Vienna but somehow I missed *which* opera he was involved in. OMG (yes I just wrote OMG)... I so wish I could go now!! That is one brilliant role to sing... I have just gotten more proud of Stefan in mere seconds (the joy you can get for missing a detail and finding out about it much later )

[fan_de_LoK]

Hi John, I'm going

I have booked my tickets in June when they become available.
Everything is set for me, including low cost plane and hotel.

I will go at both shows of the 17 and 19 septembre, in the hope to have Stefan at least once

My stay in Vienna is from 17/09 morning to 20/09 evening.
These 4 days toursim in vienna should be interesting


I tried to go to see also the Wiener Sängerknaben, but for the mass on sunday 18/09 all seats on the top floor of the Imperial chapel having a view on the choir were already sold. They produce also in the afternoon for the cloture of a Haydn festival, but it's not in Vienna and tickets are too expensive. So I gave up for that, I'm not passionate enough, I prefer to do pure tourism

[maartendas]

To give you all some idea of what Stefan will be singing, this is one of the principal arias of his character Miles, sung here by Louis-Alexander Désiré:

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The opera is based on the famous Victorian ghost novella by Henry James. Synopsis of the story: here.

[Yorkie]

To give you all some idea of what Stefan will be singing, this is one of the principal arias of his character Miles, sung here by Louis-Alexander Désiré:

The opera is based on the famous Victorian ghost novella by Henry James. Synopsis of the story: here.

Thank you Maartendas for posting that. I was beginning to have second thoughts and to doubt I'd made the right decision on not going to see it. Six seconds in to that clip and all my doubts had gone. I need to trust myself more; obviously I was right. How could it be otherwise?

[john45]

Hi John, I'm going

Hi Patrick

That's great.

I have tickets for the 19th and the 21st so between the two of us we should get to see Stefan at least once.

Yorkie and Paul, Maarten is right. I used to feel the same way as you do about opera until the 1990 World Cup.
Pavarotti's Nessum Dorma persuaded me to give it a try and I've been hooked ever since.

John

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[carina_gino20]

To give you all some idea of what Stefan will be singing, this is one of the principal arias of his character Miles, sung here by Louis-Alexander Désiré:

The opera is based on the famous Victorian ghost novella by Henry James. Synopsis of the story: here.

Thank you Maartendas for posting that. I was beginning to have second thoughts and to doubt I'd made the right decision on not going to see it. Six seconds in to that clip and I all my doubts had gone. I need to trust myself more; obviously I was right. How could it be otherwise?

Aww, Yorkie. I see you haven't changed. Thank you for that!

[maartendas]

Yes Yorkie, I love your style as always (I do!) But I can't believe you don't like that clip. I think this calls for a good pint together to talk this through

[Yorkie]

Yes Yorkie, I love your style as always (I do!) But I can't believe you don't like that clip. I think this calls for a good pint together to talk this through

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

[maartendas]

Yes Yorkie, I love your style as always (I do!) But I can't believe you don't like that clip. I think this calls for a good pint together to talk this through

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

Well now, I'm sure Stefan does not qualify as ugly and fat I know what you mean but I think the charm of more modern operas these days (like The Turn of the Screw) is that they are very different from the 'stereotype opera'. I have a hard time sitting through one of those, but this one gripped me from the word go. So, it's not all warbling in a ridiculously dramatic way anymore these days

Anyway, john, Patrick, I look forward to your reviews and also to hear about any professional reviews of this performance, and what the critics will make of our star from Norbury

[paul]

In all honesty, banging my head against a brick wall is more pleasurable than that.

[paul]

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

I'm sure I could do a nice rendition of electricity for you (I know all the words as well)

[Yorkie]

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

I'm sure I could do a nice rendition of electricity for you (I know all the words as well)

But you've only just learned to pirouette.