A couple of bloggable bits from the programme booklet for last nights opera. There’s an advertisment for the “National Theatre’s production of Iphigenia at Aulis”:http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=7783 , where the copy reads
bq. Just how far will a leader go in order to save face and secure a military victory in the East?
How far indeed?
And the notes for Valerie Reid (mezzo soprano, Grimgerde in Valkyrie) tell us that her plans include
bq. Natasha [in] ” _The Electrification of the Soviet Union_ for Music Theatre Wales”:http://www.musictheatrewales.org.uk/electrification.html .
Comments from anyone who has seen that piece?
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Motoko Kusanagi 05.16.04 at 11:28 am
Haven’t seen it, but the title sounds familiar.
I remember. Here’s an article I saw some time ago, by the author of the libretto:
The first night at Glyndebourne, I was under the strong illusion that the words were at least 90% audible. However, I suggested a more modest figure to my wife: 70%. She smiled politely over my shoulder and answered discreetly: “Seven per cent. Sorry.”
rea 05.17.04 at 1:18 pm
“How far indeed?”
Seriously bad news for Jenna . . .
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