The Hall of Fire

I shouldn't have said "way too vague" - being vague helps to initiate a discussion, but on the other hand it doesn't help me choose a poll option! If you asked, "Do you believe in the biblical God", I would have voted an emphatic "no". :) But if you asked, "Do you ...

The question is waaaay too vague. I voted "Other".

Good clips, Alatar!

So, was the whole performance filmed? Will you be selling DVD's?

Just out of curiosity, are there more people that would participate if they could get their hands on a recording? There's lots of wonderful humor in Magic Flute. :D Warning: There's also lots of really, really bad humour in the Magic Flute - luckily, most of those lines get cut from modern performan...

Whoa - lots of responses since I disappeared! :) For inexpensive recordings, you can't go to far wrong with the Naxos label; they've issued a recording with singers that I've never heard of, but I'm sure are competent. In the Naxos Historical series, there's an old one (1937) with Toscanini conducti...

Well - we have group readings, why not a group listening? I'd also be very interested in people that don't normally listen opera taking part. The Magic Flute was Mozart's last or second-last opera, depending on whether you go by composition date of first performance. Technically, it's not an opera a...

Congratulations Alatar!!!

So, any chance you'll take this production on tour? Like, maybe, to Canada?

Is that Lake Louise, Eruname? The reflections are just beautiful! Yes, looks like it. And even though the mountain looks like it's right behind it, I can tell you from experience that it's a 6-hour hike away! (I wasn't prepared for that when I set out on it) The mountain behind it is Mt. Victoria, ...

Good luck - I'm sure it will be wonderful!

Any chance this event will be recorded?

I learned something new today - I didn't know Mozart's son was a composer! And according to the following article, he seems to be worth checking out! Original article Soprano Barbara Bonney talks to Ivan Hewett about her passion for the music of Mozart's son, Franz Xaver Of all the misfortunes that ...

Aren't you supposed to speak in ALL CAPS or something?

From one n00b to another - Welcome, Ellie!

Taken in Kinghorn, Fife:

Well, nobody directly answered my questions, so I still don't know exactly what the debate is. But I'll jump in anyway :) Someone asked if time spent playing video games would be better spent doing something else. Undoubtedly. But does everyone only do beneficial things? All day long? Nothing but? v...

Just so I know what we're talking about - Are we arguing whether it's harmful to spend hours and hours playing video games every day? Are we arguing whether it's harmful to spend an hour once or twice a week playing them? Are we arguing whether it's harmful to play them - period? I can't respond unt...

The Beethoven Sportscast really has to be heard - the dialogue plays off the music so closely, just reading a transcript wouldn't be the same. "Iphegenia in Brooklyn" is a classic. :rofl: Our library had that record when we were kids, and we would laugh our heads off at it. As Hyperion acr...

I agree with yov, the video game subject would make a worthwhile thread in its own right.

Here's my stand: a moderate use of good, quality games can be beneficial. Some games are just trash - but so are some books! And even some music! As in everything, you need to exercise some judgement.

Drottningholm Castle near Stockholm has a lovely 18th century theatre, where you can see performances with all the theatre-technics available to the 18th century stage. Bergman's Magic Flute used this theatre as a setting for the film. Ooh, I sense a 2007 m00t! We can talk about that in Edinburgh. ...

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Walt Kelly .....Pogo

Wrong! Porkypine.

See exhibit A:



Apart from your tendency to get the facts wrong, I will say that you have exquisite taste in comics.

Check your mailbox, Hobby

I just got back from the first night of Dracula. I couldn't see much of the dancing from behind the curtain, but what I did see look really interesting.