The Hall of Fire

Yova, do you ever post anything except questions? What do YOU think and why?

Amazon.com has the original cast recording of Spamalot . On which tracks did Ms. Ramirez sing? I can at least hear a sample. :) Of course you have to love the Brave Sir Robin song. :D BTW, Sarah Ramirez won a Tony for best supporting actress in a musical last year, and was one of the presenters thi...

This is a song I regularly try to play on guitar and I aiways have to give up cause I'm sobbing by the end. It's not just the music, or the lyrics, its the package deal; the fact that its based on real letters and mirrors the lives of thousands of Irish at the end of the last century. http://www.sky...

Hey Tom, to follow on from our Opera/Bway discussion you should check out Sarah Ramirez on the Spamalot soundtrack. That woman does stuff with her voice that would frighten you! Of course, she's doing it for comic effect but she really parodies the vocal gymnastics one sometimes hears to brilliant e...

I agree with Mossy, it's a fantastic show. There are jokes that Python fans can quote word for word in there, so there's certainly a payoff for the fans, but I think it stands alone. My thought would be that if you haven't seen "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" yet, you should skip it till...

There is no doubt that there is a difference in taste between the two. My argument is that there is an equal amount of skill at the top of each profession. But it seems that there I am fighting a losing battle. Is it so surprising that someone with the skill to sing opera would choose to sing someth...

Thanks Jn. Tom, I'm being trained by an Opera singer. She is vocal coach to all kinds of voices and insists that the same training is used for all. Breathing, head voice, chest voice, falsetto, transitions, diaphragm control, deep breathing, muscle support; these are all common to every type of voca...

You're probably right Eru. Would a kindly Thain/Marshall please split of the relevant posts to Cottage of Lost Play?

His voice strikes me as fairly typical of those you'd hear in musicals. I could not find any recordings of his in the classical section at Amazon.com, although he apparently appears on a video of Poulenc's Dialogue of the Carmelites in the role of Thierry. This production is in English rather than ...

Operatic and Musical? I submit for your consideration one Anthony Warlow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Warlow Highlights for me include his Captain of the Pinnafore, Jekyll and Hyde, and Enjolras in Les Miserables. A truly multi-talented performer. I though Kelsey Grammer was slated to play ...

I'm afraid I have to disagree with you, Alatar. While I will admit that "belting" requires talent and skill, it doesn't require nearly as much training as opera. My point was that most succesful Broadway/West End singers are trained and capable in both. Where they end up is normally a mat...

Again, some examples would be a help. Don't dismiss "belter" voices. Its a style of singing that requires as much training as operatic style and most of the practitioners can do both with ease.

Really? I find that startling. If we're talking about the old school Hollywood musicals I could see that, because they were all expected to be "triple threats", singers, dancers and actors. As a result, you had Astaire crooning simple tunes because he was primarily a dancer. Likewise with ...

I've heard much worse in musical or jazz singing. :P Thems fightin' words! Examples please? Shirriff Note: the posts in this thread were split from another thread in Bag End, starting approximately here: http://www.thehalloffire.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=30599#30599. Some limericks about singers in...

A few days ago there was news on actor Dan Radcliffe's upcoming appearance on the Ricky Gervais show "Extras." Today there are new reports online which give further detail about all the guest stars for this season. Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is now described as playing a character on th...

I disagree with the use of the bombs. I don't have an alternative strategy, but that does not justify genocide. There is no alternative that would be worse.

Bach's "Bist du bei mir"... One time my mother told me she wanted me to sing "Bist du bei mir" at her funeral. I told her I would be in no emotional state to be singing at her funeral. :cry: It's funny but sometimes organists will play it at a wedding while people are being seat...

I find that songs about losing a child always get to me worst. Many of them are anti-war, like this one from George Michael. "Mothers Pride" Oh she knows She takes his hand And prays the child will understand At the door they watch the men go by In the clothes that daddy wore Mother’s prid...

I love songs that can evoke an emotional reaction. This can, of course be songs from shows or movies, but that seems like a cheat somehow. The song should be able to bring you to tears without any associated storyline or images. But now I'm adding my own prejudices... Tell me about the songs that ma...

Am I evil for taking pleasure in the news that Colin Firth recently "came out".



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