Musicals and Operas

Post by **truehobbit** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:43 pm

Sounds great, Alatar, thanks for the clip!

"Martin McNeilus"?

(In the pic caption.)

Primula Baggins wrote: That one looks like what people tend to envision when I mention my "Internet friends."

Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:11 pm

Oo, love the Epiphany photo!

That one looks like what people tend to envision when I mention my "Internet friends."

At first I thought you were talking about the photo from the newspaper and was wondering if we were the throat slitters or the throat slittees. And honestly, I'm still not sure.

Post by **Inanna** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:03 am

MOTS!!! *crashtacklehug*

Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:03 am

Alatar, thinking of you, and hoping that you have had a great run!

Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:52 am

Mahima!!

Ditto what Voronwë said (and also hoping for clips soon).

Post by **Alatar** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:48 pm

Finished...

I'm absolutely drained. The most physically, vocally and mentally exhausting role I've ever played. Wouldn't have missed it for the world.

Unfortunately, the video was made on the one night I had a really bad performance, loads of mistakes and a giant f***-up in Epiphany. Damn. I'll see if there's anything decent enough to post up when I get it. I know it won't be Epiphany anyway! Maybe "A Little Priest"

Post by **truehobbit** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:20 pm

The most physically, vocally and mentally exhausting role I've ever played. Wouldn't have missed it for the world.

w00t!

Congrats!

Pity about the recording - still looking forward to some clips, though.

(But why didn't you try to get someone to make another one? Or rather, why didn't they have more nights recorded to cover all eventualities?)

Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:25 pm

Alatar wrote:Finished...

I'm absolutely drained. The most physically, vocally and mentally exhausting role I've ever played. Wouldn't have missed it for the world.

Congratulations, my friend! I am very proud of you.

Unfortunately, the video was made on the one night I had a really bad performance, loads of mistakes and a giant f***-up in Epiphany. Damn. I'll see if there's anything decent enough to post up when I get it. I know it won't be Epiphany anyway! Maybe "A Little Priest"

Al, it has been my experience that the best performances are always the ones that get away. It has also been my experience that the mistakes aren't really as bad as you think they are at the time.

I look forward to whatever clips you are able to post.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:52 pm

Me, too. Congratulations, Alatar. What a role!

Post by **Old_Tom_Bombadil** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:36 pm

Very cool, Alatar. I can't ever recall singing Sondheim, but I've listened to my recording of Sweeney Todd a number of times. The rhythms are very tricky, and the melodies and harmonies tend to be a bit complex. Todd must be a very difficult role, but I'm sure you performed it with aplomb. Bravo!

Post by **Alatar** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:55 am

Some clips taken sidestage with a digital camera.

Murder No.1

Murder No.2

Survivor

Murder of Beadle Bamford

Murder of Beggar Woman / Lucy Barker

Post by **Lhaewin** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:43 pm

Thank you for the links, Alatar!

That's just wonderful!

When will your ensemble tour to Germany?

Post by **truehobbit** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:11 pm

- thanks for sharing, Alatar!

He's giving pretty short shrift to his victims.

They are all from the same scene, aren't they? I'm not quite clear as to what's going on there - who's Johanna, is she just in his head?

Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:32 pm

Hobby, Johanna is Sweeney's long lost daughter. She's been locked up in a mental institute at this point, IIRC.

I replied over on B77, but I'll add my

for the Johanna quartet again. And you doubted you'd be able to pull off Sweeney. To that I say: Pfffft.

Post by **truehobbit** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:07 pm

Oooh, thanks Mossy!

Post by **Old_Tom_Bombadil** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:53 am

Thanks for the clips, Alatar. You sound great! The eeriness of the scene kinda gets spoiled when people giggle over Sweeney dispatching his clients, though.

We saw very little of Lucy in those clips, but you could certainly hear her. But from her voice I'm guessing that her performance must've been very strong.

Post by **Alatar** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:08 pm

The Judges Return

Hobby, Murder 1, Murder 2 and Survivor are from the Johanna Quartet, where Antony pines for his lost love Johanna, while Sweeney reconciles himself to losing his daughter to his thirst for vengeance and Johanna keens to herself in the Asylum she has been imprsioned in.

The fourth voice in the quartet is the Beggarwoman, who Sweeney kills simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time (Murder of the Beaggarwoman / Lucy Barker), only to find out that she is his long lost wife who poisoned herself with arsenic after her Rape by the Judge (Judges Return) and Beadle (Murder of Beadle Bamford). Although he believed her dead, the arsenic had not killed her, but left her insane. Mrs. Lovett, however, knew all along...

Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:23 pm

I've finally gotten to watch the links. Al, you are absolutely wonderful. What a talented guy you are!

I've added a link to the first clip that you listed to the front page, and fortunately, the other clips are all linked to on the youtube page with the first clip.

Post by **truehobbit** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:35 pm

The fourth voice in the quartet is the Beggarwoman, who Sweeney kills simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time (Murder of the Beaggarwoman / Lucy Barker), only to find out that she is his long lost wife who poisoned herself with arsenic after her Rape by the Judge (Judges Return) and Beadle (Murder of Beadle Bamford). Although he believed her dead, the arsenic had not killed her, but left her insane. Mrs. Lovett, however, knew all along...

Nice bunch o' people, that.

Thanks for the explanation - and the latest clip is the most powerful one yet, I think.

Post by **Alatar** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:46 pm

Ok, its been a while, but finally, here's some clips from the DVD. More to follow, if people are interested.

The Opening Ballad

My Friends