Re: What kind of forum member knows no fear?
Got duded up. Arrived early at the Hummingbird. Cruised around. Had a drink. interchange42 arrived, we chatted. Ran into a few friends from work. Then, on with the show ...
Early on - a curtain malfunction! The most suspense of the evening. Would it open? Would it close? And would it open again if it closed? The stress of it all. Thank God I'd had a drink.
The sets: Grey, grey, grey - my favourite colour! Some black too. Splashes of red for highlights. Cool and minimalist and modernist props and costuming.
Vocally, everyone was on. Hagen, the Bad Guy, especially, a great voice - deep and evil. Brunnhilde was a bit quiet in the middle range, but it is a huge role to sing. And the COC orchestra were tremendous, dramatic where they had to be, and subtle where they had to be.
Another drink at intermission. On with the show ...
Act Two was the most fun. It really took the piss out of the corporate world - at one point a bunch of hyped up guys in suits jumped up on a huge desk, arming themselves with spears, ripping off their jackets and hollerin' in unison. Then the boss told them to calm down and they did. Happens in board rooms on Bay Street all the time I believe when takeover madness grips the business elite.
Another drink at intermission. On with the show ...
Humour in Act Three with the Rhinemaidens as slutty babes in turquoise wigs teasing the not-too-swift Siegfried. Show us your Ring, big fella.
But the end of the world was a quiet affair. No flames, no walls of water, no earth opening up and swallowing people. So subtle, in fact, you could almost miss it after five and a half hours.