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Schoolgirls they, eighteen and under
Quite scholastic, truant free. And I wonder, how I wonder at the glory of such a treasurable performance.
My valentine date was my Gran, who I took to see her great grand daughter perform as "Chorus Man with Minor Speaking Part" in St Anthony's Opera presentation of Bill and Art's The Mikado.
Pebbles had helpfully furnished me with the plot - which seemed to contain a lot of poo and tits. Odd, for a Catholic girls' school, but there you go. Mind, it was not necessary. As I'm always prone to forget, in such higher culture performances as this, you're provided with a short plot summary in the program. Its not like watching the telly, where you have to do something as common as guess what is coming next. No, no, when its opera darhling, you can skip through the plot to find out what happens in the end, then rest easy and enjoy the ride. Nothing could be more satisfactory; if only for the fact no one interrupts the dialogue with a loudly whispered, 'what's going on?'.
There appears to be license to change the lyrics to suit in Bill and Art's work - swapping lines to fit the mood and times of the audience. Nothing wrong with that I suppose, I suppose it means that it keeps you on your toes while at the same time allowing for the fact that you are right, and we are right so happily all is right, is right as right can be. Especially when its suggested, by the Emperor of Japan, non the less, that bringing up your daughter to support Newcastle is morally wrong.
There was a bit of a how-de-do at the end - a local resident had had a bit of a Falling Down moment and was threatening a Dreadful Fate - namely slashing tyres and blockading cars that were blocking a drive. I toyed with going out and telling Shoutybearhead to calm down, perhaps his suit fitting had tipped him over the edge. However, it turns out it was a woman with a dog - so I'd have not been able to help the situation at all, if anything - I'd have made a bad situation worse
Still - an excellent performance, very enjoyable, one happy gran, one proud dad - both keen to watch the forthcoming DVD that's eclipsed the new Indy film *and* Star Trek on my 'to see list'. I look forward to the next one.
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Posted: 12:29, Friday, February 15, 2008 |
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