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Anyone for Sondheim, Saturday night
Posted by Doods on 30 July 2010 - 10:52pm.
I am SERIOUSLY forward looking to the Sondheim-fest at the Albert Hall tomorrow night.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/whatson/3107.shtml
If you try to take me to Lloyd Webber or The Glums I may have have to kill you, but I adore Sondheim's stuff. Now Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter in the film of Sweeney Todd had a certain something, but what you really want are proper singing actors, and Bryn Terfel has few peers for sheer presence on a stage, then add in Maria Freidman and Daniel Evans who really know what they are doing in Sondheim. Plus Judi Dench as a startling bonus.
Absurdly excited. Will anyone else be in the queue tomorrow night waiting to profer a whole five pounds to stand in the arena ?
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Sadly, I will have to miss that
as I'm in Chicago for two days. So I'm seeing a Sondheim Gala with Patti LuPone and Audra Mcdonald at Ravinia instead.
As I don't like Terfel, I think I win - but you get SS himself. Drat.
Patti/Audra ?
Well, I don't think you'll be beating yourself up too much !
I'll stick to the Prom. Sadly, my DJ doesn't no longer fits my ever-increasing girth.
I'm no expert but yes
I only really know his most well-known songs, Sweeney from the film and a production of 'Company' that was on the Beeb a few years back. Love the match of lyrics and melody to arrangement.
Not sure if he's the acceptable face of opera (bad) or a grown-up musical theatre (good - am I allowed to say that here?) but I'm looking forward to an in.