Re: [F_MINOR] OT: Valkyrie biker chicks wail Wagner at Glastonbur yFestival

[lstanwyk <lstanwyk@RYERSON.CA>]

A nude production?  How silly LoL  Don't think it really mattered how
good the singing/orchestra was.

> "Cline, Eric" wrote:
>
> Was this done by the same crowd that was responsible for the all nude
> production of Mozart's "Idomeneo" done last year at Salzburg? It was
> so strange that many in the crowd booed and left early. No word on the
> quality of the singing or playing though.
>
> I am being a bit facetious but this production actually happened.
>
> Eric Cline
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elmer_Elevator [mailto:bobmer.javanet@RCN.COM]
> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 2:34 PM
> To: F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU
> Subject: [F_MINOR] OT: Valkyrie biker chicks wail Wagner at
> Glastonbury Festival
>
> The Glastonbury Festival, a spear-toss from Stonehenge, is Europe's
> biggest
> and longest-running midsummer Woodstock-style rock mudflop.
>
> But, as the BBC reports, festival-goers this week found no guaranteed
> escape
> or protection from classical music. If the photo at
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3843901.stm
>
> is of the "Valkyries," they appear to have costumed themselves as
> biker
> chicks. A real crowd-pleaser; Glastonbury is a favorite haunt of Euro
> bikers. (Melanie is their Earth-mother-goddess and in recent years
> sings
> late-night campfire lullabyes for her adoring biker fans.)
>
> BBC had links to streaming audio and video, live and replays, from the
>
> Festival, so if you're curious and lucky, you might be able to hear or
> even
> see the Glastonbury Valkyries. Let me know if anybody tries and
> succeeds,
> what link worked.
>
> So ... like ... what other classical romps, opera or instrumental or
> symphonic, would you gift to this kind of crowd to introduce and
> seduce them
> to classical music? Remember, you are competing with James Brown for
> the
> audience's attention.
>
> Elmer
>
> ===================
>
> Opera rocks Glastonbury's finale
>
> Storm clouds gathered as the performance went on
>
> The English National Opera brought high culture to Glastonbury on its
> final
> day with a performance on its main stage.
>
> The lunchtime rendition of Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries came ahead
> of
> performances by rock band Muse, R&B hero James Brown and singer
> Morrissey.
>
> <snip stuff about crime (lower than in past years) and drugs, 1 lousy
> suspected OD death>
>
> Morning sunshine gave way to showers on the festival's final day, with
> the
> ground staying muddy after the downpours which marked Saturday at the
> Worthy
> Farm site.
>
> 'Special' opera
>
> The English National Opera requested its slot on the Pyramid Stage to
> reach
> a new audience not usually interested in opera.
>
> Some 91 musicians and 11 soloists performed The Ride of The Valkyries,
> which
> was made famous by the film Apocalypse Now.
>
> The opera company wanted to reach a new audience with its performance
>
> Festival founder Michael Eavis said he was no opera buff but had come
> round
> to the idea after being persuaded by daughter Emily.
>
> The performance - played out under gathering storm clouds - attracted
> thousands of curious onlookers.
>
> Hayden Tomlins, 22, from Liverpool, told BBC News Online: "I have seen
> a few
> operas in the past, but never in a field. It was great, really
> special."
>
> Kathie Woo, 16, from north London. "It was really cool. I wasn't
> really
> following the story, I just liked looking at the singers -- they had
> real
> presence."
>
> SUNDAY'S HEADLINERS
>
> Pyramid stage: Muse, Morrissey, Supergrass
> Other stage: Orbital, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Belle & Sebastian
> Dance: Ozomatli, Future World Funk, Goldie Lookin Chain
> New Tent: Television, Stellastar, Delays
>
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