I seem to also remember reading in the same article that someone else at the festival cast the players in Mozart's "Serail" in body suits to "appear" nude and then had them wear cardboard pieces representing their, shall we say delicately, anatomy. IIRC this drew big laughs from the crowd. The more I read the more it seems that the set directors in some of these modern productions are trying to take center stage instead of the composer. It is like when the picture frame is dominates over the picture.
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-----Original Message-----
From: lstanwyk [mailto:lstanwyk@ryerson.ca]
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 11:02 AM
To: Cline, Eric
Cc: F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU
Subject: Re: [F_MINOR] OT: Valkyrie biker chicks wail Wagner at Glastonbur yFestival
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
> Reichhold
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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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