Klarinet Archive - Posting 000103.txt from 2000/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart at the MET
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 10:56:38 -0500

At 09:59 PM 11/29/2000 -0500, Avrahm Galper wrote:
>Mozart at the Met with the Magic Flute.
>
>In the second act of the Magic Flute, Baritone Gerald Finley sang the
>role of Papageno.
>He is lost and is looking for Prince Tamino.
>"Which way do I go?"
>Turning to one side of the stage, he said: "Bush"?
>Then turning to the other side he asked: "Gore?"
>The audience laughed loudly and Finely resumed the opera's usual text.
>
Is THAT what they mean by "comic" opera?

It's is good to see that people, even opera singers and fans, still have a
sense of humor about this silly business!

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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