I admit Mondays are no fun for me. It didn't used to be like that. I don't know when it began to be hard.
we went on a short road trip to Shreveport LA to see our dear friend Hugo A. Vera perform in the lead role in the opera Manon. His voice is amazing and I am amazed of how his knee injury and other stresses did not affect his performance at all! It is the first time for me to see Manon , and I loved the main conflicts: vanity/true love . Manon is a very vain girl who's having a hard time giving up diamonds and dresses for her true love who is less rich , so she marries an old rich guy and leaves the guy she loves . WHAT? and how come he goes after her? She does learn in the end what is important but she dies for 24 minutes ... From Italy to exile in St. Louis(could be worst I say but according to the plot Amerika is a bad place)
They are both exiled , Manon for adultery and Him for almost shooting a guard to protect her.
I mean for real she is dying and singing 24 minutes...that's a lot for 1 scene.
I also LOVED the fact the plot criticizes gambling which they do a lot there (cards), and the show is Shreveport LA , a casino town. We actually had a reception dinner after the show in a casino. Ironic ?
Voices: well you know, if I try to sing like them I will sound like a chicken running for her life.
Needless to say they sing as if the walk in park, not fair.
If I can hear them over the orchestra then you know how powerful it is.
Orchestra: well we heard all kind of stories of people skipping measures....but we did not notice any of that. Hugo did of course. He had to make something up to cover for them. oY.
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2 comments:
that's AWESOME!! josi text me when you guys were there and i half didn't believe him for a little while. ha:) i LOVE operas! that's so cool that you could go see him! he looks different without the facial hair. ha. that sounds like a great plot!
Haha josi was in 7th heaven of make believe sinners , drank virgin cocktails((we sat we the lead soprano and Hugo) , he wanted to take pics by the casino...i will post them... and he asked for a virgin Martini(which is an olive haha). He is sure i am an expert in drinks (I'm not).
It was really fun.We love Hugo he is a gr8 guy and yes he looks different with shaven face, he will grow it back I'm sure, he is going to work at the biggest NYC opera house (yup yup)this summer/fall. He is darn good.
I LOVE OPERA TOO. I go as often as I can here in Dallas.
Oh and one of the cocktails has salt on h edge of the glass and jos thought it was ice and licked it HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
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