Verdi's A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks

[Unknown User]

Verdi's A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks#1

Posted: 4/11/08 at 1:15pm

Count on those wacky opera directors to deliver outrage- old people wearing only Mickey Mouse masks, Women wearing Hitler mustaches, Dead Elvis, Uncle Sam, the wreckage of the World Trade Center- tons of heavy handed symbolism, but how do they sound?

The link may not be safe- they show those naked old people- so I'll say, it's a avante garde production of "A Masked Ball" and it's selling out in Germany. I doubt the Met will re-stage it.
The Telegraph UK

[BkCollector]

re: Verdi's A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks#2

Posted: 4/11/08 at 1:19pm

Wow, this looks so excellent.

[Unknown User]

re: Verdi's A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks#2

Posted: 4/11/08 at 1:21pm

It would certainly not be boring.

[BkCollector]

re: Verdi's A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks#3

Posted: 4/11/08 at 1:23pm

And I've seen quite a few boring productions of Un Ballo over the years.

[PalJoey]

re: Verdi's A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks#4

Posted: 4/11/08 at 2:05pm

SH*T like this is makes opera seem even deader: Random "shocking" images applied for no reason other than to shock. Gasp! It's Naked Mickey Mouses! Gasp! It's Naked Female Hitler! Gasp! It's the ruins of 9/11! Gasp! How daaaaaare they!

Maybe there's more of an audience for this sort of thing at European theaters that are state subsidized. Here it just looks silly.

[BkCollector]

re: Verdi's A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks#5

Posted: 4/11/08 at 2:06pm

I totally see how this all fits in with the production, I don't see it as shock value fodder at all. That's what Americans do.

[Miss Elphaba]

re: Verdi's A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks#6

Posted: 4/11/08 at 5:45pm

I saw this in the metro today!!! It unnerved me but I'm so excited to have read something thats on this board!!

"I trained as a classical actor at Juilliard. I jump at the opportunity to do classical text...But I never in a million years guessed I'd get to play Juliet!"- Michael Arden

[South Fl Marc]

re: Verdi's A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks#7

Posted: 4/11/08 at 9:53pm

It still looks more enjoyable than a lot of shows on Broadway now : Grease, The Little Mermaid, Young Frankenstein.

[Unknown User]

re: Verdi's A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks#8

Posted: 4/12/08 at 9:35am

Actually my first thought on seeing the pictures was "Wow, that would make an excellent concept for Grease!"

[DG]

re: Verdi's A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks#9

Posted: 4/12/08 at 9:40am

This makes me want to watch MEETING VENUS.

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Verdi's A Masked Ball on 9/11 with naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks#10

Posted: 4/12/08 at 8:36pm

The old guy on the far left doesn't look so bad...