Bryn Terfel

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Bryn Terfel#1

Posted: 7/21/11 at 11:23am

Is there a recording of Mr. Terfel as Sweeney?

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Bryn Terfel#2

Posted: 7/21/11 at 11:30am

No official recording, although there are excerpts available on Youtube from when he and Maria Friedman did it at The Proms.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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Bryn Terfel#2

Posted: 7/21/11 at 11:37am

I was just watching those clips, which is part of the reason I was wondering.

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Bryn Terfel#3

Posted: 7/21/11 at 11:38am

They should do a studio recording with him and a full orchestra.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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Bryn Terfel#4

Posted: 7/21/11 at 11:44am

That would be lovely. While we're fantasizing, why not throw in Ms. Peters as Lovett. It is the one role I really wish she had played, and she has almost no chance of doing it on Broadway (because of the 2007 revival) or the West End (because of the upcoming Ball/Staunton revival).

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Bryn Terfel#5

Posted: 7/21/11 at 11:53am

I always thought Bernadette Peters would be a spectacular Mrs. Lovett; perhaps now more than ever, since she's relaxed her schtick a bit and given beautiful, nuanced performances in NIGHT MUSIC and FOLLIES. I think Imelda Staunton would be fabulous as well. I'm not a fan of Friedman's interpretation (or her in general).

Caroline O'Connor would be amazing, as well. Her Mrs. Lovett in Paris is probably the best interpretation I've ever seen/heard.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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Bryn Terfel#6

Posted: 7/21/11 at 11:55am

i think Staunton is inspired casting, but it's a shame BP hasn't gotten to do the part.

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Bryn Terfel#7

Posted: 7/21/11 at 12:30pm

Indeed, he has not recorded Sweeney in its entirety but he did record "Epiphany" for his Bad Boys album. Definitely worth a listen, especially "Tre Sbirri, Una Carrozza" from Tosca.
Bad Boys

[NYadgal]

Bryn Terfel#8

Posted: 7/21/11 at 12:52pm

Speaking of Bryn Terfel... You can watch him LIVE right now singing Mendelssohn's ELIJAH in the Verbier festival, with Manfred Honeck conducting.

I'm, sadly, not there singing with my Chorale, but we can watch it live on http://www.medici.tv/ (1PM EST).

ENJOY!!!

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

[madbrian]

Bryn Terfel#9

Posted: 7/21/11 at 1:09pm

For Peters as Lovett, go to the six minute mark in this video:

Peters as Lovett

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

Updated On: 7/21/11 at 01:09 PM

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Bryn Terfel#10

Posted: 7/21/11 at 1:23pm

That's a bit harsh.