Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Jazzysuite82
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/6/05
#1Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 10:29am
For those who care, there's short rehearsal footage of John Doyle's production of The Rise and Fall of Mahagonny at the LA Opera House. You get too see a bit of "Opera Patti" and well normal Audra (which is still glorious as ever)
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Updated On: 2/8/07 at 10:29 AM
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#2re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 10:38amI will totally be watching when I get home tonight!! Thank you!
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Jazzysuite82
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/6/05
#3re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 10:42amThat piece is scary in general. I feel like Kurt Weill was on a bad opium trip. Well worse than normal for him. Patti looks like a drag queen in this.
#4re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 10:47amI was going to say - they both look like they are doing SUGAR...
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#5re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 10:47am
She's playing a Madam, and spent long hours coming up with her look.
It works perfectly within the context of the show.
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#6re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 10:52amsomeone passing by my desk just asked if Patti was a man!
#7re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 10:55amI hope you kicked their ass!!
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#8re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 11:04amThe Widow Begbik - whom Patti plays - is a character role, usually done by an opera singer well past her prime. It's not a challenging sing - it's more about acting.
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husk_charmer
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#9re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 11:07amDamn, my computer is missing a plug in, but I have NO idea which one.
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BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#10re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 11:20am
Thanks, Jazzy!
Looks fantastic. Wish it would come to NY.
#11re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 11:39am
"someone passing by my desk just asked if Patti was a man!"
I hope you told them yes, n69n.
I think she looks more like Baby Jane Hudson starring in "Chicago."
And this only helps to solidify my old opinion that Kurt Weill is dreary, drab, dismal and dull.
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#12re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 11:40am
It's not a challenging sing - it's more about acting.
It's challenging for Patti, it sits right at the top of her range. I know she's having some difficulty, but I think she sounds great!
Theatre is a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.
-John Patrick Shanley
Updated On: 2/8/07 at 11:40 AM
#13re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 11:41amBest- Thank you! I've been trying to figure out who Patti reminds me of for the longest time. Baby Jane!
Theatre is a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.
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BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#14re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 11:59am
"And this only helps to solidify my old opinion that Kurt Weill is dreary, drab, dismal and dull."
Oh, b12b. Say it ain't so!
#15re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 12:26pmMy God I wish I could see this production!
Link Larkin Wanabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#16re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 1:01pm
Wow! Audra look smokin' in her last clip.
Akiva
#17re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 1:16pmShe looks smokin' in the first clip too.
thenewmoon
Stand-by Joined: 2/2/07
#18re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 1:38pmThanks for the preview... I'm seeing this on Sat nite-- immediately after the Virginia Woolf matinee! Will report... if I haven't slashed my wrists.
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#19re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 7:51pmAntone who saw the most recent revival of 3Penny and survived will find Mahagonny a relative pleasure.
#20re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 8:25pmI'm seeing this on saturday... I hope it's good!
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#21re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 8:33pmwell, theres a place in my heart for the dreary & drab.
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#22re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 10:05pmPLEASE tell me there is SOME chance this will be recorded! I mean on a CD, btw.
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#23re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 10:17pm
speaking of Audra,
anyone going to her concert with Barbara Cook in DC this march?
i am and i am SO excited.
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Luvinbroadway
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#24re: Mahagonny Video Clip (LA Opera)
Posted: 2/8/07 at 11:40pmCan anyone understand what Audra is singing in the first clip?
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