Wicked..an opera

[SallyBrown]

Wicked..an opera#0

Posted: 9/28/05 at 6:03pm

Before you jump in and denounce this, hear me out.

I have a friend who's about 24 years old, and he's a musical director for some children's theatre. He's also a genius with writing operas in English, and he just recently finished a score using Wicked as the story. Honestly though, it was brilliant and it REALLY worked out.

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[Yankeefan007]

re: Wicked..an opera#1

Posted: 9/28/05 at 6:07pm

any music samples?

[SallyBrown]

re: Wicked..an opera#2

Posted: 9/28/05 at 6:11pm

He's downloading them now. They're taking forever....

He even got permission to change the final belt in Deying Gravity..made it all opera-ish. aaamzaing

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[XOsweet_dancerOX]

re: Wicked..an opera#3

Posted: 9/28/05 at 6:20pm

wow that sounds like it will be fantastic! i hope he has a good time doing it.

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[Yankeefan007]

re: Wicked..an opera#4

Posted: 9/28/05 at 6:23pm

i wanna hear it....please send it when u get the chance.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Wicked..an opera#5

Posted: 9/28/05 at 6:30pm

Wait, using the story of Wicked the musical or Wicked the novel? The Elphaba of the novel could so be an operatic heroine! I so would love to listen to it, do let us know when there's any music samples available.

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[EponineThenardier]

re: Wicked..an opera#6

Posted: 9/28/05 at 6:35pm

I would love to hear the new ending to DG. Seeing as I'm an lyrical soprano :)

[jgph]

re: Wicked..an opera#7

Posted: 9/28/05 at 6:38pm

hmmmmmm Updated On: 9/28/05 at 06:38 PM

[Prisoner 24601]

re: Wicked..an opera#8

Posted: 9/28/05 at 7:07pm

Come to think of it, I think Wicked would make a better opera than pop musical. Mind you, I haven't read the whole book, but I have read some. The style of Gregory Macguire's book is more serious than the musical suggests. And from what I've read, I can't necessarily see the characters bursting into and uptempo pop song. I could, however, see it as an opera, or at least a more classical musical.

Can't wait to hear the clips!

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[jesseeinstein]

re: Wicked..an opera#9

Posted: 9/28/05 at 7:11pm

That sounds cool! Definately let us know when the clips are uploaded!

[YankeesFan175]

re: Wicked..an opera#10

Posted: 9/28/05 at 7:11pm

i cant wait to hear, either!!

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[Dre2387]

re: Wicked..an opera#11

Posted: 9/28/05 at 7:15pm

yeah, would love to hear it!

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[Cheno'sBiggestfan]

re: Wicked..an opera#12

Posted: 9/28/05 at 7:51pm

thats a cool idea!

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[Liz_Bennet]

re: Wicked..an opera#13

Posted: 9/28/05 at 8:03pm

And how did he manage to get the rights for this?

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[zoran912]

re: Wicked..an opera#14

Posted: 9/28/05 at 8:13pm

This sounds so interesting. Would love to hear it.

[SallyBrown]

re: Wicked..an opera#15

Posted: 9/28/05 at 8:39pm

Liz- I'm not sure but I can assure you he did. He's only gotten the rights for the end of Deying Gravity, and he's getting the rights to use the story line this week.


Yes I'll make sure it's alright with him tomarrow since he's touchy about something being heard before until he's absolutley satisfied with it. But it's coming he says.

So I'll post tomarrow with the link.

I believe it's more of the musical...not quite sure about that either.

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[Rose_MacShane]

re: Wicked..an opera#16

Posted: 9/28/05 at 9:15pm

Hmm..."Wicked" could work as an opera. I think it would be much better suited to that than the treatment it got, but that's just me.

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[DefyingEDCT]

re: Wicked..an opera#17

Posted: 9/28/05 at 9:17pm

not "the rights too" .. more like "permission too"

[Fosse76]

re: Wicked..an opera#18

Posted: 9/28/05 at 9:29pm

"not 'the rights too' .. more like 'permission too'"

Thank you. People always make that mistake (I'm guilty as well). "Rights" means that you "own" the material. Universal owns the rights to Wicked (I assume, but could be wrong). Anyone that is not the "owner" is the licensee and is given permission. If they (the licensees) had the "rights", then Universal (or whoever) would no longer have them.

[best12bars]

re: Wicked..an opera#19

Posted: 9/29/05 at 10:35am

I'm confused. Is he adapting Stephen Schwartz's songs, or Maguire's original story? If you say he changed the ending to "Defying Gravity," then he's using the Broadway score that already exists?

I have no idea how that's possible.

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[rmposey]

re: Wicked..an opera#20

Posted: 9/29/05 at 10:43am

I thoroughly approve of Wicked the Opera! But then, I think everything should be an opera so that I can stop working of my belt. =)

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[jgph]

re: Wicked..an opera#21

Posted: 9/29/05 at 1:35pm

Anyone smell a whiff of BS?

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: Wicked..an opera#22

Posted: 9/29/05 at 1:41pm

It ain't over till the fat lady flies.....

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[ally_kay_on_broadway]

re: Wicked..an opera#23

Posted: 9/29/05 at 2:52pm

hehe theatrediva that brought a smile to my face :)

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[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Wicked..an opera#24

Posted: 10/1/05 at 2:44am

Theaterdive, it took me a while before I got your comment-how f*cking slow of me-and once I got it, I started cracking up so bad! Awesome post!

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