I'm doing an opera this weekend

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Life as a part-time chorister is GOOD. Although one of my costumes involves a mesh shirt.

― Dan (Qual Readonna!) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 April 2006 13:27 (nineteen years ago)

what's a choirster dan? (sorry i'm not too up on my opera stuff)...what do your duties entail?

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 28 April 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

chorister = member of the chorus

In operas, the chorus usually ends up being mobile props who enhance/narrate a scene for the audience. This particular opera is interesting because most of the choruses are 3-part men's chorus numbers; half the time we're a roving band of thugs looking to jack up the hero (ie, the lead tenor) so you could think of us like an operatic version of The Sharks only with all of The Jets' music. In Italian.

― Dan (Partir Tacer!) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 April 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

o you could think of us like an operatic version of The Sharks only with all of The Jets' music.

awesome!

btw....we just took my Mom to see West Side Story at the Chanhassen Dinner Theater for her b-day! that place is GI-NORMOUS!!! you ever go there as a lad?

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 28 April 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah! I saw "My Fair Lady" there on a trip that is probably the worst school-related incident in my life (long story short: three of the guys on the bus ride home decided to amuse themselves by spitting on me, I retaliated, and we all got detention even though I sat there for a good long while telling them to knock it off before I retaliated).

― Dan (The Show Was Excellent, Though) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 April 2006 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

woah! that suck! the vers. of west side story was pretty good i thought...i didn't know what to expect, but they did a nice job. mom liked it.

too bad your experience got ruined...I was only traumatized by paying a zillion dollars for a mediocre steak and potatoes dinner! (w/artichoke dip and lots of bread!)

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 28 April 2006 22:36 (nineteen years ago)

Okay, so opening night was really great aside from a couple of ensemble bobbles right up to the last eight measures of the piece where the ensemble ended up somehow getting a full measure ahead of the orchestra. I am fearful of the reviews.

The principals KILLED it, though! SO SO SO SO SO SO FUCKING GOOD.

― Dan (B & C I HAERT YOO) Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 29 April 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

Mazel tov.

Do reviewers even notice that sort of thing, though?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 30 April 2006 01:08 (nineteen years ago)

Classical reviewers live for that sort of thing! It's their analogue for the orgasm that generates cotton candy and rainbows.

― Dan (Just Trust Me) Perry (Dan Perry), Sunday, 30 April 2006 02:24 (nineteen years ago)

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