tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post7448468606040534684..comments2023-06-01T04:51:52.926-04:00Comments on ROSE C'EST LA VIE: How Not To Handle HandelRose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-65965462426403360282009-12-07T09:16:24.874-05:002009-12-07T09:16:24.874-05:00Oh rurritable, you made me spill my coffee! What a...Oh rurritable, you made me spill my coffee! What a marvellous assessment of experimental theatre.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-78610524063175680162009-12-07T09:14:22.945-05:002009-12-07T09:14:22.945-05:00Home, I'm sorry! I very well did get the joke ...Home, I'm sorry! I very well did get the joke That'll teach me for being pedagogic, trying to explain to the uninitiated how the play on words<br />comes about. It makes me want to tell you my 'Lazy Dave' (which actually involved a cow) joke but probably not suitable for the public forum.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-84295942520905047332009-12-07T09:03:03.686-05:002009-12-07T09:03:03.686-05:00Dear Rosie, you missed the joke! The bestial gleam...Dear Rosie, you missed the joke! The bestial gleam was a reference to the stories of shepherds having um, affairs with their sheep! She was a very bad influence on me!home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-24222804462165402562009-12-07T08:49:30.726-05:002009-12-07T08:49:30.726-05:00Sort of reminds me of one of those stagings of Sha...Sort of reminds me of one of those stagings of Shakespeare in contemporary costume...Julius Caesar as an American football game with helmets and Gatorade, or The Tempest in the community room of of a mental hospital.<br />I still wonder if people think "If Diaghilev and Stravinsky could pull this shit off, so can we." And no one tells them otherwise until it's too late. There almost has to be some sort of hermetic principle driving these productions that requires a strict regime of silence and isolation. Otherwise they couldn't happen, could they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-49775863452957253952009-12-07T01:18:55.645-05:002009-12-07T01:18:55.645-05:00Sounds hideous. Well, probably sounded great, give...Sounds hideous. Well, probably sounded great, given the work, but looked hideous. Why tamper with what is good? The whole point of it is the beauty and majesty of the music. I think I would be been utterly distraught if I'd had to endure that.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-55068225216440452652009-12-07T00:30:31.424-05:002009-12-07T00:30:31.424-05:00It has been my christmas tradition the past 7 year...It has been my christmas tradition the past 7 years to go to the Kennedy center to hear the messiah performed TRADITIONALLY and wonderfully. I suppose you could have just closed your eyes and enjoyed the amazing music!ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-2694858512004978952009-12-06T23:45:18.435-05:002009-12-06T23:45:18.435-05:00Home, d'you know, I had a friend who loved tha...Home, d'you know, I had a friend who loved that same line! Sorry to be a pedant but it's 'We, like sheep.."Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-75374960470842692622009-12-06T23:43:00.633-05:002009-12-06T23:43:00.633-05:00I'll check that out, GayeI'll check that out, GayeRose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-61528429987282223842009-12-06T21:57:50.051-05:002009-12-06T21:57:50.051-05:00My memory of the messiah will always be clouded by...My memory of the messiah will always be clouded by my college roomie who would go around singing, "Oh, we love sheep" with a bestial gleam in her eye. Hope you have recovered!home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-64350776751789382882009-12-06T21:41:31.571-05:002009-12-06T21:41:31.571-05:00oh- and I love that picture of Handel-somewhere he...oh- and I love that picture of Handel-somewhere he must have known something like this was bound to happen in the future- what did they do for a headache then? GP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-7008309293540265352009-12-06T21:39:51.127-05:002009-12-06T21:39:51.127-05:00It's obviously hard to come up with a replacem...It's obviously hard to come up with a replacement for the Music-why tamper with what some think Can <br />be Changed-The mind boggles. Here is a rather successful ballet version-of- right here in l'il NC.<br />G<br /><br />http://www.carolinaballet.com/messiah.htmlP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-28722723666287601492009-12-06T20:57:27.134-05:002009-12-06T20:57:27.134-05:00Thanks Barima. It was an experience I shan't ...Thanks Barima. It was an experience I shan't forget. Certain images and<br />the music happily remain.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-88415295487309302562009-12-06T20:49:10.976-05:002009-12-06T20:49:10.976-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-86594091805841653422009-12-06T20:46:16.116-05:002009-12-06T20:46:16.116-05:00Blue, there was one man in a suit and I nearly app...Blue, there was one man in a suit and I nearly applauded.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-11899445905469588552009-12-06T20:37:13.801-05:002009-12-06T20:37:13.801-05:00"'Outreach' Messiah. Very "ouch&..."'Outreach' Messiah. Very "ouch"<br /><br />Despite what reads like a curate's egg of an evening, it seems to me that the good more or less outweighed the bad. If not all your memories will be painful than I think I can take this review as a recommendation to see it blindfolded<br /><br />BBarimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387094956196586964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-58182617033035242502009-12-06T20:23:29.895-05:002009-12-06T20:23:29.895-05:00Denim clad tubs group hugging whilst singing the H...Denim clad tubs group hugging whilst singing the Hallelujah Chorus - how edifying that must have been!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.com