Mme. Hermine Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIFnGH0HeYk
Mme. Hermine Posted August 17, 2011 Author Posted August 17, 2011 Forgive me, I had to do this one too. The soprano, IMDB tells me, is Alice Mock.
California Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Any idea who put this together? The Prince looks like George de la Pena in his prime, so it was made some time ago. I'm not recognizing any of the other dancers. Do others know?
Mme. Hermine Posted August 17, 2011 Author Posted August 17, 2011 ahem, that's my sillies for the day folks. think i'll slink back into the woods now ...
Mme. Hermine Posted August 17, 2011 Author Posted August 17, 2011 IMDB lists the following for Brain Donors: John Carrafa .... choreographer Megan Murphy Matheson .... assistant choreographer
bart Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 How did I miss this movie when it came out? California, that is George de la Pena, according to IMDB. But .... WHAT is the ballet he is performing in? Coppelia Meets a Bunch of Swans in the Kingdom of the Shades???? Wonderful!
cubanmiamiboy Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Oh, no...no, no, noooooooo...mess up with everything, but no with the Shades scene, pleeeease...
Helene Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 They actually messed around with the Shades music, not with the choreography.
sandik Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 I always loved Peter Schickele's commentary on Beethoven in his guise as PDQ Bach -- this was a great reminder that the joke!
Helene Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 "It's a beautiful night for a concert, with not a cloud in the ceiling..."
sandik Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 "Wall to wall Pachelbel." It's August, alright, and the silly season is underway!
Mel Johnson Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 Kind of like the Hoffnung concerts of the 1950s at the Albert Hall. One of the offerings was "Let's Fake an Opera, or the Tales of Hoffnung" which had Sixtus Beckmesser running off with Carmen, while Otello discovers Fidelio disguised as Azucena, who sings herself into unconsciousness in a cadenza and sleeps through the rest of the show....
Mme. Hermine Posted August 18, 2011 Author Posted August 18, 2011 Which opera they're singing butchering in the Danny Kaye clip? (Sigh I am ignorant of many such things).
Mme. Hermine Posted August 18, 2011 Author Posted August 18, 2011 Watch for the appearance of "famed Russian baritone" Sergey Ivanovich at about 2 minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUP0jN4H-rk
Mme. Hermine Posted August 18, 2011 Author Posted August 18, 2011 Meanwhile, the matadors backstage at Covent Garden are usually pretty busy:
Helene Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 It's a 19th century Russian song; Otchi Chornya is the transliteration in the video title. Figure skating fans know this music well as "Dark Eyes". Wikipedia has interesting background on the song: Although often characterised as a Russian gypsy song, the words and music were written respectively by a Ukrainian poet and a German composer: Florian Hermann. Additionally, Hermann's melody bears noticeable resemblance to portions of the Concerto in Esf by Franz Anton Hoffmeister. Feodor Chaliapin popularised the song abroad in a version amended by himself. As part of the Cultural Olymiad, the Moscow State Chamber Choir performed in Vancouver on 24 Feb 2010, and one of the last pieces was "Black Eyes", which the program describes as "Traditional gypsy romance". Here are some other versions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXNh_4K287g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf_C-QvOCpg
Mme. Hermine Posted August 21, 2011 Author Posted August 21, 2011 Even just the first 25 seconds of this -- Not to mention, go to 1:45 - think you've seen Osipova do Flames of Paris before? NOT. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7KfL7jcO1I&feature=related
Lidewij Posted August 21, 2011 Posted August 21, 2011 That's great! There's a part 1 on youtube as well, it has the Giselle pdd done by Vladimir Malakhov (as Giselle) and Diana Vishneva (as count Albrecht)! You can see it here. edit: I have found a version that is filmed from the audience rather than the wings: here
sandik Posted August 21, 2011 Posted August 21, 2011 Kind of like the Hoffnung concerts of the 1950s ... who sings herself into unconsciousness in a cadenza and sleeps through the rest of the show.... I am kind of embarrassed to say that my son doesn't know the lyrics to most operas he's seen, but he does know the Spike Jones lyrics to Pagliacci and Carmen, and will sing along at any opportunity. "There's Don Schmoze, he's dressed up like a bull, now Escamillo gives his tail a pull..."
sandik Posted August 21, 2011 Posted August 21, 2011 Even just the first 25 seconds of this -- Not to mention, go to 1:45 - think you've seen Osipova do Flames of Paris before? NOT. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7KfL7jcO1I&feature=related Did they get that hammer from Fred Flintstone?
bart Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 Vishneva and Malakhov are my favorites, maybe because the had the most time th create characters and do a little story telling. They looked like Trocks-in-training: learning how to subvert the ballet icons with affection.
Mme. Hermine Posted August 22, 2011 Author Posted August 22, 2011 Kind of like the Hoffnung concerts of the 1950s ... who sings herself into unconsciousness in a cadenza and sleeps through the rest of the show.... I am kind of embarrassed to say that my son doesn't know the lyrics to most operas he's seen, but he does know the Spike Jones lyrics to Pagliacci and Carmen, and will sing along at any opportunity. "There's Don Schmoze, he's dressed up like a bull, now Escamillo gives his tail a pull..."
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