Forgot to qualify - the hardcover edition was a Finnish translation. I haven't yet found it in English, though I'd like to, as L.M. Montgomery's language is gorgeous in the original, though pretty in translation as well. But the book is pretty, anyhow. :-)
Yes, I'm so darned lucky to get to see Elisabeth in my home town, and several times as well. Besides, we've got a very good cast and a gorgeous production! Plus, a really good translation, which normally doesn't happen in Finnish translations of foreign musicals. Usually the translations kind of suck no matter how much the translators try... Our language is too weird.
My favourite song... That would have to be Die Schatten Werden Länger (oh, male duets! male duets with beautifully powerful music!), though Wenn Ich Tanzen Will is also close. And I'm extremely fond of Der Leztze Tanz (I'm never sure if I'm spelling that correctly) and Ich Gehör Nur Mir. What's yours? And which recording(s) have you heard? I've got the Vienna and the Essen recordings as well as the 10th anniversary concert (though that's only as a copied tape from my friend - I need to get myself the original CD, too).
Sometimes I feel horrible for enjoying Neddie's "Molassas to Rum" song so much, because it is about slavery. But he's so sexy singing it! Melts my heart into a puddle of baritone love.
I know! I felt so disturbed to adore that song so when it's, um, about defending slavery, really. Even more disturbed to grow really fascinated with him and, apparently, now with slavery in general as well. But I kind of find it very interesting to figure out how people have been defending ideas which nowadays are seen as unacceptable... And anyway, that's the sexiest anyone's ever sung about economic politics. ;-) Oh, I melt, I melt! Baritone love, yes!
Sometimes it seems that the thing I like the best about men is their voices.
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Yes, I'm so darned lucky to get to see Elisabeth in my home town, and several times as well. Besides, we've got a very good cast and a gorgeous production! Plus, a really good translation, which normally doesn't happen in Finnish translations of foreign musicals. Usually the translations kind of suck no matter how much the translators try... Our language is too weird.
My favourite song... That would have to be Die Schatten Werden Länger (oh, male duets! male duets with beautifully powerful music!), though Wenn Ich Tanzen Will is also close. And I'm extremely fond of Der Leztze Tanz (I'm never sure if I'm spelling that correctly) and Ich Gehör Nur Mir. What's yours? And which recording(s) have you heard? I've got the Vienna and the Essen recordings as well as the 10th anniversary concert (though that's only as a copied tape from my friend - I need to get myself the original CD, too).
Sometimes I feel horrible for enjoying Neddie's "Molassas to Rum" song so much, because it is about slavery. But he's so sexy singing it! Melts my heart into a puddle of baritone love.
I know! I felt so disturbed to adore that song so when it's, um, about defending slavery, really. Even more disturbed to grow really fascinated with him and, apparently, now with slavery in general as well. But I kind of find it very interesting to figure out how people have been defending ideas which nowadays are seen as unacceptable... And anyway, that's the sexiest anyone's ever sung about economic politics. ;-) Oh, I melt, I melt! Baritone love, yes!
Sometimes it seems that the thing I like the best about men is their voices.