Annemieke is just lovely. I adore her Elisabeth, though I do think she's missing a little something in Act II, but I think she's definitely gotten better. My earliest recording of her Elisabeth is really poor quality, but I wasn't too impressed then (though I mostly listened to Wenn Ich Tanzen Will and Die Schleier Fällt, so it might've been Olegg dragging her down), but she was great at Berlin, and as far as I can tell from recordings, she's doing even better now on tour.
Let's say that when I heard Uwe was going to be Taaffe, I spent several days raging about that at every opportunity, then I wrote this and found peace.
I read that, and I cackled with glee. The Roseanne bit did it for me. I thought he sounded fine as Van Hellsing, but his awkward gestures still leave me a bit confused. I'm trying to keep an open mind about him in Rudolf myself. He probably could've done the part alright about 10 years ago, but I think his golden era's come and gone. ...And he really needs to stop showing up every other musical ever. I'd like to hear someone else in my cast recordings. >.>
Though I wonder how it will be to see him as Mercutio, because nobody can compare to Zoli.
That I'd love to see. I haven't ever seen RésJ live, and I think it'd blow my mind if I ever did--in a good way, of course. Sadly, I'm not sure if I've got time for a trip to Budapest over the summer anymore. It looks like I'll be going back to China in May and then spending most of August in England, so I'm not sure I'll have the money for another trip.
I'm not positive it's a good idea to give English texts for Felix to sing.
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Let's say that when I heard Uwe was going to be Taaffe, I spent several days raging about that at every opportunity, then I wrote this and found peace.
I read that, and I cackled with glee. The Roseanne bit did it for me. I thought he sounded fine as Van Hellsing, but his awkward gestures still leave me a bit confused. I'm trying to keep an open mind about him in Rudolf myself. He probably could've done the part alright about 10 years ago, but I think his golden era's come and gone. ...And he really needs to stop showing up every other musical ever. I'd like to hear someone else in my cast recordings. >.>
Though I wonder how it will be to see him as Mercutio, because nobody can compare to Zoli.
That I'd love to see. I haven't ever seen RésJ live, and I think it'd blow my mind if I ever did--in a good way, of course. Sadly, I'm not sure if I've got time for a trip to Budapest over the summer anymore. It looks like I'll be going back to China in May and then spending most of August in England, so I'm not sure I'll have the money for another trip.
I'm not positive it's a good idea to give English texts for Felix to sing.
Someone may need to tell Felix himself that. :P