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liaku ([personal profile] liaku) wrote2009-04-04 12:39 pm
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Budapest

The food here is cheap and delicious.  Also: the fanta abroad is light and sweet.  I actually just thought that I grew over liking soda when I moved back to the states, but no.  It really tastes different abroad.

Midsummer Night's Deam was a glory to behold. I did not get any videos, though we do have an audio.Furedi Nikolett was absolutely stunning as Titania, and I don't see how Kata Janza could possible match her in the role. Kerenyi Miklos Mate (I have no clue where the accents are on [livejournal.com profile] valancystar's laptop) is the best Puck I've ever seen in any incarnation of the Shakespeare play on stage.  At the stage door, we only saw Dolhai Attila (who was clearly in a rush, but he stopped for this little boy that ran up to him, so we let him go) and Nemeth Attila.  [livejournal.com profile] cricep did not, in fact, die laughing as soon as she saw him. Instead, she turned to me and said, "I'm not laughing."  Well done, [livejournal.com profile] cricep, well done.  Anyhow, got his signature and I took a photo (in which both he and [livejournal.com profile] cricep don't look so great, though Attila much worse; as soon as I turned the camera so he could see the preview, he did the aughthat'sreallyme?? face).

Now I'm going to try to do my homework before we head out for lunch.

[identity profile] emago.livejournal.com 2009-04-04 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
One question: What the hell was that cookies text about, and why did you send it to me at 8:30 in the morning? D:

[identity profile] liaku.livejournal.com 2009-04-04 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
1) Me and Emma were at the supermarket and wanted to make cookies. Turned out that supermarket didn't sell real foodstuffs like flour.

2) It wasn't 8:30 for me.

[identity profile] solyndra.livejournal.com 2009-04-04 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay for Midsummer Night's Dream \o/ That photo sounds quite fun lmao. Enjoy, what was it, Mozart!?, today!! :D

[identity profile] liaku.livejournal.com 2009-04-04 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
It was Mozart, yes. Two shows today, and two more tomorrow. It was awesome.

[identity profile] solyndra.livejournal.com 2009-04-05 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
Good! That's the way it has to be ;)

[identity profile] greenie1980.livejournal.com 2009-04-04 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a great time!!! Please report in more detail once you're back (if allowed with photos)!!! :P Say hello to everyone for me (since you're the only one reporting from Budapest at the moment) and a special "get well" to Venefica.

[identity profile] liaku.livejournal.com 2009-04-04 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Cricep and Tejanoangel and probably Valancystar (I can't find the double quotes for codes) will blog with photos since they had cameras. We took a group photo with Nemeth Attila and also another with Furedi Nikolett today. We totally had a chance to get a photo with Dolhai Attila, but for some reason we didn't ask.

Anyhow, will definitely blog with detail. A note for now: Nemeth Attila was a thousand times better than Szilveszter as Colloredo tonight. I'd go so far as to say Szilveszter was downright awful. He was definitely having an off night with his voice, and Valancy says he was off in his acting too. Here's to hoping he's better tomorrow.

[identity profile] greenie1980.livejournal.com 2009-04-05 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for these cuties to come!!!! :P Nice to hear you had this much fun and actually managed to catch some of them (looking forward to Attila's expression now)! Growling at Szilveszter for spoiling the performance for you. :D Hope he was better today and nothing serious was distracting him. Btw... how did you know that this would interest me? *LOL*

Just went through your post again... seems like Kata is a bit losing out on Niki with all of us at the moment... I listened to some clips and audios with Niki today and she was awesome! Reg. Máté as Puck... (sorry this is the Shakespeare scholar in me)... please remember that one charm of this show is actually the musical-ness, which of course doesn't exist in the original 'only spoken' version (but totally agreeing with you about Máté).

Which Mozarts did you have yesterday (was it really only MÁZS today)? I just checked out some photos to get an impression of how Attila looks in the Colloredo costumes and I stumbled over the Mozarts as well of course (with Magócs Ottó also having portrayed him at one point; hopefully he didn't butcher him as much as Tybalt).

[identity profile] liaku.livejournal.com 2009-04-05 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Sziszi was much better when we saw him tonight. The first note he sang had me going THANK GOD YES in my head. That was the Sziszi I was used to hearing in audios. Saturday Sziszi was just pathetic. Anyway, we got a photo with him, and a signature. More on that later.

I don't think the musicalness changed much about how Puck COULD be performed. Most of his lines were pretty much from the play, and he didn't have any additional scenes (minus the bits at the end with Titania and Oberon turning/turned human). Mate was just wonderfully wicked and sinister. He scared the shit out of me.

We had Attila once for Sat mat performance. He was good. We had Arpi for all the others, and he was phenomenal. More on him later.

[identity profile] angelwolf24.livejournal.com 2009-04-05 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
I'm looking forward to seeing the pics and everything! I am so jealous of you all! :p