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Aug. 17th, 2009 09:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
almaviva90Finally watching Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg after months of letting the DVD gather dust on the shelf.
And goodness, it's long...the first two acts combined only make up 2 hours and 30 mins and the third act probably takes another hour and a half. Thus making it 4 hours long...
Still have the third act to watch...
EDIT: I find it slightly weird to see TA look so short in comparison to the other men onstage...and he is normally one of the tallest men onstage standing at a solid 6'1". However 6'1" doesn't quite match up to everyone else onstage who seems to be at least 6'4"! O__O So Wagner and him as one of the shorter men onstage are both new experiences for me tonight XD
Another one is seeing his Beckmesser as a simpering, miserable and taciturn sort of fellow who is a bundle of nerves when he's irritated or stressed is simply another reason to be in awe of his acting skills. Beckmesser meets Don Giovanni when he tries to serenade his hoped-for bride under her window -- and unlike the Don, he fails miserably and sparks off a town riot XDDDDDD
This can only end badly for him...poor fellow.
And goodness, it's long...the first two acts combined only make up 2 hours and 30 mins and the third act probably takes another hour and a half. Thus making it 4 hours long...
Still have the third act to watch...
EDIT: I find it slightly weird to see TA look so short in comparison to the other men onstage...and he is normally one of the tallest men onstage standing at a solid 6'1". However 6'1" doesn't quite match up to everyone else onstage who seems to be at least 6'4"! O__O So Wagner and him as one of the shorter men onstage are both new experiences for me tonight XD
Another one is seeing his Beckmesser as a simpering, miserable and taciturn sort of fellow who is a bundle of nerves when he's irritated or stressed is simply another reason to be in awe of his acting skills. Beckmesser meets Don Giovanni when he tries to serenade his hoped-for bride under her window -- and unlike the Don, he fails miserably and sparks off a town riot XDDDDDD
This can only end badly for him...poor fellow.
