Lippen schweigen...
Aug. 19th, 2009 06:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
almaviva90Can I say once again how lovely Thomas Allen and Felicity Lott are as an operatic couple? Brilliant singers and brilliant chemistry.
Watched the entire ROH '97 production of The Merry Widow - yes, the one that got me into opera in the first place - and I can see why I was drawn to it. Why? Because the acting from these two singers is marvellous...I almost forgot I was watching an operetta and was actually watching a play instead. One scene which I have never seen before on Youtube was so touching. It's the scene in Act II where Danilo (Allen) and Hanna (Lott) are teasingly suggesting places they might visit in Paris from the Pontevedrian Embassy to the more lively places like Maxims. Although it starts out all comedic and light-hearted, the atmosphere quickly turns into a very tangible sense of unspoken love between the two characters, especially so when he, in particular, doesn't want to admit it. You could basically live and breathe it in the air JUST by watching these two act. Such a beautiful moment. Flott and Allen can basically do everything - from comedy to romance to strained relationships, e.g. their Count and Countess in Le nozze di Figaro and still make it seem so natural and non-wooden.
Okay, I'm rambling...I'm returning to internship work this morning...and despite not sleeping (I really can't sleep these days, damn), I think I'll manage (hopefully).
Watched the entire ROH '97 production of The Merry Widow - yes, the one that got me into opera in the first place - and I can see why I was drawn to it. Why? Because the acting from these two singers is marvellous...I almost forgot I was watching an operetta and was actually watching a play instead. One scene which I have never seen before on Youtube was so touching. It's the scene in Act II where Danilo (Allen) and Hanna (Lott) are teasingly suggesting places they might visit in Paris from the Pontevedrian Embassy to the more lively places like Maxims. Although it starts out all comedic and light-hearted, the atmosphere quickly turns into a very tangible sense of unspoken love between the two characters, especially so when he, in particular, doesn't want to admit it. You could basically live and breathe it in the air JUST by watching these two act. Such a beautiful moment. Flott and Allen can basically do everything - from comedy to romance to strained relationships, e.g. their Count and Countess in Le nozze di Figaro and still make it seem so natural and non-wooden.
Okay, I'm rambling...I'm returning to internship work this morning...and despite not sleeping (I really can't sleep these days, damn), I think I'll manage (hopefully).
