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[George]

Good morning, all!  I slept later than I intended, and now i am dressed and moving about. When the alarm went off, I was dreaming about a release party for the Herbert songs.

So, I began this post about 30 minutes ago to be interrupted by bad news on the recording front. I believe we've lost our leading man and still haven't confirmed our juvenile lead. Damnation!

So, I've been looking at British baritones for replacing Andrew as Sir John Copeland. My thoughts are this:
James Cleverton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3liGTuqYCto

Richard Morrison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxTrjScVw1c

~~~Continued Casting Vibes for Elmore!!~~~

THIS short clip of James Cleverton as Don Giovanni is rather nice.

He's not as well built as Simon Keenlyside or Christopher Maltman, who seem to do a lot of semi-nude operas!

Or Zachary Stains...but I still wouldn't kick him out of bed.

[Jane]

For our Titanic nutcases Aficionados:

FEASTING ON THE TITANIC

Contains history, details, photos, and recipes

The authors are Rehoboth friends - a Book Editor and an Epiccopal priest (a gay couple)

der Brucer

Please note- no damn Tofu in sight!

(Oh dear - does failure to provide a Tofu option doom an establishment to disaster?)

For the first time on a cruise we had lots of tofu options on our Paul Gauguin cruise.

[Jane]

I need to go to Medford & take my car for an oil change.  While I'm waiting I have lots of errands to do which are all conveniently walking distance.

[elmore3003]

Nice new avatar, Ginny.

I entirely skipped the miniseries this weekend.  Saturday night my sister and I opted to watch GREAT EXPECTATIONS which I had DVR'ed.  I enjoyed Gillian Anderson's creepy performance but she was *not* playing Miss Havisham (more like a less lucid Ghost of Christmas Past.)  Overall, I found it way too emo in tone--hard as it is to imagine, but they managed to suck the joy out of the book for this adaption.

I enjoyed the first half very much.  But the second half was too dreary for words.  The adult Pip was BORING and uninvolving and dull.   Whoever cast him did it for looks, not talent. 

Agree partly on Gillian Anderson.  She was a bit too young in appearance, and seemed less like Miss Havisham and more like what you suggested..."the ghost of Christmas day before yesterday".  They needed a Martita Hunt!!!

I had heard this was excellent & that I should watch it.  I had my doubts about Anderson as Miss Havisham.  I think I'll pass on this, at least for now.

Anderson was absolutely stunning in the BBC version of BLEAK HOUSE.

[elmore3003]

Good morning, all!  I slept later than I intended, and now i am dressed and moving about. When the alarm went off, I was dreaming about a release party for the Herbert songs.

So, I began this post about 30 minutes ago to be interrupted by bad news on the recording front. I believe we've lost our leading man and still haven't confirmed our juvenile lead. Damnation!

So, I've been looking at British baritones for replacing Andrew as Sir John Copeland. My thoughts are this:
James Cleverton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3liGTuqYCto

Richard Morrison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxTrjScVw1c

~~~Continued Casting Vibes for Elmore!!~~~

THIS short clip of James Cleverton as Don Giovanni is rather nice.

He's not as well built as Simon Keenlyside or Christopher Maltman, who seem to do a lot of semi-nude operas!

Or Zachary Stains...but I still wouldn't kick him out of bed.

Zak is really wonderful on the forthcoming Herbert songs release.

[elmore3003]

The sad thing about Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham is that Martita Hunt may be definitive! It's like Edith Evans and Lady Bracknell.

[Jrand74]

Zak can't be anything but wonderful.

Martita Hunt Is Definitive is the title of my new novella.

[George]

Good morning, all!  I slept later than I intended, and now i am dressed and moving about. When the alarm went off, I was dreaming about a release party for the Herbert songs.

So, I began this post about 30 minutes ago to be interrupted by bad news on the recording front. I believe we've lost our leading man and still haven't confirmed our juvenile lead. Damnation!

So, I've been looking at British baritones for replacing Andrew as Sir John Copeland. My thoughts are this:
James Cleverton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3liGTuqYCto

Richard Morrison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxTrjScVw1c

~~~Continued Casting Vibes for Elmore!!~~~

THIS short clip of James Cleverton as Don Giovanni is rather nice.

He's not as well built as Simon Keenlyside or Christopher Maltman, who seem to do a lot of semi-nude operas!

Or Zachary Stains...but I still wouldn't kick him out of bed.

Zak is really wonderful on the forthcoming Herbert songs release.

Can't wait to hear it...I've ordered it.

[elmore3003]

It looks as if we are moving this year from the 5-star Merrion to the St Stephens Green Hibernian Club, around the corner from the Merrion, a great location:
http://www.sghc.ie/

[Jrand74]

It looks as if we are moving this year from the 5-star Merrion to the St Stephens Green Hibernian Club, around the corner from the Merrion, a great location:
http://www.sghc.ie/

Very classy!

[ArnoldMBrockman]

Happy Anniversary JEFFREY and BETSY

[elmore3003]

Oy! It never is dull here. New World Records just contacted me. They want to release EILEEN in September, so I have until June 25 to put together liner notes and type out the libretto. Better then, I guess, than July 25 ot August 25, when I'm returning from Dublin. All I have to do is find the EILEEN materials buried somewhere in this dump.

[MBarnum]

Nude opera is the only kind I ever listen to.

[MBarnum]

I really must update my avatar. This one is over 15 years old.

[MBarnum]

Not that I have changed in all of those 15 years.

[John G.]

Nude opera is the only kind I ever listen to.

I agree.

[bk]

Back from a good lunch meeting and picking up one package.  Must now do some work.

[Jrand74]

Writing vibes for DR ELMORE.

[JMK]

Nude opera is the only kind I ever listen to.

The fact that MBarnum is *listening* to nude opera rather than *watching* it is perhaps the most salient piece of information about his behavior he has ever passed on to us.   

[bk]

Finished the liner notes - I actually found the composer's website (who knew he was even still with us?) and have written him, just to see if he'd give me a few lines to include in our booklet.  He's got to be in his late 70s by now, so I hope he'll not be too cantankerous and will do it.

[Matthew]

Yard has been barked and my arms are red - hello spring!!!   I'll take a picture soon

[George]

Finished the liner notes - I actually found the composer's website (who knew he was even still with us?) and have written him, just to see if he'd give me a few lines to include in our booklet.  He's got to be in his late 70s by now, so I hope he'll not be too cantankerous and will do it.

What about signed booklets??

[bk]

Who knows?  It would depend on where he lives.

[Jennifer]

Happy anniversary to DR JMK and his wife!

[Jane]

Nice new avatar, Ginny.

I entirely skipped the miniseries this weekend.  Saturday night my sister and I opted to watch GREAT EXPECTATIONS which I had DVR'ed.  I enjoyed Gillian Anderson's creepy performance but she was *not* playing Miss Havisham (more like a less lucid Ghost of Christmas Past.)  Overall, I found it way too emo in tone--hard as it is to imagine, but they managed to suck the joy out of the book for this adaption.

I enjoyed the first half very much.  But the second half was too dreary for words.  The adult Pip was BORING and uninvolving and dull.   Whoever cast him did it for looks, not talent. 

Agree partly on Gillian Anderson.  She was a bit too young in appearance, and seemed less like Miss Havisham and more like what you suggested..."the ghost of Christmas day before yesterday".  They needed a Martita Hunt!!!

I had heard this was excellent & that I should watch it.  I had my doubts about Anderson as Miss Havisham.  I think I'll pass on this, at least for now.

Anderson was absolutely stunning in the BBC version of BLEAK HOUSE.

Yes she was.

[Jane]

Not that I have changed in all of those 15 years.

You really haven't.

[Cillaliz]

Happy anniversary to DR JMK and his wife!

DITTO

[bk]

Heard back from the composer, who unfortunately for me is not THE composer I was looking for, but someone who is also a composer/musical supervisor with the same name.  However, further Google search led me to find that the composer I want is now teaching at a college - I found the college, the faculty directory, and now I've written him at the e-mail address listed there.  Since it's not in this country, we'll see how this all pans out.

[elmore3003]

Well, James Cleverton is out. He's committed to the Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival until August 18, the first day of our recording. I hope to hell Richard Morrison is available or we are back to goddam proverbial square one. If I were his agent, I'd try to get him out of the Buxton dates to record, but who knows which pays better?

[Jane]

Yard has been barked and my arms are red - hello spring!!!   I'll take a picture soon

It is raining here.  I was lucky it only rained on & off while I was walking to various shops.  Just as I returned to pick up my car it began raining heavily.