Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-12 Thread Aaron Rabushka
://users.waymark.net/arabushk - Original Message - From: "Mark D Lew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 12:49 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?) > On May 11, 2007, at 4:30 PM, Aaron Rabushka wrote: > > > Nop

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-11 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 12/05/2007 05:53:39 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Properly the title is "AT the White Horse Inn" Yes, I think you're right. >From what I can remember the plot concerned two underwear manufacturers. As for the goat, this may well have been a sop to the

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-11 Thread Mark D Lew
On May 11, 2007, at 4:30 PM, Aaron Rabushka wrote: Nope, no jacket, just a goat. This "White Horse Inn" is a new one on me--does it call for horses, too? Benatzky. Properly the title is "AT the White Horse Inn" ("Im weissen Rössl"). Large-scale operetta in the style of Léhar, J Strauss, Ká

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-11 Thread Mark D Lew
On May 11, 2007, at 11:36 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: White Horse Inn was always very special to me - when I was a kid, my grandfather used to sing songs from it all the time. I've never played nor heard it since that week thirty years ago. I've never heard it ever, but in the good old days

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-11 Thread Aaron Rabushka
t/arabushk - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 3:03 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?) > > > In a message dated 11/05/2007 02:40:01 GMT Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > &q

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-11 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 11/05/2007 16:44:46 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Ooh, White Horse Inn! I love that score. Wonderful choruses. White Horse Inn was always very special to me - when I was a kid, my grandfather used to sing songs from it all the time. I've never played

Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-11 Thread SteveSTCC
When I did a Porgy & Bess tour, Porgy said "Bring me my cart!" I guess good directors find ways to adapt to being goatless. -Steve S NYC In a message dated 5/11/07 1:01:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?) &g

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-11 Thread Mark D Lew
On May 11, 2007, at 12:03 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The show with the well paid goat was "White Horse Inn" at the Bolton Octagon Theatre over thirty years ago. Ooh, White Horse Inn! I love that score. Wonderful choruses. mdl ___ Finale mailin

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-11 Thread dhbailey
Mark D Lew wrote: On May 10, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Aaron Rabushka wrote: "Porgy and Bess," by some chance? Porgy rides around in a goat-cart, but nothing in the libretto suggests an actual goat pulling it. Porgy propels himself with his strong arms. Meyerbeer's _Dinorah_, on the other hand,

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-11 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 11/05/2007 02:40:01 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "Bring my goat!" Are you sure you didn't mis-hear this - did put on his jacket just after this? The show with the well paid goat was "White Horse Inn" at the Bolton Octagon Theatre over thirty year

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-10 Thread Mark D Lew
On May 10, 2007, at 6:38 PM, Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote: And then there's the line in the final scene in which Porgy shouts "Bring my goat!" and just a moment later, the stage direction reads: (Mingo leads goat and cart over, Porgy holds up arms and is helped into cart) I stand co

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-10 Thread Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
nd Mariposa? Ah, Paradise!!! http://arts-mariposa.org/symphony.html http://www.geocities.com/~jbenz/lesbio.html - Original Message - From: Mark D Lew To: Finale-List 3 Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-10 Thread Aaron Rabushka
9 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?) > > On May 10, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Aaron Rabushka wrote: > > > "Porgy and Bess," by some chance? > > Porgy rides around in a goat-cart, but nothing in the libretto > suggests an

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-10 Thread Mark D Lew
On May 10, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Aaron Rabushka wrote: "Porgy and Bess," by some chance? Porgy rides around in a goat-cart, but nothing in the libretto suggests an actual goat pulling it. Porgy propels himself with his strong arms. Meyerbeer's _Dinorah_, on the other hand, does feature a g