I’m no expert on opera, admittedly—some I like (Morton Feldman’s Neither, for instance), but, in general, operatic vibrato tends to send my mind into a semi-schizophrenic state, seriously (oh, the price we pay for color!)—which is why I have rightly abstained from opera meta-criticism. Until today, sort of.
Surfing the newspapers, while eating my breakfast of champions (Coke, Doritos and Goobers), I was drawn to a particular picture that accompanied an article about opera ticket prices.
I thought it would be fun for you Detritus folk to meet the characters of this opera.
He-man, as Hunding.
Creepy Mel Gibson Scots, as Die Walküre
And Clifton Forbis, as the Michael Jackson “Black or White” morphing face, not quite He-man, yet not quite Scot.
Here.
I’d like to think that someone working with the Metropolitan Opera’s costume designers would have caught the humorous resemblance.
Enjoy!
4/10/08
Castle Grayskull: A Momentary Diversion
Posted by Empiricus at 12:46 PM
Labels: Braveheart, Clifton Forbis, He-man, Metropolitan Opera, Momentary diversion
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4 comments:
By the power of Greyskull, the Ring must not fall into the hands of Sauron.
Wait, what? Skeletor? Tolkein? Valkyries?
Frodo?
I'm so confused.
I daresay there will be open revolts against King Randall and Queen Marlena.
Where is Man-E-Faces when you need him?
Or: Every opera staging dies, not every opera staging really lives.
Given the Siegfried, I'd guess that Wotan looks like the Burger King.
(Coke, Doritos and Goobers)
In the same bowl? I thought I was culinarily adventurous.
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