I originally planned a very short trip to see Angela Meade in Bellini's Norma at the Met and one NYCB Nutcracker, but my partner wanted to go along, so I made it a week trip and bought us both tickets to a second Nutcracker (he didn't go to the other shows). I told him he could fill the other nights with plays or musicals (what he likes) because he complained I usually fill up the vacation with a ballet or opera every single night. However, he decided he wanted us to have casual leisurely evenings at dinners instead. I was fine with that too and let him choose the places. In the past I have dominated what we do on vacations, and he has complained and tends to stay home nowadays, so this trip I let him decide everything besides the Norma and …show more content…
I continue to be amazed at how so many knowledgeable opera fans rave about her in this role. Her coloratura is so sloppy and her acting is goofy. I do not see any positives in her in this particular role. To me she "gets through it" but bel canto it is not. Angela Meade comes closer to having all the goods, although her pianissimi, as lovely as they are, seem totally disconnected from the rest of her voice as if she has to switch gears to achieve them. I was pleasantly surprised that she could be fiery and commanding (I thought that would be her weak point). Wasn't 100% happy with the moments she took breaths during Casta Diva, but overall this was a decent Norma. The cast reminded me that opera has to be heard live......hearing the sounds reach your ear from the stage is so much better than …show more content…
The restaurant at the top is nice (very good cauliflower risotto but overpriced) and the view was great, but the rest of it feels like endless lines and photo opportunities and a big sell for some ipad to help identify buildings and to get photos.....it felt like a huge scam......it was like Disney World. The memorial pools are very touching and moving outside and those are free. I was in NY weeks after the original towers went down (I think to see Jane Eaglen in Norma....just realized that), and it was blocked off and still smouldering, and I have not gone down that way on recent trips, but it was nice to see that it has become a huge thriving tourist attraction (so no longer just a tragedy), but I advise people to skip One World Center and just look at the memorial pools. That is my personal feeling. I feel the pools are simple but sad and
Theater is acting, and each actor that was involved in this production was fantastic. Page Ogle who played Dolly did a very good job being a sweet talking, yet manipulative woman in the 1890s. I would have critiqued her on just one thing, slow down!
...te Choir did a very poor job with emotional projection (tone); they never smiled or even suggested a hint of feeling in their voices. I found that this made their performance somewhat uninteresting because it wasn’t relatable or something that made me curious. It think that the conductor did a good job making sure that the choir watched her and she guided them through the songs, but I thought it was a bad idea she joined them in the mambo during “One Goal”. The choir did a good job holding up their harmonies and staying in tune. I think that if this choir had a better knowledge and understanding of dynamics it would have made their performance a lot better, especially if they had taken chances. I wish that this choir would have annunciated more so that we could hear the message that they were trying to convey. Still, I think that the choir did respectably overall.
Because we lived so close to New York City, the typical tourist attractions lined up didn't spark our interest. Our choir teacher knew that going to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island would be an eighth grade field trip all over again, so she began to think of what we could do instead. She asked a friend she knew in the city about our situation. This friend of hers happened to be part of the relief crew at St. Paul's Chapel, located right next to site Ground Zero. Today St. Paul's serves as a museum and a shrine to those lost in the fatal attacks of September 2001 and to the rescue workers who donated their lives to help save others lives. We were scheduled to sing at the church, giving our own personal service.
For a college production, the acting was outstanding. I really felt the emotions. The lead Wendla, who was played by KyLeigh Zimmerer, was amazing. I have also seen bits and pieces of the Broadway version which starred Lea Michelle, and obviously if I were to compare the acting, the Broadway version would be victorious. However, for a college production, these actors have limited past experience, but their acting was professional. Also, when they sang the song "Those You've Known," I felt chills and had goose bumps because that was such an emotional song. You could feel all the emotions and guilt Melchior, played by Ryan Ramirez, was feeling because both his best friend, Moritz, played by Justin Noblitt, and the girl he impregnated, Wendla, died and he believed he was to blame. Moritz committed suicide while Wendla died from a botch abortion her mom for...
I was born Mary Alice Chambers, on November twenty-seventh, 1962 in Emporia, Kansas, to Robert Lee Chambers Sr. and Sarah Lucy (Hutcherson) Chambers. I am a fifty-four-years-old three times married, African American female with my current marriage approaching the thirteen- year mark. My father was of African American and Native American descent and my mothers of African American and Irish descent. My father’s level of education was the eighth grade, but he later attended the technical college for culinary arts, and my mother graduated high school and took some college course in her later years to learn how to use a computer.
When we got to New York City one of the guys on the bus started playing the song New York by Alicia Keys over and over again, so now whenever I hear it, it reminds me of our trip. When we got there and got all settled into our hotel, I think the first thing we did was go to ground zero. It was super cool, they had like two huge squares that were deep into the ground and had water in them and the sides had water flowing into the pool things in the middle. Around it they had the names of everyone who died during the 9/11 attack. We went to Times Square and that is where we got our group picture taken. We also went to Chinatown and Central Park to walk around. We took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty but we weren’t able to get off and go in it so we went to Ellis Island instead. We got to see Wicked on Broadway, it was so cool. A lot better than the Fox. We went to the 30 Rockefeller Center and go to see where they film Saturday Night Live, it is a huge building that the studio is in. We also got to go on the Empire State Building. It was so cool because once you got to the top and went outside you could see the whole city. It was also super winding on it though i guess because it is so high up. One night we got to go on a dinner boat ride. New York was super fun, but we only go to stay for a day and a half.
About three years ago, a show arrived on the Hallmark Channel that changed my life forever. I had no idea at that point how it would ultimately impact my life, but there was something about Cedar Cove that I liked. At first, it wasn't even my favorite show, but I remember noticing the sweet Peggy Beldon and loving her instantly. It wasn't until the following summer that I discovered this character was played by Barbara Niven, and it really wasn't even until it was preparing to go into production for the third season that I truly connected with this phenomenal lady. I was captivated by her character's story in season two (the slap heard around the world that I will never forget as long as I live), but as I began to discover the woman behind
There are many peers who have made a difference in my life, but when discussing this, there is one particular individual who has a distinction. Her name is Jalynn Sierra Borders, one of my best friends in the world. Jalynn has not only challenged me academically, but she keeps me on my toes in whatever I do, and I try to do the same with her. We met in 6th grade, and from watching her mature as a student, she helped me mature as well. My friends and I are constantly in academic competition with each other which is why we are such great friends and successful in the classroom and community. Jalynn truly inspires me to do my best academically at school, and I am grateful to her that she pushes me when I make that ‘C’ on a math test. She’s
Though, Maria Callas gained her reputation by performing outstanding musical concerts and displaying enriching vocal sounds, contrary in contrast to Madonna. Callas became known as one of the most renowned operatic divas of the mid-twentieth century shortly after ‘culminating in a ‘stunning’ performance in 1949 in Bellini’s I Puritani at La Fenice Theatre, Venice’ (Moohan, E,. 2008, p.192). Having had ‘an extraordinarily and sensitive way of acting the words as she sang them’ (Phillip, R,.
She started off as a minor character, just there to make sure the set doesn’t collapses upon itself. Her role progresses as the play falls apart, until she is literally constraining another cast member to say the lines. Her projection was spot-on, and her annunciation was, I mean, she tried, okay? Her body language started off as you would expect closed in, and just saying “I don’t want to be here.” But, I thought it was remarkable that as the play went on, the actress made small changes, like standing up straighter, and turning her face towards the audience. She was good with working beside the cast, but it did seem as though there was a barrier. It was spot on to how actors really look down on techies. Finally, I loved her facial expressions. She was breaking the fourth wall, and bringing the house DOWN! A quotable quote, “Inspector, you’re giving me a
While growing up with my two sisters, me being the oldest one, Sophia, who is the second oldest and Adriana the smallest one out of us three. Even though, we have grown up side by side, share the same parents and live under the same roof. Each and every one of us have different life experience.
"It's hard to believe in yourself when you're not sure you know what you're doing" (Morris 35).
The most influential person in my life is my oldest sibling Kelsey Nicole Brown. Having her in my life has made me into the person I am today. She has always set goals for me that she knew I could meet.
When I met Kastasya, it was almost ten at night. It was late enough that the lights in the dorm hallway were turned off, and all the residents’ doors were closed. I was walking back to my room and spotted this sweet girl with a passive gait. Her headphones were in and her backpack sat low on her back; she had obviously just come from campus. Since I had not met her yet, I decided to introduce myself as her new RA. She was so focused on her gaze that it took a second for her to register what was coming out of my mouth was more than a simple hello.
I have seen and been to a few monuments in my life. The one that’s sticks out in my mind the most is my visit to the World Trade Center after the first bombing. I remember the first couple of floors were being worked on, and you couldn’t really walk pass the building. Still, it was a magnificent site to see. I must have looked like a tourist because my eyes were constantly focus on all the huge skyscrapers that surrounded me.