1) Choristers' friends and family sit back there so they can shoot phone pix of their peeps on-screen during their close-ups.
2) The BSO violins really like playing that pizzicato section of the Ländler, and you can see them collectively dreaming about forming a ukulele orchestra.
3) The audience is every bit as fidgety during the slow bits with the action in their face as when our sad lack of multi-media technology left us solely at the mercy of our ears.
And yes, dude sitting next to me, yes! the horns of Judgement are blowing in the distance! now is the time to crack your knuckles!
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What is the acoustic like there? How was Connolly?
ReplyDeleteThe acoustic was always okay but I think it suffers a bit now from having these huge things in the way. Things seemed a little muddier last night. The fact that the visual action is right there but the sound is not creates a bit of a sensory disconnect. I did for the first time find myself really wishing their shed was more like Saratoga's.
DeleteConnolly was fabulous. Judging by her schedule, she made a huge detour to do this, so I hope she got paid munificently.
Ah Saratoga, as mentioned in Guys'n'Dolls. That certainly looks like a decent shed and I love the sound of "exotic testing devices"
ReplyDeleteIndeed, though I dunno what she's complaining about, Saratoga is waaay nicer than Niagara (Falls), even in track season.
DeleteFew places are quite as squalid as Niagara Falls (either side). NOTL is quite nice though.
DeleteThat's where the Shaw Festival's at, isn't it?
DeleteIndeed. It's a bit twee and touristy but not in the Ripley's way that NF is.
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