Scellerato! Sconsigliata!
All right, for those of you who actually got taken in by my last post: No, I didn't actually meet Gerard Way and do his laundry for him. XD I did, however, go to Don Giovanni with peridium and enjoyed it (and also bought the "So many women, only one Don" and "Life is short. Opera is long. Wagner is forever at Seattle Opera" t-shirts, the latter of which I am wearing now. The opera was good-- Donna Elvira was very much the most entertaining character to watch, apart from the Commendatore. Unfortunately, Donna Anna decided to save her voice for the entire evening to nail the bit of coloratura in her last aria-- come on, woman, you're supposed to come out screeching like Brunnhilde at your first notes. I don't want to hear a lukewarm "Non sperar" or "Don Ottavio, son morte!" Woman, you're being raped and your father has just been murdered. You're not supposed to sound like you're wondering if you left the oven on.
The Zerlina and Masetto were excellent, except for the fact that Zerlina's costumes made me go "O_o" a lot-- if you're doing a semi-period piece, a knee-length wedding gown is not a good idea. Hell, a knee-length wedding gown is never ever a good idea. (The setting, wtf-- the setting was so confusing; it was half 17th-century Seville, half modern/1970s/1950s New York, or something.) Anyway. The hell scene was awesome, done entirely in whites and reds, but it was really the highlight. There were laughs during the epilogue, as there should be-- Donna Anna and Ottavio are never going to get married, and Elvira at a convent is sad, but Zerlina and Masetto going to go have dinner is cuuute.
I'm proud of myself for basically getting two weeks worth of reading done in two days, and I'm astonishing myself by enjoying both books.
Listening to the "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)" song is very hilarious when you have a snake trying to figure out what your bra clasp is.
The Zerlina and Masetto were excellent, except for the fact that Zerlina's costumes made me go "O_o" a lot-- if you're doing a semi-period piece, a knee-length wedding gown is not a good idea. Hell, a knee-length wedding gown is never ever a good idea. (The setting, wtf-- the setting was so confusing; it was half 17th-century Seville, half modern/1970s/1950s New York, or something.) Anyway. The hell scene was awesome, done entirely in whites and reds, but it was really the highlight. There were laughs during the epilogue, as there should be-- Donna Anna and Ottavio are never going to get married, and Elvira at a convent is sad, but Zerlina and Masetto going to go have dinner is cuuute.
I'm proud of myself for basically getting two weeks worth of reading done in two days, and I'm astonishing myself by enjoying both books.
Listening to the "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)" song is very hilarious when you have a snake trying to figure out what your bra clasp is.