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bwinter

Vienna part 1 - Tanz der Vampire anniversary concert

Feb 20, 2007 15:17

It turned out that by a stroke of luck, our hotel was only 4 U-Bahn (underground) stops from the Raimund Theater, no line changing necessary. The theater itself is smaller than I thought - perhaps half the size of our Roma, without the aisles that allowed our vampires to run around the audience, and with a much smaller stage, though they do have a ( Read more... )

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lamath February 20 2007, 15:38:32 UTC

Ooh, that is a gorgeous pic of Borchert. (And oooo on Unstillbare Gier. Sounds amazing.)

And that really is too bad about not having more than one cast for this show! (Sad news on the Yamaguchi front, though. Looks like our Taiwanese friend is hogging all the Japanese DVDs and selling them for obscene amounts. Ugh. So much for the hope that I'll eventually get those, as I doubt there's enough interest in the Japanese casts. Maybe if he doesn't get enough offers, he'll eventually trade them out.)

bwinter February 20 2007, 15:54:33 UTC

Alas that the picture's not mine - I have the link to the photographer at home, will add credit once I get there :)

And I think I agree about your assessment. Especially since I happen to know he paid $100 for the Les Mis - can't see that getting more than 4 offers, not from that crowd. I think I'll wait until they're tradeable, too, especially since I already have a Maki-as-Elisabeth DVD and am not as much of a Maya fan as I am a Maki one.

lamath February 20 2007, 16:08:21 UTC

And his limiting his payment options to cash-only is going to restrict his market to basically only the people in Europe, which reduces the chances of his offers even more.

Are you still having an e-mail correspondence with him? I can understand him wanting to recoup his costs, but here's an easier way - trade out the DVDs - he can get lots of trades I'll bet for some very good DVDs - and then just offer his entire list up for sale for a cheaper amount (none of that registered mail stuff to save on costs) - like 5-10 euros per show (and use PayPal!). But that's just my two cents.

bwinter February 20 2007, 16:14:26 UTC

He offered to pay me with Paypal for the CD, so I'm thinking there are other things in play there. I'll ask once I mail him the CD and DVDs I still owe him :) At 10 euros per show, I'd probably swipe the whole lot he posted this time...

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arabwel February 20 2007, 19:08:54 UTC

Ooooh, wow... so very awesome there :D

bwinter February 21 2007, 05:28:33 UTC

And that was just the start of it :)

Btw, glad to hear you're doing better and with the new place!

musicallover6 February 21 2007, 15:57:52 UTC

I loved your review, esp. the part about Steve. Wow. He was really like that?
God, I hope a bootleg of this sucker gets released. :O

bwinter February 21 2007, 16:06:56 UTC

I'd heard Borchert's Unstillbare before, and dear gods, you could tell the difference :)

Alas, I haven't seen any boots but for that crackly one I posted to bwaytrade. I wish I had a better recorder...

musicallover6 February 21 2007, 16:08:50 UTC

Then I like to believe that Steve posessed him for that one moment in time. ;)

Thanks for the link. *goes to download gleefully*

valancystar February 22 2007, 11:54:59 UTC

I understand that the original production was done in the Raimund Theater as well, and the vampires did run around the aisles then, too - I guess they just didn't do it for the concert for whatever reason ( ... )

bwinter February 22 2007, 15:06:28 UTC

In Roma, they have one aisle parallel to the stage plus two through the audience like this, so I'm used to a lot more space for the fanged ones :)

I didn't know about Marjan (though really, lovely interpretation) and I agree on Suzanne. That voice! And great elegance as a vampire :)

I really think Thomas's Barton thing was possession because honestly, he even had the accent. And I gotta admit he looks damn pretty on stage :D