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OPERA, from p.30
What some rich scenester should give the talented Schlather is more money for musical rehearsal time.
Manhattan School of Music’s “Die Zauberfloete” (May 3), warmly received, had a sensible, unusually logic-driven modern dress staging by Jay Lesenger. Sarastro’s mission was to include women — through Pamina — in the
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hierarchy of the enlightened order. Steven Capone’s set, lit by Julie Duro, gave atmosphere aplenty. B. G Fitzgerald kept the order’s costumes muted until the sun’s victory at the end. George Manahan obtained good results in the pit and coordinating with his singers, all quite capable. Standouts were Addie Hamilton (Pamina), a pure, poised lyric soprano who — almost uniquely — delivered the English dialogue
with conviction, and Jana Mcintrye, whose sensational, always musically phrased Queen of the Night exceeded many heard on professional stages. Christopher S. Lilley — an affable if rather passive Tamino — fielded a beautiful, still growing tenor, and Shi Li’s Sarastro exhibited admirably even vocal production. The crowd loved Paull-Anthony Keightley’s solidly vocalized Papageno, but I thought he and Lesenger considerably overestimated the
charm of his manic puppy characterization. Scott Russell (Speaker/ Guard/ Armed Man), Joseph Sacchi (Guard/Armed Man), and Alaysha Fox (First Lady) all performed very creditably, showing vocal promise. Lisa Barone (Third Lady) unfurled a splendid mezzo; she, too, spoke with genuine dramatic point. David Shengold (shengold@ yahoo.com) writes about opera for many venues.
IN THE NOH, from p.35
COURTESY: KAREN GRECO
CAROL ROSEGG
said, ‘Don’t come out!’ Interviewers would ask if I had a girlfriend, and I would say, ‘No, I haven’t got a boyfriend either. I’m gay.’ But they thought I needed to be protected and never printed that. Also, they didn’t want me to tell them, they always want to find you out. “I knew I was gay from an early age, seven or eight. I never had the hots for girls, only boys. But when I was 12, I was reading books about homosexuals and what a dreadful life was presented to me! I seemed to be the only gay person, and all there was was getting picked up by a couple of rather seedy people in dirty mackintoshes. “Even when I got my first job in the theater at the Old Vic box office, I was too shy. But then I went to drama school and that was fantastic. I never had any anxiety, shame, or guilt, so I eventually had to stop people from protecting me. It was actually a useful thing to do, as I think I’m the first well-known British actor to come out. There were others, but mostly in fringe theater, and I think I led the way for people like Antony Sher and Ian McKellen.” Callow is happily partnered with Sebastian Fox, who is “32, dazzlingly handsome, a management consultant. He just went home today. We’ve been happy together for three years now and are getting married.” Apart from acting and directing, Callow writes constantly. “My third volume of my Orson Welles biography came out, which ends on a note of triumph with
Simon Callow appears in the one-man show “Tuesdays at Tescoe’s” at 59E59 through June 7.
his film ‘Chimes at Midnight,’ which I think is his greatest film. Now I have to write the fourth and final volume, also a book about Wagner based on this one-man show I did, ‘Inside Wagner’s Head.’ Then I want to write a novel, but haven’t been able to get around to it. You have to be completely ruthless. I do quite a bit of journalism, too, so am always with deadlines. You have to compartmentalize everything. I’m very greedy!” In 1999, Callow was made a Commander of
the British Empire: “It’s quite touching because it was given for services rendered to the theater. Yet I’m a commander of an empire that doesn’t exist anymore, very ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ I like that absurdity, but it is lovely and the queen was charming when she gave it to me.” Contact David Noh at Inthenoh@aol.com, follow him on Twitter @in_the_noh, and check out his blog at http://nohway.wordpress.com.
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