Opera by Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall cancelled...

over gay reference...:( Basically, Lee Hall, writer of "Billy Elliot" was commissioned an opera by Opera North.  The school that was working along with the production, and were going to lend 300 pupils to the production did not feel comfortable with such line: Of course I'm queer/ That's why I left here / So if you infer / That I prefer / A lad to a lass / And I'm working class / I'd have to concur."  Neither party would budge, so the production is formally "canceled".  Hopefully the production will resume sometime in the future. (Man this would not have happened in Europe :()

Jersey Shore" Gone Wilde"

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Jersey Shore Gone Wilde

Presented by "The Importance of Being Earnest" on Broadway at Roundabout Theatre Company. What if the characters of Broadway's "The Importance of Being Earnest" traveled through a time warp and woke up on the beach with Snooki, The Situation and the rest of the gang of MTV's "Jersey Shore"? In
an exclusive video series created for Playbill by "Earnest" stars Santino Fontana and David Furr, the Roundabout Theatre Company cast puts "Jersey" in the mouths of Oscar Wilde's famed Britons. Think of it as a comedy of bad manners. Part 1 in a multi-part series...

OY VEY fur REEEEAL

Nothing is always perfect

Oh boy, how can ANYONE ever do that at a theater?
What started out as a average Traviata, ended out with.... :(

At the end, it was just a bad day on stage, nothing more!

Le Nozze Di Figaro

Cherubino is a character from Mozart's "Le Nozze Di Figaro.  I have always loved this character because at the time Mozart was still in his 20's, therefore "Voi Che Sapete" to me was his way of questioning what "love" really was, while causing all these "ice and fire" symptoms to a person. 

Anna Moffo sings Voi che sapete, my Prima donna!


Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, whom I recently began to study technique of. Her voice was sweet and clear, her technique was solid, which enabled her to sing flawlessly.


Of course we can not skip beautiful Cecilia Bartoli. Her technique was one of a kind since her mother was her only vocal coach.  However this is a perfect example of how she utilize both her voice and acting on stage.

Jacques Snyman Background Piece

Is this the world's most manly counter-tenor ever?? Never judge a person's fach on his figure!