Sunday 1 October 2017

Tragedy, Tom Service, and The Voice Party

More views of - or before - Cambridge Film Festival 2017 (19 to 26 October)
(Click here to go directly to the Festival web-site)


From www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 :


Why is opera so ridiculous ?

The Listening Service


Tom Service considers opera - capable of the greatest profundity and beauty, why is it so often also ridiculous ?

From Mozart to Birtwistle, Tom explores the highs and lows of this dramatic genre, and talks to two expert witnesses - the acclaimed comic writer Armando Iannucci, who is an opera-lover who sees the absurd side of it ; and international soprano Lore Lixenberg, star of the high-camp Jerry Springer : The Opera, who recently opened a singing café in Berlin called Pret A Chanter where customers must sing rather than speak.

Pret A Chanter is a post-internet real-time opera that seeks to blur the boundaries between art and life. Anyone who steps over the threshold must abide by the rules of the opera. The main rule is : No Speaking. Only Vocalisations other than speaking are allowed.
















Close - this book, by Albin Lesky







Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)

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