An Evening at An Opera Without Much Music!
Most all of us have heard of the famous opera
Rigoletto
written by Giuseppe Verdi and it never looked like this!
Join Gary the Eye Guy, Madeline the Guide Dog and me as we meet the cast of
Pigoletto performed at the
E. B. Foote Winery in
Burien, Washington, my home town.
Burien, referred to here as Buriento, is located near an area known as White Center, or in Pigoletto Terms, Centre Blanc, Normandy Park, thus the Duke of Normandy, and Des Moines, from where the Countess Des Moi hales.
Check out the review of Pigoletto from localwineevents.com below, then get ready to hear the story behind the story of Pigoletto as we meet, greet and mingle with the actors!
"BURIEN – Breeders Theater teams up with E.B. Foote Winery for its 10th production,
Pigoletto, an opera without (much) music. "Andrew Lloyd Webber and those guys who
wrote Les Miserables have made careers out of writing operas but calling them musicals," says BT founder and head writer T.M. Sell. "But if you called them what they are, you wouldn’t sell nearly as many tickets. So we should be able to call a musical an opera, just for the wee of it." Pigoletto is the story of a young man from Buriento (or is that Centre Blanc?), caught up amid a war between the Duke of Normandy and the Countess Des Moines. Can he save his town from certain destruction and win the heart of his one true love? Will Barbara Seville be able to split hairs when it counts? Will Dr. Medicus and his dog, Puccini, make the right prescription?
Pigoletto features Lambda Academy of Dramatic Arts graduate Patrick Allcorn in the title role, and features the talents of Patricia M. Britton, Julie Haakenson, Eric Hartley, Doug Knoop, Scott Green, Marianne Everett, Steve Coffey, Kirsten Olds, Jim Cooper, Carlos Calvo, Sandra Glover, and Mak Zuljevic. Book and lyrics are by T.M. Sell, with musical arrangements by Nancy Warren. J Howard Boyd directs, with choreography by Patricia M. Britton and costumes by Elisabeth Morgan."
During the podcast, you'll hear something from that other opera, Rigoletto, performed
by Andrea Bocelli from his album entitled Aria - The Opera Album. Mr. Bocelli is a wonderful tennor
who happens to be blind, so I feel a kindred spirit with him! And, from what I've read of him, he'd approve of Pigoletto!
We thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity, and express our deepest thanks to E. B.
Foote, and to Breeders Theater for allowing us to cover their opening night.
I apologize for volume fluxuations, it was my first recording using my newly acquired
Archos, but I hope you'll enjoy the story of Pigoletto anyway!
The performers are truly talented and true professionals! And now, on with the show!
Rigoletto
written by Giuseppe Verdi and it never looked like this!
Join Gary the Eye Guy, Madeline the Guide Dog and me as we meet the cast of
Pigoletto performed at the
E. B. Foote Winery in
Burien, Washington, my home town.
Burien, referred to here as Buriento, is located near an area known as White Center, or in Pigoletto Terms, Centre Blanc, Normandy Park, thus the Duke of Normandy, and Des Moines, from where the Countess Des Moi hales.
Check out the review of Pigoletto from localwineevents.com below, then get ready to hear the story behind the story of Pigoletto as we meet, greet and mingle with the actors!
"BURIEN – Breeders Theater teams up with E.B. Foote Winery for its 10th production,
Pigoletto, an opera without (much) music. "Andrew Lloyd Webber and those guys who
wrote Les Miserables have made careers out of writing operas but calling them musicals," says BT founder and head writer T.M. Sell. "But if you called them what they are, you wouldn’t sell nearly as many tickets. So we should be able to call a musical an opera, just for the wee of it." Pigoletto is the story of a young man from Buriento (or is that Centre Blanc?), caught up amid a war between the Duke of Normandy and the Countess Des Moines. Can he save his town from certain destruction and win the heart of his one true love? Will Barbara Seville be able to split hairs when it counts? Will Dr. Medicus and his dog, Puccini, make the right prescription?
Pigoletto features Lambda Academy of Dramatic Arts graduate Patrick Allcorn in the title role, and features the talents of Patricia M. Britton, Julie Haakenson, Eric Hartley, Doug Knoop, Scott Green, Marianne Everett, Steve Coffey, Kirsten Olds, Jim Cooper, Carlos Calvo, Sandra Glover, and Mak Zuljevic. Book and lyrics are by T.M. Sell, with musical arrangements by Nancy Warren. J Howard Boyd directs, with choreography by Patricia M. Britton and costumes by Elisabeth Morgan."
During the podcast, you'll hear something from that other opera, Rigoletto, performed
by Andrea Bocelli from his album entitled Aria - The Opera Album. Mr. Bocelli is a wonderful tennor
who happens to be blind, so I feel a kindred spirit with him! And, from what I've read of him, he'd approve of Pigoletto!
We thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity, and express our deepest thanks to E. B.
Foote, and to Breeders Theater for allowing us to cover their opening night.
I apologize for volume fluxuations, it was my first recording using my newly acquired
Archos, but I hope you'll enjoy the story of Pigoletto anyway!
The performers are truly talented and true professionals! And now, on with the show!
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