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April 17

At 5:02pm on April 17, 2009, Sollenbum said…: I have only seen the Hungarian Death look on YouTube and on Mátésworld, but it is remarkably different from the Vienna version on the DVD. I was quite surprised at the amount of make-up and glitter that they chose for the character, which indeed does give it a more androgynous look.

Somehow, however, I feel that it makes Death more other-worldly rather than a personification of Elisabeth's death wish. The "human" relationship between them as lovers is perhaps a little weakened visually? Perhaps it's just a matter of getting used to seeing something in a new way?

In the Hungarian version, I think he looks more like a glittery Byronic hero, which of course, isn't all bad.

At 4:36am on June 25, 2008, Valancy said…: I also love the Hungarian Death look. It's so fantastical and mysterious, and has some of the androgyneousness that was originally a part of the character's idea. And it's just beautiful. It doesn't hurt that their leading Death is stunningly gorgeous. Well, not that Máté Kamarás is bad-looking either... But I have quite an obsession with Szilveszter - I saw him three times in the role in January and I could scarcely stop staring at him. He is amazingly charismatic and a wonderful actor.

I really like the Hungarian production anyway. It's quite unique and creative. If you didn't yet read my review of seeing the musical in Budapest in January, it's there in my blog.

The Trieste version was done mostly with the Vienna cast and mainly in German, but Bruno Grassini as Lucheni did a lot of explanatory stuff in Italian.

Good luck at seeing Pia! I wish I could see her as Elisabeth, but I can't afford to travel to Berlin now as I'm also going to Budapest again soon and it takes all the money I can spare. I did see her in the Musical Forever concert in Vienna, and she was lovely.

At 5:22am on June 24, 2008, Valancy said…: I replied to your comment with the "comment back" function and it added it to my comment wall rather than yours - I don't know if it'll notify you of that, so if it doesn't, go to my comment wall to see my reply...

At 5:12pm on June 23, 2008, Jennifer said…: Oh wow...I love your profile. Very pretty!

(Welcome, btw!)

At 5:39am on June 19, 2008, Valancy said…: Hello and welcome here!

I glanced at your MySpace page - very nice work! Just one little note - in your blog there is a list of all the different Elisabeth productions, and there is actually one missing. The Finnish production premiered in the Municipal Theatre of Turku (Turun Kaupunginteatteri - "Turku's city theatre" in direct translation) on 23.09.2005. In the case you'd like to add that there...