Saturday, October 13, 2007
Would-be soldiers audition for "War and Peace"
Yahoo! News: "Taking a page from the 'American Idol' playbook, the Metropolitan Opera held open auditions on Saturday for its lavish new production of 'War and Peace.'"
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any four and a half hour production sounds like quite the type of thing you must dedicate yourself to, i find it a true commitment to be an audience member let alone a performer in such an epic venture. interesting that tolstoys is the one to make the time, yet not surprising because of its unabridged original nature. i'm interested to hear how it all turns out. throngs of people.... so much interest... it should be a very pleasing and awe-inspiring show.
I disagree with Lydia. There are many operas that significantly longer than 4 1/2 hours. (Wagner's Ring Cycle comes to mind) which audiences time and time again turn out to see.
What surprised me, was the opera's use of supers. I am amazed that there are 200 people on stage at one time. While I understand that The Met is much larger than anywhere that I have worked, I still find it astounding. As well as getting 200 people to follow direction.
Although, for those who love to do it, it is a good opportunity to be a part of the opera world as well as forge new connections. If you have the time, there is no reason not to be a super.
And for some reason, i read the title of this article under the impression that war veterans were going to be the supers. clearly that's not the case.
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