http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=opera The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:31:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51711#post-148757 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:59:06 +0000 custard cream 148757@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>brilliant! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51711#post-148745 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:23:51 +0000 Skylarking 148745@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>With the last Blur album Think Tank (1908) a distant memory, the BBC is set to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Damon Albarn's first first tediously worthwhile solo project. All BBC Radio stations will simaltaneously be rebroadcasting the work - a five hour operetta - in its entirity.</p> <p>'Pylovarz' chronicles the life of George IV's pedicurist Campbell McDougall. It originally included a chorus of Tibetan Monks chanting in time with a de-tuned Pianola.</p> <p>'Pylovarz is still a piece of work that I have a lot of fondness for' explained the Country House and Parklife composer - in a break from rehearsing his latest work - a 15 hour collaboration between Siberian open throat singers and a specially mic-ed up Sinclair C5.</p> <p>'But clearly after 90 years it was sounding a <em>bit</em> dated. Thankfully the BBC have kindly allowed me to use Yaks instead of the monks, which was my original intention.' </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=14397#post-38979 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:33:07 +0000 De-scribe 38979@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The Pilsbury Anorexics Operatic Society’s gala opening night performance of Gotterdammerung ended in chaos last night when no-one could tell whether or not the show was over. </p> <p>Audience member Mrs Brenda Miggins summed up the mood. “It was a travesty. Brunhilde was a size 6 teenage waif of a thing. She could hardly hold her shield, and they didn’t even bother with padding. We already have to concentrate hard in order to remember not to clap in the middle, how are we supposed to know when the end has arrived if there’s no overweight soprano to put us right? “</p> <p>Society spokesman Dick Smee countered “In these enlightened times audiences must accept that outdated preconceptions have to be cast aside. It’s no longer acceptable in this day and age to ask a thin actor to ‘fat up’ for a role. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-4185 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:49:53 +0000 Quaz 4185@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Oh, opera, not Oprah. I get it now. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3993 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:18:30 +0000 Oxbridge 3993@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Oooh cheeky! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1459#post-3898 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:05:28 +0000 K D Adamson 3898@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>John Berry, former Creative Director of the ENO apologised 'unreservedly’ to Opera fans tonight in the wake of revelations that he ‘misunderstood’ the email regarding the ‘end of Oprah by 2011’. Blaming stress, overwork and a hectic poncing around schedule Berry’s PR adviser confirmed the 52 year old’s error claiming he was ‘tired and emotional’at the time.<br /> “Of course John didn’t really mean to rubbish an art form he’s devoted his life to...” explained Barbara Goole. “...'Ludicrously expensive, overpaid salad dodger with a whole format which is basically tripe' quite clearly referred to Oprah Winfrey.”<br /> Accusations that the whole episode has been a PR stunt in order to secure a front page slot for what was a weak and poorly written story have been hotly debated in forums up and down the internet but are flatly denied by Berry whose autobiography. “Spare Us A Tenor: My Life In Queer Street.” is published by Macmillan on Thursday. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3886 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:36:13 +0000 PluckyMunky 3886@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm a nurse, mr bridge, now...just a little prick... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3877 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:56:03 +0000 Des Custard 3877@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I can't help it if your opinions remain rooted in the 1980s Oxo. Time to move on, eh? I look forward to your sub. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3872 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:42:03 +0000 Scroat 3872@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Over here Nurse. Mr Oxbridge is having another sub. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3860 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:20:17 +0000 Oxbridge 3860@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>'Boring Arsenal' is not a deliberate exaggeration Mr Custard, or at least it wasn't of old before Whinger got them into shape. I've even been to the Libary in the 80s with mates who were unaccountably that way inclined. It had a lot in common with opera: large immobile blokes, stupid costumes, self-serving histrionics...hey I can feel another sub coming on. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3857 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:59:19 +0000 Scroat 3857@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>One man's meat is another man's <em>poisson</em> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3854 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:57:10 +0000 The Paper Ostrich 3854@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>I've just remembered one bit of opera I do like: Ride of the Valkyries, when it accompanies the helicopter attack in Apocalypse Now, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWDCX1Bdw" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWDCX1Bdw</a></blockquote><br /> It's not a helicopter attack, it's an aerial local stabilisation operation. Don't be so cynical. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3839 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:18:17 +0000 ramblesid 3839@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I've just remembered one bit of opera I do like: Ride of the Valkyries, when it accompanies the helicopter attack in Apocalypse Now, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWDCX1Bdw" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWDCX1Bdw</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3825 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:41:30 +0000 jp1885 3825@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I thought it was good, despite the fact that it wasn't written by me.</p> <p>P.S. I am indifferent toward opera, ballet, football and ice skating if that helps. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3822 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:01:29 +0000 PluckyMunky 3822@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>we have had plenty of debate on scoring: it can't be long before we retun to that hardy perennial: 'what is acceptable as humour?' </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3815 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:39:55 +0000 ramblesid 3815@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm glad you commented Mr 2rights, I don't often read the fp but you spurred me into it. It was excellent Oxy, well done you.<br /> I quite like some of the music but when the howling starts I have to switch off. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3812 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:32:32 +0000 Des Custard 3812@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I suspect what Mr Bang is getting at is that the piece is little more than a rant, thinly disguised as someone else’s semi-coherent rant, and not what he expects from a NB FP. In many good FPs an assumption that, say, footballers are thick or celebs are vain or politicians are self-serving liars, is taken as a starting point and then developed in a funny and/or clever way. </p> <p>In Oxo’s defence, the ‘salad-dodger’ and other misconceptions are clearly ways of signalling that his sub was a deliberate exaggeration along the lines of ‘boring Arsenal’. The reality these days is more Agneta Eichenholz's memorable Lulu in six inch stiletto heels.</p> <p>God, isn’t Alistair Darling boring? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3797 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:21:36 +0000 Stan Laurel 3797@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Who said I liked opera?? Awful racket ... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3782 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:11:13 +0000 wallster 3782@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Well I thought the headline and the punch line were excellent. </p> <p>The rest of it's a bit ropey mind, not nearly as good as any of my stuff of course.</p> <p>I blame mastermind. Bloody Fred Housego hasn't had a decent FP for as long as I can remember. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3781 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:10:37 +0000 RichT 3781@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The French commentator who signs off "your having a laugh, mate". Now that's funny. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3780 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:09:31 +0000 MADJEZ 3780@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I think you've missed the point Bang, (like a lot of stuff on here) you don't necessarily have to agree with it to find it funny. The humour is in the absurdity of the story not necassarily the content. You could just as easily do a sub on football's crap, ballet's crap. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3778 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:00:01 +0000 John Square 3778@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yeah. Mind you, on the internet Atheists abound, so I'm less surprised at that.</p> <p>FWIW: I thought the FP was excellent. Informed, witty and starting from an appealing and understandable point: the middle aged chap who suddenly realises his whole working life has been a waste of time, and he'd be better off doing something else.</p> <p>Great pic, too.</p> <p>Chapeau, monsieur. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3776 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:53:03 +0000 The Paper Ostrich 3776@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Looks like there are more opera buffs than Catholics around here. Who'd have thought. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3775 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:50:55 +0000 John Square 3775@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>[Too slow!] </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3774 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:50:36 +0000 The All New Jeni B 3774@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>He was a skater Saltire.</p> <p>I like ballet, would like to see an opera just once in my life, love football, rugby, cars, and shoes.</p> <p>Whose side am I on? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3773 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:42:10 +0000 saltire 3773@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Robin Cousins by the sound of it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3771 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:33:24 +0000 John Square 3771@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I like Ballet. Who's side am I on? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3764 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:15:17 +0000 Oxbridge 3764@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Wait a minute. Stan Laurel likes opera. But Oxbridge doesn't like opera. Who's right? There's only one way to find out - FIGHT! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3760 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:03:33 +0000 Stan Laurel 3760@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Oh brilliant! Could this be the first backlash of the new NB? </p> <p>There are a lot of opera loving members on this website. Expect a facebook protest at any moment, Oxy. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1413#post-3757 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:00:47 +0000 Oxbridge 3757@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Oh fuck off the pair of you. I thought it was very funny actually. </p>