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It'll come back to you. It's like riding a bike.Primula Baggins wrote:
I really do hope the DVD comes out, because I can't pronounce "Köln" any more.
Ooooh, that solves a puzzle!Alatar wrote: First, did you know there was three soundproof rooms backstage? The full orchestra aren't in the pit. The percussion section is in a soundproofed room, as is the Brass section, and there's another room for the offstage vocalists, all cue'd by live camera to the conductor. Everything you hear is played live, but in 4 different locations!
*sigh* Yes.Except of course, all this should be in Past Tense. But I refuse to accept that.
It is. Galadriel's songs, in particular, are absolutely fantastic, and the Hobbit's song, while certainly not as emotionally effective as the live version, still brings tears to my eyes.I'm debating with myself whether it's worthwhile getting it [the CD-Cruc]
That explains a lot. I was wondering if they'd recorded it and were simply performing to a recording, but sincerely doubted they'd do such a thing. When I went first, I had a perfect view of where I expected the orchestra to be, but there was a serious lack of things like drums and so on. I was likeThe full orchestra aren't in the pit.
Yes, for a Finnish production, it would. The translator of Tolkien's books is still alive and working, though, and I think they might ask her for the job.truehobbit wrote: If they played it in Finland, would it be translated to Finnish?
[JAVERT]
Valjean, at last,
We see each other plain
`M'sieur le Mayor,'
You'll wear a different chain!
[VALJEAN]
Before you say another word, Javert
Before you chain me up like a slave again
Listen to me! There is something I must do.
This woman leaves behind a suffering child.
There is none but me who can intercede,
In Mercy's name, three days are all I need.
Then I'll return, I pledge my word.
Then I'll return...
[JAVERT]
You must think me mad!
I've hunted you across the years
A man like you can never change
A man such as you.
[VALJEAN (in counterpoint)]
Believe of me what you will
There is a duty that I'm sworn to do
You know nothing of my life
All I did was steal some bread
You know nothing of the world
You would sooner see me dead
But not before I see this justice
done
I am warning you Javert
I'm a stronger man by far
There is power in me yet
My race is not yet run
I am warning you Javert
There is nothing I won't dare
If I have to kill you here
I'll do what must be done!
[JAVERT (in counterpoint)]
Men like me can never change
Men like you can never change
No,
24601
My duty's to the law - you have no
Rights
Come with me 24601
Now the wheel has turned around
Jean Valjean is nothing now
Dare you talk to me of crime
And the price you had to pay
Every man is born in sin
Every man must choose his way
You know nothing of Javert
I was born inside a jail
I was born with scum like you
I am from the gutter too!
[Valjean breaks a chair and threatens Javert with the broken piece. Turns to Fantine]
[VALJEAN]
[to Fantine] And this I swear to you tonight
[JAVERT]
[to Valjean] There is no place for you to hide
[VALJEAN]
Your child will live within my care
[JAVERT]
Wherever you may hide away
[VALJEAN]
And I will raise her to the light.
[VALJEAN AND JAVERT]
I swear to you, I will be there!
What was the reasoning for this? Why would they choose to make the music sound like it was prerecorded? I thought it was until I accidentally spotted the conductor's arms (we were in the stalls). I can't understand why they would willingly make the music sound worse.Alatar wrote:First, did you know there was three soundproof rooms backstage? The full orchestra aren't in the pit. The percussion section is in a soundproofed room, as is the Brass section, and there's another room for the offstage vocalists, all cue'd by live camera to the conductor. Everything you hear is played live, but in 4 different locations!
Thanks, Crucifer, that sounds good!Crucifer wrote:It is. Galadriel's songs, in particular, are absolutely fantastic, and the Hobbit's song, while certainly not as emotionally effective as the live version, still brings tears to my eyes.I'm debating with myself whether it's worthwhile getting it [the CD-Cruc]
Mith, but LOTR is just the sequence of initial letters, for convenience of typing. If you called it LM, or 'Miserables', I'd have no problem with it. But "Les Mis" just sounds insupportably daft, IMO, and seems to have "I-have-no-clue-about-the-origins-of-this" written all over it, hence my comparing it to abbreviating LOTR to something like "Lordy" (instead of LOTR).Hobby - we abreviate it to LotR all the time. It's just as official as Les Mis, I'm afraid