TLC 9 Posted September 20, 2006 Do rock operas qualify? I quite often listen to The Who's rock opera 'Tommy', the original version not the goddawful soundtrack to the movie. Yeah, but everyone should see "Tommy" at least once, if for no other reason then to see Tina Turner vibrate. It scarred my son for life. Not having seen "Tommy", is this Tina's usual style of 'dancing' (legs wide open and vibrating like a washing machine on the spin cycle) where she looks like she's accidentally manufactured a dog-egg and is attempting to subtly flick it down her leg whilst styling it out as some sort of wobbly-legged dance manouver? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brinsworth House Baiter 12 Posted September 20, 2006 Opera? F*****g opera? There's too many poofs around this place... Huh, I'm off to hang around the football thread to look all masculine and hairy. F*****g opera! Pah! What next, a F*****g thread dedicated to ballet? Actually, BHB, there's a bit of a link between football and opera. We all recall the Three Fatties Tenors and their singing around the 1990 World Cup, but did you know some fans in Europe (Italy, and I think maybe Ajax) have a song to the tune of the Triumphant March from Aida? Exactly! F*****g Italian poofs! TLC wrote: Not having seen "Tommy", What? Thou hast seriously gone down in my estimation! Twelve Trees wrote: And don't forget Mark Anthony Turnage's The Silver Tassie, an opera about football (and war). Dmitri Shostakovich even wrote a ballet (The Golden Age) that features football prominently, saying that "Football is the ballet of the masses" Oh, who can forget Mark Anthony Turnage? What a F*****g poof! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempus Fugit 212 Posted September 20, 2006 Do rock operas qualify? I quite often listen to The Who's rock opera 'Tommy', the original version not the goddawful soundtrack to the movie. Yeah, but everyone should see "Tommy" at least once, if for no other reason then to see Tina Turner vibrate. It scarred my son for life. Not having seen "Tommy", is this Tina's usual style of 'dancing' (legs wide open and vibrating like a washing machine on the spin cycle) where she looks like she's accidentally manufactured a dog-egg and is attempting to subtly flick it down her leg whilst styling it out as some sort of wobbly-legged dance manouver? Courtesy of You Tube, Tina's turn, er... scary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmlNIZ6D-bc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted December 20, 2008 Opera? F*****g opera? There's too many poofs around this place... Huh, I'm off to hang around the football thread to look all masculine and hairy. F*****g opera! Pah! What next, a F*****g thread dedicated to ballet? If there was, I could use it to inform the waiting world that top Russian ballerina Olga Lepeshinskaya has departed for a pas de deux with her maker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Grendel 137 Posted November 28, 2009 Mezzo-soprano Amy Black has been found dead in a ditch in Yorkshire, seems there are 'suspicious circumstances' but she'd had had major heart surgery a while back, so not a big surprise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted March 24, 2010 Horribly, I seem (by a mixture of holidays, illness, BT internet and lack of flexibility) to have missed DDP this year by 40 minutes. However FYI, my choices that would have been 'Wake Up and Smell the Coffin' this year are; 1 - Joker - Abdelbaset al Megrahi 2 - Colin Dexter 3 - Rev Billy Graham 4 - Ronnie Biggs 5 - Licia Albanese 6 - George Whitman 7 - Yunus-Bek Yevkurov 8 - Kim-jong il 9 - Peter Ackroyd 10 - Wayne Thiebaud 11 - Hans Werner Henze 12 - James Grout 13 - Reg Simpson 14 - Trevor Bailey 15 - Roy Tattersall 16 - Inge Borkh 17 - Lisa Della Casa 18 - Doke Umarov 19 - Thwan Shwe 20 - Blanche Thebom I wouldn't have won, and all the best to whoever does. Blanche Thebom a unique for Twelvetrees? Or is the fat lady unlikely to be warming up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted June 17, 2010 Quite a few deaths of stars of opera reported recently, so maybe it's time for them to have their own thread. I'll start the ball rolling with: Maureen Forrester The celebrated Canadian contralto has died at the age of 79. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bored Posted June 17, 2010 Quite a few deaths of stars of opera reported recently, so maybe it's time for them to have their own thread. I'll start the ball rolling with: Maureen Forrester The celebrated Canadian contralto has died at the age of 79. Got one. http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?...33&hl=opera Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted June 17, 2010 Quite a few deaths of stars of opera reported recently, so maybe it's time for them to have their own thread. I'll start the ball rolling with: Maureen Forrester The celebrated Canadian contralto has died at the age of 79. Got one. http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?...33&hl=opera Yes, but that's in the extra-curricular threads "For off-topic topics". When discussing deaths, by definition a death is not off-topic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted June 17, 2010 Quite a few deaths of stars of opera reported recently, so maybe it's time for them to have their own thread. I'll start the ball rolling with: Maureen Forrester The celebrated Canadian contralto has died at the age of 79. Got one. http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?...33&hl=opera Yes, but that's in the extra-curricular threads "For off-topic topics". When discussing deaths, by definition a death is not off-topic. It ain't now, jobsworth. Happier? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted June 17, 2010 "I 'ate you, Butler!" (yes, ta!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted July 6, 2010 Cesare Siepi The Italian bass, who made nearly 500 appearances at the New York Met has, has died aged 87. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted July 22, 2010 Anthony Rolfe Johnson The acclaimed tenor died on Tuesday at the age of 69. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,288 Posted July 22, 2010 Meanwhile, in Texas, Derrick Jackson has been executed by lethal injection for bludgeoning and slashing two opera singers to death in 1988. Maybe he was more of a bluegrass man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted November 6, 2010 Shirley Verrett The American mezzo-soprano has died aged 79. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 119 Posted November 30, 2010 German opera star Peter Hofmann is dead. It's in the Bild Zeitung so it must be true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted January 29, 2011 Dame Margaret Price The renowned Welsh soprano has died aged 69. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted March 29, 2011 Robert Tear. No link yet, but it has been announced on Radio 3 that the acclaimed Welsh tenor Robert Tear has died aged 72. Update: link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,963 Posted March 29, 2011 Robert Tear. No link yet, but it has been announced on Radio 3 that the acclaimed Welsh tenor Robert Tear has died aged 72. Here's a link. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted June 4, 2011 Giorgio Tozzi The Chicago-born New York Met regular has died aged 88. His bass voice was can be heard in the film "South Pacific" where he dubbed Rossano Brazzi’s singing parts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted September 6, 2011 Salvatore Licitra The Italian tenor has died aged 43 following injuries suffered in a scooter accident in Sicily. In 2002 he famously stood in for Pavarotti on what would otherwise have been his last performance at the New York Met. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted October 10, 2011 Ingvar Wixell The Swedish baritone has died aged 80. He also sang Sweden's entry for the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 13, 2011 New Zealand opera star Chris Doig had died aged 63. A unique, joker and 13th bonus hit for Freddie the Cat should the right obit come through... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted November 23, 2011 Sena Jurinac The celebrated soprano has died at the age of 90. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted February 16, 2012 Charles Anthony The American tenor has died aged 82. He made a record-breaking 2,928 appearances at the New York Met between 1954 and 2010. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
