Cambridge University Ballet Club - Scheherazade

[thewinelake]

Some rather late night performances to be seen here in early December. It's quite a short show compared to their usual - but given that they start at 11pm, that's just as well!

 

https://www.adctheatre.com/whats-on/dance/scheherazade-the-tale-of-one-thousand-and-one-arabian-nights/

[Anna C]

Crikey, that is late!  I’m assuming it’s the last few days of term as getting up for tutes and lectures could be tricky. ☺️

[thewinelake]

Yes, although it’s not just for students!

[Ian Macmillan]

And not at West Road this time?

[Dawnstar]

1 hour ago, Ian Macmillan said:

And not at West Road this time?

 

West Road is otherwise occupied on the Saturday at least, with a concert version of Aida (I'm going to it).

[Ian Macmillan]

And all being well, I'll be in the chorus.  I'd wondered if there had been a booking clash and others had got in first.

[Dawnstar]

Oh, I'll see if I can spot you then! Not that your profile picture is that helpful for recognition purposes! Do you sing tenor or bass?

[Ian Macmillan]

Tenor, since you ask.

[Dawnstar]

I'm afraid I couldn't work out which one chorus member was you but I did think it was an excellent concert.

[Ian Macmillan]

Thanks - the spontaneous audience reaction would suggest it went well, and the emotion stirred up by the soloists in the final scene was pretty palpable.   I trust that Scheherazade went equally well.

 

Me?  The silver-haired chap on the front row of the chorus, between two of our lady tenors.

[Dawnstar]

I was somewhat surprised to notice a couple of women singing with the tenors. Is that due to a lack of (male) tenors?

 

I thought the soloists were very good, especially Michael Wade Lee & Mirouslava Yordanova, as being off-book they were able to get more drama into it.

Edited December 8, 2019 by Dawnstar

[Ian Macmillan]

In fact, we have three ladies at the moment - just a matter of where the voice placement falls.  I rather agree about the soloists - especially Ms Yordanova.  It was, I believe, Linda Richardson's first Aida and, from what I could see, she was using the score solely as an occasional reminder.

[Dawnstar]

I assumed that all the other soloists were singing it for the first time. I know Nicholas Lester was at any rate, having followed his career since I first saw him with ETO back in 2010.

[thewinelake]

A bit last minute, perhaps, but there's another chance to see this at a more socially acceptable time(!)  - at West Road indeed - as part of the CUBC triple bill. This includes A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

 

http://www.westroad.org/event-info/cambridge-university-ballet-club-4/

 

 

[thewinelake]

On 08/12/2019 at 13:55, Ian Macmillan said:

Thanks - the spontaneous audience reaction would suggest it went well, and the emotion stirred up by the soloists in the final scene was pretty palpable.   I trust that Scheherazade went equally well.

 

Me?  The silver-haired chap on the front row of the chorus, between two of our lady tenors.

A belated response here - I think it did go pretty well, although it's tough getting a full house at that time of night!

It was certainly very colourful....

I wanted to include a picture, but the system is rejecting my 90kB image, saying I'm only allowed up to 153.6kB!