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Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

Gwai,

There's a Werner Herzog movie about going into the amazon jungle to build an opera house. Have you heard of it? I tried watching it. I admit, even I'm not that desperate to see an opera house built.

Fitzcarraldo, mais oui. Awesome movie. You know, they actually pull a real steam-ship over a real mountain. It's mind blowing.

Also the recent movie about the Vietnam war, Rescue Dawn, is directed by Werner Herzog. We own it, but I haven't watched it yet.

I saw it. It was kind of strange. Far more main stream than most of his stuff. I'm a huge fan of his. He usually does very meditative, slow, arthouse films, but Rescue Dawn confused me, because it seemed to be basically just a high-quality Vietnam movie.

Originally Posted by Tessar

Believe it or not, I'm not a huge Diana Damrau fan. I think she has a wonderful voice and everything, but I just don't really like the way she sings.

Nor am I. I actually don't think her voice has a particularly pleasant tone; it seems a bit on the bland side, to me. What really worries me, though, is the way I've heard people talk about how sexy she is. O.o

Okay, in my opinion (and I realize not everyone feels this way), it's all about knowing -when- to throw in that virtuosity.

And to what extent.

I just prefer people who (again, in my opinion) are true musicians over just flashy showmen.

Yep. Haven't heard much from Barbara Bonney, but I take your word for it.

That's why I really don't care much for boy sopranos or child soloists. They can certainly have gorgeous voices, but they lack (purely due to age) musicality and any real connection to the music. Again not that I don't enjoy it from time to time, but overall it's just not my cup of tea.

That's often true; I just went to hear a children's choir singing on Sunday, and I was sort of like "...Well, that was worth the 5 dollar student price I paid." But sometimes you get a really great choir with a top-notch director, who makes them extensions of his musicality. Then they rock.

... of course all that said, I really hope you enjoy the concert!

So do I. I expect to, and that's the first step. The step I was supposed to be taking about the Brideshead movie, but so far its not working; I think I'm going to end up crying myself to sleep after I see it.

I do enjoy Vivica Genaux very much, too.

My favourite mezzo-soprano. She rocks. Not very fond of the music on the Farinelli CD, but I'm so glad I got, because it introduced me to her voice.

Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt

Not my bears. I would never have had the presence of mind to take a picture. No, I got my gear packed and moved on to another site. But I saw coolers that had just been sliced open like an overripe melon...and they broke into cars, too.

Saw plenty of bears, though, ambling after cubs down the road to the lake, midday. After the first *Wow!!* it was just plain miserable.

I really thought the state of NY should have posted a warning on the website...with pictures.

In bear-related news, apparently a bear was just seen right off-campus last night. A couple of friends and I were wandering off into the dark for a bit of the ol' green fairy; we passed someone else, who told us that he had just seen a bear about a minute ago, barely off-campus. We decided to wander off into a different dark that night.