Dear List,
I am positively amazed and want to share this feeling with you :)
I had a chance to see the "junk opera" Shockheaded Peter last Friday. I had read lots of positive comments about the show but the performance was far more better and moving than I had imagined. Firstly, the puppets were touchingly "human". Secondly, Martin Jacques' voice was extraordinary. It combined traditional operatic countertenor style to unbelievable screaming, growling, hissing and ... do I need to continue? When he sang "Flying Robert" in the end of the show his voice soaring to unbelievable heights I almost cried because the contrast between that (in that song) beautiful voice and those brutal fairy-tales was enormous.
I had a chance a change a couple of words with Mr Jacques right after the show and I could't resist asking him how on earth he is able to keep his voice in shape despite all that which I call "misuse". He just laughed and told he has been singing like that for a long long time and there hasn't been problems. I was left wondering, how much did he benefit from microphones?
I'd love to read your comments.
best regards,
Marika tiikeri@s...
p.s. The funny thing was that I was to sing in the church at my friend's wedding on Saturday. While I was waiting for my cue, I kept on humming "Snip snip" -tune from the show. It was a bit embarrassing but at least it prevented me from crying so I managed to sing quite well.
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