Sunburnt on Thursday, May 12, 2005
Today is a thursday. Went to watch The Ten Tenors with Zixian at 8pm, at the Esplanade.
Today marks the day i step into the esplanade concert hall. Pretty impressive work of art...
The fact that we get the lousiest seat with restricted did not dampen that enervating experience we enjoyed. Alright, no doubt their images were a bit sensationalise but at least they sang my favourite NESSUN DORMA. Yeah..so happy that finally i can hear this song being sung live. This song is from a opera of Pucinni called Turandot, not that i knew much about it. I had quite an impression on this song coz there is this period of time i keep hearing different renditions of this nessun dorma. First it was by Russell Watson, then Sarah brightman, then in korean in a korean movie, then Vanessa Mae played in an instrumental remix. Personally this song is at its best when it's sung by a tenor like Russell Watson.
Let's tok a bit on the concert itself. The ten tenors. No doubt in their singing credibility or capability de facto. They have this inherent capacity to harmonise their singing with pitch-perfect tones that liven the seriousness of a typical operatic concert.
Their renditions of Beach Boy classics, as well as the Bee Gees were incredibly alluring and mesmerising. One thing i do admit is that of all their foreign songs, i only know Nessun Dorma. I guess the rest of them i juz listen to their melody lor.
During the interval, we actually wanted to sneak to the empty seats which got a better scope of the whole concert. Now came the argument between a devil and angel. Perhaps last time when i was in CO, we always like to cover up any empty seats to make it "presentable". So the idea of sitting on seats that are not occupied is juz nothing to me. However, Zixian did point out that it would be unfair to those who bought the expensive tix and yet we paid the lower prices to get the same seat as them. The amicable usherer before the show told us that if we wanted to change seat, better do it discreetly during the interval. I guess someone did complain to her and she ask us to do her favour to go back to our seats. The lady was so hospitable that i guess we juz had to do this favour for her.
In the end it was some ang mo seating near us that had complained to her. Curse them.
Back to the show, the ten tenors could dance and sing equally well. They gave an encore of 2 songs. After the concert there were some autographing going on and i guess i had to resist getting their CD. And in the end i did it.
Dunno why watching the ten tenors reminded me of listening to some new age cd...perhaps they dun belong to those mainstream opera singers i guess.
Tiring day..brother left for taiwan today. Nobody to nag me that he wan to use computer. I am the king..yeah...parents are the ACEs of coz.
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