OH MY GOD WHY IS HE COVERED IN BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD

Booo to Subby. Headline is misleading. I thought this was someone who walked out of the crowd and saved the show.

The guy is bass baritone with the ENO.

I still think it's hilarious that the "star" of the show stayed on stage and lip synced though.

Scot Halpin unavailable for comment.

/Obscure?
//Is anything obscure on Fark?

"Don't you hate it when you have those "heavy flow" days? That's why I only use Kotex."

NimChimpskee: OH MY GOD WHY IS HE COVERED IN BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD

yeah, his wife should remember to get the extra absorbent tampons.

Hey, it's Enrico Palazzo!

/obscure?

I_Can't_Believe_it's_not_Boutros

Hey, it's Enrico Palazzo!

Ha! Thanks for the early AM laugh.

wydok: /obscure?

nope.
not rainin' here though

GCD: Booo to Subby. Headline is misleading. I thought this was someone who walked out of the crowd and saved the show.

The guy is bass baritone with the ENO.

Hence "Is there an opera singer in the house?" rather than "Is there someone who is not-an-opera-singer-but-fancies-a-go-at-singing-some-opera in the house."

/ Not subby.

Cybernetic 2008-02-18 07:13:11 AM
Scot Halpin unavailable for comment.

Actually, he died just last week.

I may not be able to sing.
But I do have......the same name.

wydok: /obscure?

In the BUSH!

0Icky0: wydok: /obscure?

In the BUSH!

shiat, I'd make love to a bush
its been a while

This sort of thing happens more often than one might think. In major opera houses, each lead singer has a designated backup, ready to step in at a moment's notice.

I wonder what happened in this case.

wydok: /obscure?

I love that movie! LOL!

NimChimpskee: shiat, I'd make love to a bush
its been a while

Kate, not Laura (or the twins).

/Well...Kate Bush 30 years ago.

0Icky0: I may not be able to sing.
But I do have......the same name.

Has anyone ever noticed that when he talks to someone, he turns his body to the side?

Doesn't beat Aretha Franklin stepping in at the last moment to sing Nessun Dorma at the Grammys when Pavarotti got sick.

wydok: Actually, he died just last week.

Wow, I didn't know that. Too bad.

GCD: Booo to Subby. Headline is misleading. I thought this was someone who walked out of the crowd and saved the show.


What were you expecting in an Opera, a happy ending?

Persnickety: GCD: Booo to Subby. Headline is misleading. I thought this was someone who walked out of the crowd and saved the show.


What were you expecting in an Opera, a happy ending?

/THREAD

(Still pretty cool though. I wonder what happened to the understudy.)

I_Can't_Believe_it's_not_Boutros: Hey, it's Enrico Palazzo!

Haha, nicely done!

/Hey, he's the umpire as well
//Arguing with the umpire eh? Well you're out of here too!

He told the Daily Telegraph: "It was an extraordinary experience and we had an extraordinary reaction. I'm just so glad I was wearing my Armani tie."

And your Armani tie looks faaabulous, dear.

Kyosuke
That Aretha Franklin version was a really good listen. Thanks!

Might be the artificial lighting or it might be my healthy skepticism vis-a-vis everything I see on the Internet, but the picture in the article looks (badly) Photoshopped.

Anyone?

Shouldn't that blood be blue?

/Obscure?

GCD
I still think it's hilarious that the "star" of the show stayed on stage and lip synced though.

Why is this hilarious to you? You think this guy who has nothing to do with this production could get up on stage and automatically know all the staging that the director put in place?

Its one thing to know the music which doesn't change all that much. Just watch the conductor and you should be fine

But the staging? He would have looked like a total baffoon.

Persnickety: What were you expecting in an Opera, a happy ending?

KILL THE WABBIT !
KILL THE WABBIT !
KILL THE WABBIT !

/***pfff*** magic helmet.

wydok: /obscure?

No, no, no.

Cool -- opera thread!

/and I too find the blood very disturbing.

wydok: /obscure?

New to Fark?

GCD: Booo to Subby. Headline is misleading. I thought this was someone who walked out of the crowd and saved the show.

That's exactly what happened. The singer that stepped in was attending as an audience member.

I still think it's hilarious that the "star" of the show stayed on stage and lip synced though.

This is a pretty common practice in situations like this. There are times where a singer can step in and ad lib the staging, but that isn't always the case. I thought it was odd that the article said he sang from back stage. This is usually done from the pit.

Kyosuke [TotalFark] Quote 2008-02-18 07:40:24 AM
Doesn't beat Aretha Franklin stepping in at the last moment to sing Nessun Dorma at the Grammys when Pavarotti got sick.

or some dude from the audience playing drums for The Who after Moon passed out

Milli Vanilli for the posh set?

"Clive Bayley suffered a chest infection"

That was some nasty chest infection, I say it will leave a mark!

Illfindsomething: I say it will leave a mark!

Tis just a scratch.

He probably didn't have an understudy for this role. Male leads are much less likely to have an understudy than female leads in a professional opera company. One just doesn't get sick...

/Opera singer.
//No, really.

He was the understudy.

http://www.theBoobies.co.uk/people,688,understudy-steps-out-of-shadows-for-eno ,17848

Fail.

sendbillmoney: He was the understudy.

http://www.theBoobies.co.uk/people,688,understudy-steps-out-of-shadows-for-eno ,17848

Fail.

Ahhhh...then why is this even a story? He was the understudy! This kind of stuff happens all the time!

Story is: The guy whose job it is to step in if the star can't sing stepped in, because the star couldn't sing.

Man Does His Job, film at 11.

I work for an opera company so I'm really getting a kick... etc etc.

I don't know why this reminds me of when the lead singer of Metallica hurt his arm years ago and had to perform without playing the guitar. Apparently the guitar was his "macho" prop because he looked like a prissy frontman without it.

sloopjohnb Quote 2008-02-18 12:27:29 PM
I don't know why this reminds me of when the lead singer of Metallica hurt his arm years ago and had to perform without playing the guitar. Apparently the guitar was his "macho" prop because helooked like is a prissy frontman without it.
FTFY
/I keed

Bubbles' Lucky Night

"Is there an ichthyologist in the house?!"

"Why yes! I'm an ichthyologist!"
"Me too!"
"Ichthyologist over here!"

/paraphrasing
//don't really recall fish's name
///didn't look for comic because he apparently doesn't like it

saberXray: sendbillmoney: He was the understudy.

http://www.theBoobies.co.uk/people,688,understudy-steps-out-of-shadows-for-eno ,17848

Fail.

Ahhhh...then why is this even a story? He was the understudy! This kind of stuff happens all the time!

Then why the hell was he singing from the wings?

MmmVomit: saberXray: sendbillmoney: He was the understudy.

http://www.theBoobies.co.uk/people,688,understudy-steps-out-of-shadows-for-eno,1 7848

Fail.

Ahhhh...then why is this even a story? He was the understudy! This kind of stuff happens all the time!

Then why the hell was he singing from the wings?

No time for a costume change, according to the other story.

Tito Merelli unavailable for comment due to overdose of phenobarbitol.

/may actually be obscure

saberXray: sendbillmoney: He was the understudy.

http://www.theBoobies.co.uk/people,688,understudy-steps-out-of-shadows-for-eno ,17848

Fail.

Ahhhh...then why is this even a story? He was the understudy! This kind of stuff happens all the time!

Not exactly the understudy. He was supposed to perform the role a month later, so he was learning the music, but he was there for opening night with his wife. No warm up. No prep.

If you think that you can just walk up and sing an opera cold, you don't sing much.

//props

Tito Merelli unavailable for comment due to overdose of phenobarbitol.

/may actually be obscure

nice call...I actually played Maggie in this show a few years ago...
The entire cast was cracking up at the first reading.
/end threadjack
//thanks for posting the Aretha link...gave me goosebumps like all good opera does