was soooo good! Well, what can I say when it's an Elton John and Tim Rice production? Of course it will be fantastic!
The plot goes as follows: Aida, an enslaved Nubian princess, is torn between her duty to her people and her love for the captain of the Egyptian chief guard, Radames. The ending is bitter-sweet because they are put to death (buried together ALIVE in the tomb! Aargh!) but in the very very end, they are reunited once more. How you have to watch it yourself to find out! The music, lights, colours... have you watched Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Coat before? Same style... ancient setting but set to contemporary music and dancing. If you have a chance to catch these productions, go watch it because they are so good. For goodness sake, it's ELTON JOHN/ ANDREW LLYOD WEBER!
Added the Jospeh Poster just for fun. Hee hee! Ok, back to Aida...
And to those who were in my ward- do you remember a Sister Richards who served in our ward? Very pretty and talented in singing and fiddling.. Chong Hui had a crush on her before... She acted in here as Amneris, the Egyptian Princess, and I (and Rachel) thought that she was the best actress of all. Her voice was pure and breath-taking, but it was the actress (Clotile Bonner) who played Aida whose voice I couldn't believe could be so good. I was STUNNED by her voice because she could hit all the HIGH HIGH notes accurately and with great emotion. You only hear such good voices on radio or on tv but this was LIVE. It's so unfair that people can have so much talent. Sigh... But Nicole Richards held her own against Clotide well and her acting, dancing and singing were equally as impressive. By the way, Nicole Richards is even prettier now because sew slimmed down a lot and Nathaniel said that she wasn't as pretty. IS HE BLIND OR SOMETHING?! Nicole Richardas is sooo pretty and talented. Nathaniel has really poor taste man.
Anyway, one good thing about being here is the exposure to all the talent in America. Clarissa was also telling me how she had opportunities to see great talent in concert here in USA. I must say that USA does have a lot of talent here and the culture allows for it to flourish. On the other hand, USA has a lot more people (like err, 50 times the population of Singapore.) I mean, 250 million Americans to 5 million Singaporeans? What's the probability of finding that much talent in Singapore compared to that of US? But one thing is true- if Singapore wants to cultivate a lively arts scene, Singaporeans (especially the older generation) had better change their mindset that the sciences are always better.
Here, people ask what are you majoring in and people aren't always proud to say they are majoring in phyiscs, biology or chemistry (no offense Clarissa). But people here are PROUD to declare that they are majoring in theatre, drama, dance , music, etc. And people think THEY are the COOL ones.
Now of course, the big bucks earned in Singapore come from fields in the sciences. That's my point- if Singapore wants to cultivate a flourishing arts scence, they had better start paying performers better in order to attract more talent to move into music/theatre production. And stop looking down on people who go into the ARTS. Not everyone can be doctors and engineeers.
Shoot! Now the Jospeh songs are stuck in my head. "Go, go go Joseph you know what they say..."
posted by Funkee Ego @ 3:05 PM
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