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Jerry Springer - The Opera
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5 x 5.75 x 0.5 inches; 2.83 Ounces
- Manufacturer : Sony Music CMG
- Date First Available : February 12, 2007
- Label : Sony Music CMG
- ASIN : B0000TSRII
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #270,142 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #2,970 in Musical Soundtracks & Scores
- #129,910 in Pop (CDs & Vinyl)
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But what if these emotions lie in the heart not of a jilted Rhinemaiden nor a jealous valkyrie, but a trailer-dwelling beautician from Dubuque? Can we sing about them in the same way? That's the conceit behind this extraordinary piece of theatre...that even the lowliest amongst us live lives of high drama in our own heads.
That's act one. Act two turns the tables. What if the players in the grandest, most noble story of them all--the passion of the Christ--were to be reunited in a Jerry Springer-style face-off? With all the attendant petty bickering, squabbling and mean spiritedness?
I saw the show in London, and it truly blew me away. The line between the sacred and the profane, the noble and the venal, the tragic and the silly: these lines aren't just crossed, they're twisted, mangled and torched.
You'll find yourself laughing at the sheer absurdity of swear words sung to high opera. But there's something deeper going on here...the grand music and base sentiments made me question how vain we human beings can be if we think our grubby little lives are important enough to be considered the stuff of tragedy.
Some of my fellow reviewers decry the prolific swearing. But it's the most artful obscenity I've heard in a long time. OK, it would be juvenile for an actor on stage to call another character a c**t. But it's another thing entirely if the character is Satan himself, and a twenty-strong choir of angels, sings in perfect harmony and arpeggio, "he's a c**t, a c**t, a c**ty, c**ty, c**ty, c**ty, c**ty, c**ty, c**ty, c**ty, c**********************t!" Blurs the line between the sacred and profane, indeed.
(Sorry, Amazon, there's no way to discuss this record without some allusion to the lyrics!)
Some reviewers have noted that this recording features a live performance, with an audience likely chosen for its enthusiastic response. The fidelity is not so bad, considering. After all, operatic voices at full volume are pretty easy for a mike to pick up.
Buy this CD, and when the show hits Broadway, brave the inevitable mobs of fundie protesters to buy a ticket. It's worth it.
The mix of "colorful" language and opera is quite interesting, funny, and even beautiful at times.
Best tracks:
Talk To The Hand
This Is My Jerry Springer Moment
I Just Wanna Dance
Finale de Grand Fromage (a medley of the show's better tunes)
Many of the songs are quite good, but seeing the performance would have probably increased my rating. Hopefully, the show will come to the States!
Still a good buy ... just beware of the show's language (this is Jerry Springer after all).
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These aside, certainly if you're new to the opera and you have nothing to compare it to then it's a definite buy! Just a warning that some who know it well, or possibly people with knowledge of music and drama may be disappointed.
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