Monday, November 24, 2008

A Touch Obscure

When one hears word about a performance of a C.S. Lewis work adapted as an opera, first thoughts run to the Chronicles of Narnia, perhaps, or maybe one of the theological allegories like The Great Divorce. I would not have guessed Perelandra.
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  1. ElephantschildNovember 24, 2008 at 10:42 PM

    Till We Have Faces would be a better opera.

    But really, I can't imagine a old-school Anglican curmudgeon like Lewis going for an opera of any of his books. Yuck.

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  2. Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-SnakeNovember 24, 2008 at 10:45 PM

    Yeah, which is why it's strange to see that he was involved in making it!

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  3. ElephantschildNovember 24, 2008 at 10:51 PM

    Ok, as I read more, it's clear it's not going to be an Andrew Lloyd Weber schmaltz-fest, which is what I assumed at first.

    But still.

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