Wicked - Helsingin Kaupunginteatteri / Helsinki City Theatre
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Interessant. :D
Wicked - Helsingin Kaupunginteatteri / Helsinki City Theatre
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Hahaha! :D Einfach ne Projektion nehmen anstatt ne Tafel xDAlina hat geschrieben:Wicked - Helsingin Kaupunginteatteri / Helsinki City Theatre
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Interessant. :D
Alina hat geschrieben:Wicked - Helsingin Kaupunginteatteri / Helsinki City Theatre
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Interessant. :D
It was a very cool production! I must say the set was much more interesting than in the London production I saw last year. The chorus was so great, they did all those harmonies in the songs so well. I really love the ones especially in "No One Mourns the Wicked"... I get chills everytime.
The cast was so great. I was soooo sooo happy to see such professional and talented people in a Finnish production. The cast of Mary Poppins was already great, but they also had excellent main cast and then a few not-so-amazing singers otherwise. But in this production everyone clearly was in top shaped and didn't have any trouble singing the songs. Alright, the guy who played the wizard didn't have a very strong voice - but I didn't care because he was in tune at least. The guy who played the wizard when I saw Wicked in London was terrible, his singing was so shaky and off key.
As I wrote in the thread, the actress normally playing Elphaba wasn't there. Just my typical luck. At first I was really sad about this, and during the first act I kept thinking that I'd really love to go again just to hear her sing Defying Gravity and all those other amazing songs. The understudy had a great voice too, but she was really struggling with the last note of that song (good that the orchestra was so loud, so maybe people didn't notice that much hehehe). But this actress I was so excited about has that something very special about her voice, it's one of the most beautiful Finnish voices I've heard so far. Also, she and the woman who plays Glinda are really good and old friends in real life, so I have a feeling they have this very special bond in the show too (gahhh I can't even imagine them singing For Good as I was already crying so much with this understudy singing it with Glinda). I'm kind of torn... now there are only bad seats left for the last of the shows, so I wouldn't be able to sit so close to the stage anymore. Then again, would that matter so much if I could just hear her voice. Hmmm... It's tempting. LOL.
As disappointed as I was, I must say the understudy did an amazing job especially in the second act. In fact I liked her much better than the woman I saw in London (the one who replaced Kerry Ellis - another bad timing moment for me lol). The woman in London had a too nasal voice for the more powerful songs, but this one had a more clear voice, so No Good Deed was just AMAZING. Really, wow. You couldn't hear any off notes or anything else after that one thing in Defying Gravity, and she did a good job with the character too.
The Finnish Glinda was hilarious. I think some of the jokes got lost in translation, but things like "is this thing on??" and the cat fight towards the end had the audience just howling with laughter. She really made the most of the role and it was so clear she had so much fun with it...haha I loved it. I hope she'll get some lead roles after this as well, maybe people have discovered her now.
I don't remember... how does Elphaba melt in the London version?? In this one they did it in such a cool way: there was a ring of fire around her, then someone threw the water... she started to go down, and they made the stage look like water with lights etc. It really looked like she drowned, and it looked sooo surreal from the audience.
Ah, I can't even remember all the details right now. Maybe I'm still too excited. But anyway, it had the same effect in me again: some of the scenes made me cry, and some of the songs are just so heartbreakingly beautiful that I can't help but bawl like a baby when I hear them. For Good must be one of the prettiest songs I've ever heard, both for the melody and lyrics. And it was so great to see that the audience loved them too, they gave such long applause that the actors had to come back on stage several times.
Wicked -Helsinki City Theatre - Opening Night 26.8.2010.
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