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Faustos! (2025.07.25-26, Sibiu)

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Faustos! (2025.07.25-26, Sibiu)

Am auzit anterior despre Faust | Teatrul Național Radu Stanca Sibiu.

Am fost recent un weekend în Sibiu ca să văd piesa. Am fost două seri consecutive.

Impresii?

  • Vizual, e cel mai puternic spectacol pe care l-am văzut vreodată. A depășit tot ce am văzut în România și aiurea, inclusiv musical-uri care aveau sala amenajată special pentru ele. Desigur, sunt puncte unde au fost întrecute, dar, în ansamblu, e cel mai puternic vizual spectacol pe care l-am văzut.
  • Dna Ofelia Popii este cea mai bună actriță/cel mai bun actor pe care am văzut-o (când spun “actriță”/”actor” includ și actorii feminini și cei masculini). Mi-a plăcut mult interpretarea. Diavolul a fost jucat demențial. Diabolic, chiar!
  • M-a pus în stare, am intrat în atmosfera locației, un spectacol memorabil.
  • … și Faust-os!

Piesa nu mi-a provocat mari emoții. Destul de complexă, textul era pe baza unor versuri. Dar e o piesă foarte frumoasă și bine jucată.

Mai jos, imagini de la eveniment.

Album foto pe Facebook »

Album foto pe Google Photos »

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Ce să faci în București vara?

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GPeC SUMMIT 22-23 Mai 2023 (Teatrul Național București)

Pe vară majoritatea teatrelor din București nu au reprezentații.
Am niște piese favorite, dar nu se joacă în august.

La Constanța are loc SEAS și au loc evenimente »

În București, ca atracții:

Mie îmi place înghețata de la La Romană (au locații diferite).

Sunt interesanți pentru mine covrigii cu ciocolată Nutella de la covrigăria La Luca (dacă iei de la Luca, poți încerca o plăcintă) – au mai multe, în general toate produsele sunt calde.

De asemenea, Unde sunt cele mai bune merdenele din Bucureşti?.

Dacă vrei să mergi la mall, încearcă ParkLake.

Legat de parcuri, nu am o recomandare anume.

Dacă căutați ceva concerte:
https://www.eventim.ro/ro/
https://www.bilet.ro/calendar
https://m.iabilet.ro/
https://ticketstore.ro/
https://www.myticket.ro/
https://www.blt.ro/

În timpul verii mai puțin, dar merită și: https://www.mystage.ro/

De văzut niște cinema-uri cu IMAX.

Ca surse evenimente, de obicei apar vineri-duminică newslettere și știri cu ce e de făcut în București:
https://www.cronica.ro/cronica-de-divertisment/
https://pressone.ro/
https://hotnews.ro/

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Various links on travelling by train around Europe

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Antonio Ponte - Train World Brussels

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I’ll do my crying in the train

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I'll do my crying in the train

There are some movies that impress me to tears. Even if I see them multiple times, I cry.

Titles include:

I cried at How to Train Your Dragon (2025) pretty much at all of the whole second part of the movie. The crying was very high, similar to Saving Mr. Banks (2013). Pretty much for the same reasons, also.

I consider this movie to be in my top 10 movies, but probably in the top 5 I’ve ever seen.

“Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre

In the movie, the acting was fine, the script was fine, and the special effects were fine. But what I did to what the movie did to me – this was exceptional.

I know people who don’t watch the same movie twice, who don’t go to the same plays twice etc.

I don’t know How to Train Your Dragon (2010) by heart. But I’ve seen it enough times again and again to know most dialogues and actions. It’s a more-than-ok movie, I saw the other parts in the series, also.

But this 2025 movie was simply amazing to me, even if I knew a lot of things from the animated version.

I go to see theater plays, and a lot of them don’t move me that much. Sometimes I travel a lot to see a show (theater, musical, other type of performance). The cinema is a much easier solution to consume media, and I’ll put more emphasis on it, based on the 2025 movie.

It’s very rare that something moves me with theater this much as it was today. No spoilers, so I won’t give details on what moved me, but take a look at the trailer.

I don’t think I’ll see the 2025 movie again at the cinemas, but I will surely rewatch it at some point.

Until then, I’ll do my crying in the train.

PS #1: I watched the movie with my brother. His reaction to the movie: “Quite an aggressive movie, but I liked it.”. I think they’ve done something to the 3D glasses. We might have watched different movies.

PS #2: Why watch a remake of a movie? It’s because it’s generally like with Vivaldi Recomposed (Max Richter – Anotimpurile de Vivaldi recompuse – Blog de Olivian Breda) – it’s the same song you know & love, but with some twists. Even if you know the main story, there are differences in the remake.

PS #3: In Romanian, they translated “God” with “Thor”. :)

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On Jesus Christ Superstar Musical (Glasgow, 2024.07.29-30)

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Jesus Christ Superstar Musical

I saw “Jesus Christ Superstar” (JCS) – musical, in Glasgow, twice: 2024.07.29 and 2024.07.30.

Feedback?

I saw the show initially in Romania in 2006 (I went to see it twice).

Since then, I have become quite a fan, listening to the songs many times, watching the movie a few times, and watching pretty much everything about JCS I could get my hands on.

I became a fan of such music. According to my Last FM profile, I have listened to music by Andrew Lloyd-Webber more than 4,000 times.

I saw The Phantom of the Opera (POTO) four times (not always in its entirety) in London, and Starlight Express once, in London.

The last time I saw POTO, it was the greatest musical I had ever seen, so my expectations for JCS were high.

What did I like about the show?

Mary’s performance. I found the songs sung by Mary very nice, I enjoyed them very much.

Some other members of the cast. I especially liked Ryan O’Donnell (Pilate) and Jordan Michael Todd (Ensemble).

The music was fine overall. I have nothing to object to; there was nothing “wrong” with it.

What would I have appreciated more?

This is quite important – people put a lot of passion into the original version. They seemed to pour their souls into singing. On the upside, they showed emotions; on the downside, they seemed quite a bit desperate. Half a century later, I found that the actors were much more relaxed in this musical, even on powerful topics. While the role of Mary in this musical suits her well with a more relaxed way of singing, the others do not. I agree, putting your soul into something has something of a desperation. But if you take that away, you also take some emotions out of the performance. I didn’t consider anything was put back on. “We take out desperation; we put nothing back.” In my opinion, what was lost in this process were the emotions. Not all performers showed this; some actors had emotions, but most were following the issue I presented here.

I found that the objects on stage were over-simplified. Perhaps having everything simple and to the point is based on some people’s tastes. I think there is such a thing as “over-simplification.” A phone with close to no physical buttons may be nice, but there’s not much I dislike more than a remote control with just a few controls. I would have preferred more objects/things on stage.

Conclusion?

I liked the show, I think it could have been much better, though.

See photos here »

PS: A quote related to helping too much, too many people:

[JESUS]
Ooo There’s too many of you; don’t push me
There’s too little of me; don’t-don’t crowd me
Mmm, don’t crowd me
Oww, Ohhh
Heal yourselves!
(via »)

PS: On the topic of JCS, in Romanian:

#1, #2, #3 (just a quote on #3).

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Favorite cartoons

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On "Soul" (2020)

From the full list of the movies I like, below are some cartoons I enjoy more than others.

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Romeo și Julieta – Teatrul Național de Operetă și Musical Ion Dacian

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Romeo și Julieta - Teatrul Național de Operetă și Musical Ion Dacian

I’ve seen Romeo și Julieta – Teatrul Național de Operetă și Musical Ion Dacian.

Thoughts?

  • Visually, quite a show! Costumes, various objects on the scene, and lights. I enjoyed it.
  • The music was OK. I don’t have any songs that I liked in particular, but they were OK.
  • I especially liked Father/Părintele Lorenzo – Florin Ganea.
  • Most actors played well, I don’t have any complaints.
  • I felt good at the event.
  • Do I recommend it? Wholeheartedly.

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CALLEA

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Maria CALLAS – OANA PELLEA | Opera Națională București https://operanb.ro/spectacol/callas/

It looks like a predestined name:

CALLAS

PELLEA

Just by looking at these two names, you see similarities.

I’ve seen CALLAS – OANA PELLEA | Opera Națională București.

Like in Saving Mr. Banks (2013), in the first part of the performance the main character is very rigid and strict.

In the second part, emotions arise.

I enjoyed the play.

Do I recommend it? Yes, I do. I don’t think it’s extraordinary, but it’s higher than average.

I liked the interpretation of Maria Callas: Oana Pellea – invitată.

Also, I liked Tony: Alexandru Nagy – invitat.

I enjoyed it.

 

Interpreți:
Maria Callas: Oana Pellea – invitată
Sophie: Ana Stamate – invitată
Tony: Alexandru Nagy – invitat
Sharon: Cătălina Sima
Manny: Alexandru Burcă – invitat
Mașinistul: Adrian Ban – invitat

 

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