On 9 August 2011 20:34, John Francis wrote: > On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 08:02:00PM +0100, Chris Mitchell wrote: >> >> Here are a couple of snaps: >> >> >> >> http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/PiratesOfPenzance2/slides/_IGP7322.html >> >> >> >> http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/PiratesOfPenzance2/slides/_IGP7285.html >> >> >> >> There's a whole gallery as well which is mainly for the benefit of the >> >> company, but I thought these two (the 1st one's Anna of course) were >> >> worth some comment / criticism. >> >> >> >> Cheers, Chris >> > >> > Congratulations, Anna. Chris, I am not entirely certain that depicting her >> > singing and stressing herself with her mouth wide open is the most >> > successful approach... But I digress... >> > >> > Boris >> She's delighted with that picture. Just because it DOES show her in >> full on singing mode, with the mouth perfectly open to let out the top >> E. > > I agree. This shows she is doing more than just standing around on stage > looking pretty in a summer frock. That picture definitely says "Mabel". > > (It's "only" an E-flat, IIRC. Still beyond the range of most sopranos!) > It may well be E-flat John. Thanks for correcting my soprano top note escalation!
Here's a depiction for what happens to the rest of the cast when she hits it when they're around: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/PiratesOfPenzance2/Ightham/slides/_1010814.html CM -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
