On the musicals front

[winter]

The guy in my icon is the newest - first cast - Abronsius in Berlin. At age 21, without being a German or Austrian, and that's for a role that demands tongue-twisters at breakneck speed O.o

Also, I've spent quite a bit of time happily staring at photos from the new Budapest production of Elisabeth. I am quite frightened by the lengths some people are willing to go to to make this guy look like this guy.

Combined, I would say it means I can look forward to repeat trips to both Berlin and Budapest. Curses :P

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[valancystar.livejournal.com]

And I can't afford going to both Berlin and Budapest, most likely. I think it's going to have to be Budapest for me. More stuff drawing me there.

It amuses me to look at those photos and with Máte!Death, get the feeling that I'm watching a blond version of Sziszi!Death with Máté-ish features. I actually have been getting a feeling for some time that the people in Budapest are under the impression that every Death they have is Szilveszter and consequently try to make them all look like him, whether it works or not. Well, they're still both hot. *ruffles them*

[winter]

Oh, I'm not disputing the hotness :) It's just that Mate's cheekbones and jaw really, really don't work with the slicked-back look.

[valancystar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it'd work better with the sort of hair he had earlier. Besides, the implied attempt to thus make a blond Szilveszter!Death is scary. :D

Well, at least the Attempt To Make Him Look Like Szilveszter is less disastrous on Máté than on Attila Németh. But they kind of ought to realise there that you don't just put the same hairstyle and make-up on them all no matter what they look like.

[winter]

I'm just trying to see if they also put him in Sziszi's coat. On the 1999 DVDs I have, it looks ridiculous, with Mate afraid to trip all over the place.

(But at least the makeup and clothes fit someone. Let's not comment on Warsaw Tanz, where they compromised on one outfit, wig and makeup style between two Krolocks, one a tall Tartar type and the other a medium-height Slavic guy. And both of them in the same tailored suit.)

[valancystar.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's a good thing they at least fit someone. And it's the person who's in them the most often, so at least they're being economical. :P But I do hope they give Máté a coat of his own now, Sziszi is so much taller than him that it's quite ridiculous if they've got the same one. I also hope the new Elisabeths get their own dresses because Kata Janza is way taller than either of them, I think...