Last travel notice

[winter]

Just got home :) Budapest yay. Vampires SQUEE. Especially since one Von Krolock is a total fan of the Warsaw production to the point of copying the faces Lukasz made, and the other... the other is a bouncy fluffy baby Von Krolock who looks and sounds like Máté Kamarás's younger cousin.

And yes, I have boots. Only second act of the second Von Krolock for some reason, but nice clear boots :> Reviews upcoming.

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[winter]

*snickers* I'm sure we'll work something out :) Vampires were really incredibly squee - I only ever saw such energy in the Warsaw audiences. And while Géza was the consummate Krolock, assured and charismatic and merciless, I have to admit I'm also partial to Sándor's sheer squee. If he didn't have a cloak, he'd be bouncing.

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Squee. I can't wait for January - I and my friends have decided to go then, to catch the second run, and if Elisabeth runs then as well then we'll see it, too, but if it doesn't I'll try to get back some other time. Just waiting for them to start selling tickets.

I'm glad you got to see both Géza and Sándor! I've been hoping someone would comment on both of them. :) I really like both of their voices based on the bits I've heard, and I like the Sándor's looks... I hope I'll get to see both of them, too. Really, I'll probably end up spending every night in some theatre or concert hall. :P

[winter]

If you have a choice, I gotta say I'd recommend seeing Géza - he's the one the costumes were made for, for one, so he gets the spiffy sparkly Unstillbare/Tanzsaal cloak ;) He's got a perfect command of the role that catapulted him to my top five, maybe top three.

Sándor... I don't think he's been playing much, and it showed, as did his eagerness to play more. It felt like the role was controlling him, not the other way around. Absolutely no command of his facial expressions, which sometimes resulted in pulling very silly faces. But he's got so much eagerness and pulled himself together in the second act brilliantly, even though he was skirting disaster the entire time :) And mixed up the words in Unstillbare, but that happens to every VK at some point.

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We're going to buy the tickets as soon as they come out for sale, so most likely cast lists won't be out yet. Géza seems to have been in the majority of performances, though, so since we plan to get tickets beforehand for two performances, it's pretty likely we'll get him at least once. I am curious about Sándor as well, though, so if I find out we don't get him, I might see if there are any spare tickets left for his performances. It's true he hasn't been playing much, at least judging from the cast lists I've seen he hasn't been on stage that many times. Maybe by January he'll have gotten a better command on the role, though it's a pity that they have a few months' break now.

I adore the Hungarian costumes. Von Krolock's, especially - they seem to be the only ones besides the Viennese who know how to dress him stylishly. And I like Sarah's ball dress in the pictures very much, too. And the boots. :P

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Oh, and you noticed he mixed up the words in Unstillbare though it was in Hungarian? :D

[winter]

He mixed up the angel/devil and criminal/saint bits, they're distinctive :P And it's the same mistake Lukasz made half the time, too.

Gotta say we had a full house each time, and when we bought the Sunday matinee tickets on Friday morning there were no two seats together in the whole house left, so I'm hoping they'll extend :) Especially since I saw some people at two performances, and one pair at all three.

Also do try to catch Tibor, second Alfred, because while Laszlo's a very cute Alfred with great acting skills, he's got a barely passable voice and no chemistry with anyone. I saw the same cast members with him and Tibor, and the difference was dramatic - Tibor was getting molested all over the place ;)

And you wouldn't happen to know how old both Krolocks are? And whether Sándor and Máté are related, because really, if I didn't know - he's JUST like Máté would be as VK circa 2000. Same smile, voice, movements, nose.

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True, those are probably easy to pick up. :D And I'm not surprised Krolocks mess those parts up, the song is, what, seven minutes long, it's bound to happen on occasion. ;)

Hopefully they will extend, at least after January if they can't now in the autumn. It could be that the theatre they're using for it needs it for their own shows, but if Tanz is doing so well then hopefully they'll be able to get a place for a longer time.

Thanks for the rec about Alfreds - I didn't much like Laszlo's voice what I'd heard, good to know the other one is worth seeing. :)

I don't know about Géza, though I'll have to find out, but Sándor is born in 1980 if I recall correctly. Not old, in any case. I haven't come across any bit about him and Máté being related, but should I find out it's the case, I'll sure let you know. :D