SHARING WITH ME

Since when ? Forever I would think, the word Opera and I don’t go well together. There are modern operas I really enjoy or modernizing the classics can be marvelous. But classical or traditional opera leaves me as cold as listening to John Cage. As a child I spent hours of my free time pretending to dance and sing in musical comedy and consequently knew every show that was on or off Broadway or in London. I was living in Launcestion. Tasmania. Then at the age of 16 in London for the first time, I was  taken to the world premieres of both «My Fair Lady» and «West Side Story». I made up my mind that I would become a musical comedy star. So I broke my voice singing, my back dancing and it never happened. Even so I am still passionate about -most- musical comedies and there is hope for pop opera. Having reserved for the Chatelet theatre season earlier in the year, I knew what to expect when I sas «Nixon in China» and loved it - but was a little doubtful about what I would see with «Pop’