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27 de jul. de 2023 · Perfect Lives is, in Bob’s words, a “comic opera about reincarnation,” and ostensibly tells the story of a lounge singer and his best pal (Ashley as the singer, and the luminary Blue “Gene” Tyranny as Buddy, the greatest piano player in the world) rolling into a small Midwestern town, meeting many colorful characters, and getting roped into a bank robbery in which all the money will ...
Perfect Lives has been called "the most influential music/theater/literary work of the 1980s." At its center is the hypnotic voice of Robert Ashley. His continuous song narrates the events of the story and describes a 1980's update of the mythology of small-town America. Perfect Lives is populated with myriad characters revolving around two ...
PERFECT LIVES. An opera for television by Robert Ashley. Robert Ashley’s television opera “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, et al, in the American Midwest. One of the definitive text-sound compositions of the late 20th century, it has been called a comic opera about reincarnation.
28 de ene. de 2024 · PERFECT LIVES: AN OPERA FOR TELEVISION BY ROBERT ASHLEY dir. John Sanborn, 1983 United States. 183 min. In English. FULL PROGRAM with Q+A (This event is $10.) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 – 5 PM. EPISODES 1-3 (79 min.) MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 – 7:30 PM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 – 10 PM.
19 de may. de 2022 · ‘Perfect Lives,’ which premiered on UK television, Channel 4, in 1984, is a TV Opera originally commissioned by Kitchen, New York. The opera itself is composed of seven, thirty-minute vignettes, that follow characters from the Corn Belt and their interaction with two out-of-town musicians.
12 de oct. de 2023 · It’s easier to appreciate Robert Ashley’s 1983 “Perfect Lives” by simply accepting it on faith as an “opera” rather than try to cram it into the narrow definition established for the genre. There’s quite a bit of text, some singing, a story with characters, and perhaps too much of a visual spectacle. Purists with preconceived notions about how exactly these elements should fit ...
Nine Perfect Strangers: Created by John-Henry Butterworth, David E. Kelley. With Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans. Nine stressed city dwellers visit a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation. The resort's director is a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies.
