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The Scene of the Scene
By Megaphonic
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The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.
The Scene of the Scene episodes:
July 21, 202334. Barbie. Chris, Charlotte, Mikey, and Garrett go see the
Barbie movie! And thoughonly one of them grew up playing with Barbie, they all have a terrific time.(Also they do not go on to see Oppenheimer.)...more August 22, 202233. Drawfee Live. Jared and
Jess got to see Drawfee Live inSeattle! We are all big Drawfee fans hereat The Scene Of The Scene, so we’re very jealous. (Oh, here’s the Batmanvideo.)...more May 20, 202232. Tori Amos. We’re… back? We’re back! Chris and
Mikey leave the house and go see Tori Amosin concert. Mikey is a lifelong fan, but this is his first time seeing her!And this tour is coming off Tori’s strongest album in ages. Hurrah!...more February 20, 202031. Jacqueline. We saw the world premiere of
Jacqueline, an operaabout the tragic life of Jacqueline duPré. Du Pré was a phenomenalcellist (see her perform the Elgar CelloConcerto with her husband, DanielBarenboim, conducting) who, at the age of 28, was diagnosed with multiplesclerosis and lost her ability to perform. She passed away in 1987 at the ageof 42.The opera is unusually intimate, performed by just two people—a soprano
(Marnie Breckenridge, who was on a recentepisode of This Is Your Mixtape) and acellist (Matt Haimovitz, whoknew du Pré when he was young). It was composed by Luna PearlWoolf with libretto by RoyceVavrek and produced by TapestryOpera (who also produced last year’s excellentShawnadithit).Chris and
Michael gushed about the opera immediatelyafter seeing it....more February 17, 202030. Hansel and Gretel. We didn’t see Gretel & Hansel (the new movie), but we did see the Canadian
Opera Company’s production of Englebert Humperdinck’s Hansel andGretel. Thisproduction transforms the setting to a modern-day Toronto apartment building,with surprisingly effective results.Chris and
Michael talked about it just after seeing it,and kinda want to see this production become A Thing....more January 20, 202029. The Barber of Seville. We went to see the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Rossini’s The
Barber of Seville,which—hey, this is a first—we’d seen before, when they put the same productionon in 2015. I guess we’ve officially seen all the opera, if they’re alreadyrepeating!Chris and
Michael chatted about it afterwards, andwondered what the goal of putting on a comic opera should be....more October 28, 201928. Turandot. We went to see the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Puccini’s
Turandot, with stage design byRobert Wilson. Ifyou want to marry Princess Turandot, you’ll first have to answer threeriddles. And even if you solve them, it won’t be easy to win her heart.Chris and
Michael didn’t really like this one, despiteNessun dorma…...more October 21, 201927. Rusalka. We saw Antonín Dvořák’s opera
Rusalka at the CanadianOpera Company. Rusalka is based on a Slavic version of the Little Mermaidmyth—but were any of its tunes as memorable as “Under the Sea”?Chris,
Michael,Daniel, andJulie shared their thoughts on the opera,the staging, and what it means to put this opera on today....more September 18, 201926. Massive Attack: Mezzanine XX1. We saw Massive Attack perform on their tour celebrating the 20th (or so)
anniversary of their most critically acclaimed album,Mezzanine.The band played all the songs from the album, as well as—well, but wait, thatwould be spoiling it for people who are going to see the tour. So listen tothe episode to find out more.Michael and
Chris recorded this conversation in a parkright after the show....more May 22, 201925. Shanawdithit. We saw Shanawdithit ,
a new opera produced by Tapestry Opera and Operaon the Avalon, about the woman who was longconsidered the last Beothuk. She is also the main source of what little weknow about the Beothuk, an indiginous people of Newfoundland who were thevictims of ethnocide.Michael and
Chris were excited to see the opera and talkabout it afterwards.Show Notes.Tapestry’s page on “The World of the
Beothuk”.An overview of the
Beothuk andtheir disappearance from Heritage Newfoundland.Michael Crummey: River Thieves.
Shanawdithit wIll be performed in St. John’s on June
21st.Support The Scene Of The Scene and other Megaphonic shows through our
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FAQs about The Scene of the Scene:
How many episodes does The Scene of the Scene have?
The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.