Friday, November 9, 2012

Night at the Opera: Anna Bolena

The Minnesota Opera has done it again.  Anna Bolena is based on the actual story of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, though don't be fooled into thinking it's some boring history lesson.

 I'm writing this post on my drawing tablet, which is tedious, so I'll keep the text portion brief.  In short, if you enjoy opera even a little, go see this show.  It almost made me cry, and I was only half paying attention to the story, because I was busy drawing.   Since I rarely cry even at really sad movies, that's pretty impressive.  The vocal talent in this cast is incredible, and even at only a fraction of their full performance volume, they carried every accusation, every lament, every trembling confession with perfect clarity.

 Anyway, here are some sketches.

I may add more later when I have a keyboard.