Keri Behles

After watching several excerpts of Broadway shows on Angel de Quinta's Stage Door Blog, I was able to appreciate Broadway more than ever. I am not that much of a fan of Broadway, I do like the movie adaptations like Chicago though. After looking through the blog I found that I generally like the very upbeat and high paced songs and that I just expect Broadway shows to be very high energy. One of my favorites on the blog was Meet Me in St. Louis. I liked that one because it was upbeat and just generally happy, but it was also one of the only shows to maintain my attention because of the dancing. Everything was very dramatic and the movements were extravagant. I didn't really need to listen to the words because the music and the dancing kept me interested. The songs are really catchy too and they got stuck in my head after listening. The other favorite of my from the blog was the West Coast cast of HAIR. I  really enjoyed the movement throughout that one too. The use of movi

Tristan und Isolde             The opera titled Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner was revolutionary in the further development of classical music and changing the presentation of operas. The performance I watched premiered December 11, 1999 and way it was presented created an emphasis on the orchestra and singers. The mise-en-scène, while still very important to the opera, served to draw attention more towards the music than to the stage.             This opera was so influential in developing the music played in opera because the pieces played in the prelude would end with suspension that would not be resolved until the very final act of the opera. This not only left the audience, in my opinion, seeking a resolution throughout the entire performance, but created a sense of completion at the end. The pieces played would also build tension to create the climax for the song just to abruptly end with no fulfillment for the audience, which