Oedipus Rex - Julie Taymor

A Stravinsky opera. I have absolutely no idea what is going on, but it's very artsy-fartsy. Striking imagery. - I haven't seen this before. It's turning me on.

Langridge is my favourite Britten tenor.

Francesca showed us a clip of a different production during my 20th century music history paper.

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I feel like me vs. NZ Opera is like NY City Opera vs. the Met.

Slightly overblown, but if you threw me together with Alex Galvin and Alex Taylor, that'd be a fair comparison.

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It surprises me that an MP would be seriously into classical music and opera.

That's me stereotyping MP's... I tend to think of them as lawyers or unionists.

Though, then again, those are artforms of the 1%, and that's the sphere of public life politics inhabits.

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I love Stravinsky's orchestrations. It's in Latin, which suits him. I dislike the Rake's Progress because Stravinsky doesn't set English well.

As a vocal writer, he's interesting.

I can't follow Latin. I went to a public school.

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What I learned via the cannabis saga: there's a lot of Nats in classical music.

I'd always thought gay people were Labour/Greens, but apparently not. That's fine, everyone else likes my style. 🧠

As a dole bludger, I can lead the life that I want, while it seems like jobs mostly only want me if I'm straight.

I was never straight; I was just closeted.

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I think I've encountered one of the classic sexist tropes: which is that women are punished for being emotional.

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To type something controversial: I find the idea of being trans and being an actor incompatible. I feel like if I was playing a guy, then I wouldn't be living as a woman.

I realise Rūrangi was very clever with the casting, but that's somewhat different to the spiritual topics that my script was themed around.

For the book, I might change Calliope to a Theology or comparative religion major.

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best thing about watching from home - pauses and bathroom breaks. 🤣