Thomas Delgado-Little In an Opera

Tom in "The Turn of the Screw" - photo by Tristram Kenton

Congratulations to Thomas Delgado-Little! He won the role of Miles in Benjamin Britten's opera "The Turn of the Screw!" He has been touring with the Glyndebourne opera company. This is a preview video of the opera with a lot of scenes showing Tom. I wish we could hear him singing. :)




If you would like to see him perform, there are still some dates and tickets available in the UK. For tickets and information about the opera, click here. This is the full schedule - 

Woking -             Oct. 30, 2014, 7:15 pm, New Victoria Theatre
Canterbury -       Nov. 7, 2014, 7:15 pm, The Marlowe Theatre
Norwich -            Nov. 14, 2014, 7:15 pm, Theatre Royal
Milton Keynes - Nov. 21, 2014, 7:15 pm, Milton Keynes Theatre
Plymouth -          Nov. 28, 2014, 7:15 pm, Theatre Royal

photo by Tristram Kenton

photo by Tristram Kenton

There are several nice reviews of the opera by What's On Stage, The Telegraph UK, and Limelight Magazine. All of the photos were taken by Tristram Kenton and are from Glyndebourne's Facebook page. Congratulations, Tom!

photo by Tristram Kenton

photo by Tristram Kenton

Libera Fun In Washington DC

Hey, everybody! I'm here in Washington DC! We got here yesterday, and it's hot! lol.

Libera is here also. They've been having a lot of fun so far. Here's some pictures that they tweeted.

In front of the Lincoln Memorial

Patrick drew a nice guide to who each boy is. Thank you, Patrick!

Bertie taking pictures

Marc, Tom, Rocco & Ciaran at the Washington Monument

In front of the Washington Monument

Tiarnan posted some really cool selfies on Instagram.

Here he is in front of the White House.

Tiarnan in front of the Washington Monument

We went to visit the Basilica last night. Here are some pictures of the inside and outside. It's really beautiful. The first picture was posted by Libera. It's amazing! The lights for the concert are going to be amazing. Everything is so sparkly and shiny inside with lots of stained glass windows. Can't wait for tonight! I'll let you know how it goes!

Libera rehearsing at the Basilica

Chorister List for Philippines Tour

Based on Libera's appearance on the ASAP Roar TV show, it looks like there are 24 boys on the Philippines tour this time. Here's their pictures to help you know who is who. :)

1.   Marc Alvares
2.   Henry Barrington
3.   Anthony Blake
4.   Ciaran Bradbury-Hickey
5.   Gabriel Collins
6.   Jude Collins
7.   Kavana Crossley
8.   Thomas Delgado-Little
9.   Dylan Duffy
10. Ben Fairman
11. Alexander Gula
12. Matthew Jansen
13. Isaac London
14. Alessandro MacKinnon-Botti
15. Matthew Madine
16. Eoghan McCarthy
17. Michael Menezes
18. Alexander Montoro
19. Kuba Niedermaier-Reed
20. Cassius O'Connell-White
21. Matthew Rangel-Alvares
22. Carlos Rodriguez
23. Sam Wiggin
24. Lucas Wood

Matthew Madine,  Carlos Rodriguez,  Dylan Duffy

Cassius O'Connell-White,  Ciaran Bradbury-Hickey,  Thomas Delgado-Little

Gabe Collins

Eoghan McCarthy,  Matthew Rangel-Alvares,  Alexander Montoro

Marc Alvares,  Ben Fairman,  Sam Wiggin

Alexander Gula,  Kuba Niedermaier-Reed,  Kavana Crossley,  Anthony Blake

Isaac London,  Alessandro MacKinnon-Botti,  Jude Collins

Lucas Wood,  Matthew Jansen,  Henry Barrington,  Michael Menezes

 

Hope this helps the fans getting to go to the Meet & Greets! It's always easier to meet the Libera boys when you know what name to call them. lol. Hope the boys and all the fans have a fun time with great concerts in the Philippines!!

Stefan Leadbeater & Orlando Woscholski In An Opera

Stefan in Singapore, April 2012

Orlando in Houston, August 2011

Exciting news! Stefan Leadbeater (current Libera member) and Orlando Woscholski (former Libera member) are currently performing in the opera "The Cunning Little Vixen" by Janacek at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2012, Lewes, East Sussex, England from May 20 - June 28.

The June 10 performance was filmed by the UK Guardian, and you can watch it here in two parts until June 22. Thank you to Martin for the link! :D

Orlando first appears as a Frog in Part 1 at 10:55.

Stefan first appears as Pepik, one of The Forester's sons, in Part 1 at 20:42.

Pepik's father, The Forester, captures a young fox and brings it home. His two sons begin teasing it.

Pepik hits the Vixen, and she becomes angry.

The Vixen retaliates by biting off Pepik's leg. A knife is used to symbolize her teeth.

Orlando next appears as one of the Vixen's many cubs.

Orlando is on the far left.

Orlando then appears at the end as the Frog's grandchild to illustrate the cycle of life.

Taking their final bows.

Orlando listed in the final credits as Frog.

Stefan listed in the final credits as Pepik.

Orlando listed in the final credits as a Fox Cub.

Congratulations to both boys on doing such a great job!

Several reviews have been written already, but this one also gives the cast listing here. If anyone would like to purchase tickets to see this opera, you can get information here.

Loose Moose Episode 2: Part 1

So...I know we're a little behind here but Loose Moose Episode 2 is out! :) So here's my review of part 1! If you haven't seen it yet then you must watch! :D

First up is "Gang Signs." It's a local gang lookin' all tough, hangin' out at a park. The accents are awesome but a lot harder for me to understand than their usual British accents. Here are some of the random words we heard in their "rap": boy, rough, gang, gardens, knives, hoodies (I heard hideous), shoes, Diet Coke, potatoes, iPods, elephants, fish fingers, apples, Coke cans, shopping. Yeah, this is quite the rap...lol.

Now coming from a musical school this sketch is my favorite. It consists of Josh - or "Fab (Fav?) (Blad?)" as they call him - listening to some music. But this is not just any music. Oh no, this music was written by the amazing "Beeth-oven." Love their reactions when they're talking about where they've heard him before. The best is the end when they ask when his next album is coming out. :)

Best lines:
Alex: What is up?! What is down?! What is up?! 
Alex again: Not too shabby, not too shabby, not too bad! 
Josh: This guy single-handedly revolutionized the Baroque period into the Classical!
Josh: Drum and bass? This guy's got the viola, figured bass!
Liam: FIGURED BASS! OH YEAH!!!
All: Beeth-ov-en! Yeah!  Josh: IT'S BEETHOVEN!!!!

Next is "Agent Cody Banks." OK, the best part about this sketch was Jonathan's American accent! It was actually really good! lol. Loose Moose always has the best music, too! Gotta love those spy movies. He's on "Mission Rabbit's Foot" trying to achieve vengeance for America. If only he can shake off those d*** Russian spies! (Keeping it rated G here! lol)

Alex, Liam and Josh look like three little prairie dogs sticking their heads up out of the ground! lol! Love them looking back and forth really fast! They're hiding behind the branch (which I actually didn't see coming) or the time lapse of them all getting out of the garbage can is great.

But acting backwards to pull off jumping up into a tree?!! Epic! :D

And Mission Rabbit's Foot? Well...at least he got the bad guy in the end...uh...oh wait...he just got Sam! In a fedora! :) Oh well, it was for AMERICA! (Pronounced just the way we say it! lol!)

The final sketch, "Andrew-Dora Taylor Cookery Nookery," was just the best! Did you see it's sponsored by the Heavy Breathers Society?! :D Jonathan is hilarious! With his little "Ooohh!" whenever the camera would come around! And his always calling everything "naughty" was just awesome! And he named all his plants! Actually everything he said was funny just because of that voice! :D

Liam was awesome as Pablo. The "HELP" sign on the guitar was hysterical! Made me die laughing!

I'm pretty sure the one egg was all Jonathan's mom was going to let him use... :) And the bit with the alchohol is actually something I've seen them do on cooking shows before. That little "this is not for the cooking, it's for me later," thing. When everything is done cooking he pulls something out of the oven. Thanks to Google, I figured out that's a container of yogurt with fruit! :D I loved how the whole thing was a perfect spoof on those cooking/gardening shows! And "Andrew-Dora Taylor's book is now available outside half-decent bookstores." lol

Keep up the great work, guys! Will try to review Part 2 soon!