kreacher

2 hours ago, Hero said:

 

Is anyone else a bit surprised at the billing? I know he's not headlining, but he deserves better than hidden third line down! 

 I've never heard of most of these acts. 

Yes I'm old. 

Same.

I’m kinda glad I can’t go to this festival, no doubt I’d be so bored waiting for Mika 

4 hours ago, Aki Celeste said:

Out of curiosity, does anyone know if there are recordings of him singing with Ida before the orchestral renditions of his songs were performed? Or is that pretty much the extent of their professional collaboration?

Ida sang backing vocals on the album versions of "Happy Ending", "Blue Eyes", and "Blame It On The Girls", and has performed "Happy Ending" as a duet with Mika a bunch of times on stage, and was a backing singer at some of his gigs from like 2009-2011.

Here's just a few live videos...

On 1/12/2022 at 1:03 PM, Hero said:

Number crunching to see if I can... its a definite maybe! 

I'm in the same boat!

NYC is a "definitely probably" for me, but making Boston feasible is gonna take some careful budgeting and maybe a little bit of magic.

Anyone know if the Boston bus station stays open all night?

Welcome to MFC! Hello from a few states north 

Are you going to the NYC gig? If so, i might see you there 

2 hours ago, BeccaStardust said:

So I’m looking for an old radio interview (LICM or TBWKTM era) in English where Mika talked a little bit about his father and parents relationship 

I think the interviewer thought they were divorced 

 

It was on YouTube I remember and just audio if that helps 

ooh ooh I think I know this one!

On 12/16/2021 at 10:18 AM, dcdeb said:

A few years ago, Mika hosted Clean Bandit on his show Stasera Casa Mika and he sang "Miss You" with them... I think I'd be interested to hear him do a proper collab with them.

i loved this collab, made an mp3 out of it and still listen to it a lot, it'd be cool to hear them do a proper song together <3

my dream collab is Mika & David Bowie, but that seems unlikely

19 minutes ago, TinyLove_CJ said:

@kreacher Tortellini is such a cute name for a cute kitty!

 

I love the colour of her fur and markings! 😺

Thanks!

I rarely call her by her full name, it's usually Lini, or Torti, or Browni, or Tootilooni or Tortletini or Turkibeani or some form of that (her name is kinda like Bindlesnort Chamberpot's, just insert whichever 2 vaguely similar words you like). Or sometimes I call her various other pastas (like Macaroni or Linguini) based on whatever the shape she's laying in at the time. I'm sure she has no idea what her actual name is 

On 12/14/2021 at 8:32 AM, dcdeb said:

MIKA will be playing *6* dates in North America in April 2022! More concert dates to come!

Sooooo Mika.... about those "more concert dates".....

 i should've known they'd be announced Mikasoon

my old kitty, Leeloo, died a few years ago and in November 2020 i finally adopted a new kitty. 

Introducing...

Tortellini

she'll be 3 years old in April-ish and she's lots of fun

11 hours ago, dcdeb said:

Where my NYC peeps? Who will we see there?

Probably me! I’d like to travel somewhere new or closer but NYC is most convenient and I do like it there <3 

Gaaaah omg so exciting, after all this time! 
i’m so torn between buying a ticket to at least NYC right away and waiting to see where else he announces. Since I’m in the middle of the USA I could go either way  

Mika in green is my favorite 

this suit is so delicious

I love this idea! All the posters are lovely, can't really pick a favorite (except Mika & Yasmine's obviously!). I hope it's done in more cities around the world, even if Mika isn't directly involved.

Now I'm imagining my own city with colorful art posters all around to brighten up it's current gray & dirty winter's end messiness. 

Welcome to the club  @TeeMarie!

Your post made me grin under my facemask because i remember those feelings of being a new Mikafan so clearly

On 2/19/2021 at 4:07 PM, Kumazzz said:

I don't know where I should post this article...

 

INDEPENDENT

 

MUSIC THEATRE War Child Peterborough

 

Tuesday 22 April 1997 23:02

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music-theatre-war-child-peterborough-1268829.html

 

This latest project of the remarkable National Youth Music Theatre was commissioned as part of the Year of Opera and Music Theatre for performance in four cathedrals in the East of England. Peterborough's wide Romanesque spaces provided an awesome setting for the premiere of a piece involving over 100 young performers; and also a challenge - that of making any kind of music theatre work in such circumstances.

Starting originally from Brecht's The Children's Crusade, Wendy Cook, Jeremy James Taylor and composer Richard Taylor have devised a meditation on the experiences of children in wartime that aims to be "universal and ageless". Fragments from letters, poems and diaries are combined with the mythical tale of a city and its destruction; echoes of the terror of the wartime ghettos are answered with affirmation and hope in the words of the Psalms. Taylor's mostly lyrical music, reminiscent of the diatonic purities of such figures as Finzi or Aaron Copland, sounded wonderful in the cathedral acoustic, and the piece would have worked perfectly as an oratorio without the distracting need to perceive and understand what was happening on stage. Medieval churches were not designed with sightlines in mind (Britten took this into account, using a raked stage in his Church Parables), and admirable though the diction was, if the audience had not had copies of the libretto, the words would have been very difficult to follow.

 

When gestures, both theatrical and musical, were strong and simple - like the emergence of the children from swirling mists at the start, or the superb unaccompanied treble solo at the beginning of Part 3 - the effect was powerful. Attempts at more complex movement and intricate, layered music tended simply to be lost in the vastness of the space. Perhaps a clue lies in the composer's confessed "abandoning of any linear story or plot". Surely, in such circumstances, the one thing that is needed is a clear, simple story line?

In its absence, the piece tended to break down into its component parts; touching or striking as many of these were, somehow they didn't seem to add up to the intended greater musico-theatrical sum. That said, the NYMT's young performers were as ever impressive in their total commitment and professionalism; the singing was remarkable, with great use made of different vocal textures - solemn chorales and the warm sound of a trio of young baritones contrasted admirably with some excellent solo performances by the treble (Mica Penniman) in the Psalm setting, the "letter soloist" (Jean Barton) in the heart-rending message from a ghetto child to her mother, and an unexpected but outstanding young counter-tenor (Richard Scott) as Witness 2.

 

The orchestra was splendid, under the incisive direction of Jonathan Gill, and the massive amount of work that had obviously gone into the whole project was rewarded by an enthusiastic reception from a capacity audience - or should it be congregation?

 

Further performances: Sat 26 April, 2.30/8pm Ely Cathedral (booking: 01223 357851); Sat 10 May, 3pm/8pm Chelmsford Cathedral (01245 606505); Sat 17 May, 3pm/7.30 St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds (01284 769505)

 

 

Operas in English: A Dictionary

https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=Y8bQAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA531&lpg=PA531&dq=National+Youth+Music+Theatre+"penniman"&source=bl&ots=ZldfVAjhYe&sig=ACfU3U0MCMlLKk7XQG84psY1Zt1-rfsI1A&hl=ja&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj18sP5-vbuAhUXFogKHUTRBVQQ6AEwEXoECAUQAw#v=onepage&q=National Youth Music Theatre "penniman"&f=false

 

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@kreacher I hope this article helps your Mikapedia.

 

yup, i already added this info, but it's good to have it in more detail here. Thank you!

I like Gregory too! I was hoping Mika would incorporate him into some of his concerts or projects, but it seems unlikely after all this time. 

Wishful thinking... I’d like a funny Mika show where he goes on wacky adventures around the world (like a safari or cooking or white water rafting or getting lost in a city or a comic convention or a huge library or a carnival or a farm) with Gregory and/or Andy and/or special guests, but with a few touching moments and random musical numbers and an important lesson learned at the end. Preferably Mika would be the one driving cuz that’s always adorable. 

Special guest ideas... Paul de Leeuw, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, a fabulous drag queen, James Corden, a Penniman sibling or two, Melachi and Amira, Max Taylor, Amanda Palmer, a young panda bear, Adele, and anyone else who loves to laugh or can match his energy and enthusiasm.

so.... kinda of like SCM on the road xD

23 hours ago, krysady said:

If you want me to cut it or smth, just let me know: 

this is perfect, thank you!!! 

23 hours ago, Anna Ko Kolkowska said:

 

 

He did sing it again in The Voice. And Jenifer. One of the talents was a woman singing opera. And then Mika and Jen started to sing this part too

oho really? this sounds great! do you remember what episode it was, or the season at least?

Thanks for all your input everyone, i like the 2nd one more but i was leaning toward option 1 for readability!

On the third episode of Stasera Casa Mika 2016 Mika and Elio talked a bit and he dared Mika to sing The Queen Of The Night aria from The Magic Flute by Mozart and Mika did. Does anyone have just the video of that part? I have the episode saved but i just need that one part  and i don't know how to trim it down. Thanks!

i think it's amazing and want it to replay many times 

Seems like all the scans from this article have gone missing. Here's what i have saved to pinterest; hopefully it's all the pages.

Mika in a monkey head mask thing, 2007

On 10/5/2020 at 1:57 PM, mellody said:

FYI, since the last update, the forum software is automatically archiving all threads that haven't been active for 5 years or longer. That means they're still there but not available in the search function anymore. I read that some of you said the website was faster for them now, I think that might be the (or one) reason. However, there's some things we'd like to keep in the search function, especially interviews and gig report threads. So over time we're gonna unarchive those, which unfortunately has to be done manually for each thread, so that is rather a task for months (at least) than for days.

Anyway if you can't find a certain old thread that you're looking for in the search function, you'll have to look through the forum pages, it's not gone. 

Well, i picked a bad time to decide my list of Mika's past tour dates needs a photo from every gig. I can find old threads with google search, but when i open the thread they say "This topic's posts are not available currently. Please try again in a few minutes."

For example:

On 10/8/2020 at 2:29 PM, dcdeb said:

 

 

Dee, I also assumed that you only edited the Mikapedia in places, not the whole thing each and every time.

 

It seems to me that there must be something we can do to make things easier, not harder, for you. I'll look into it some more.

 

 

thanks for trying, but i think it's actually okay. i've come to terms with the changes and found ways to get around not having BB code.

22 minutes ago, Mikasister said:

 

Isnt Tiny in Miami ? 

ages ago Mika said Tiny was in Miami, but who knows where Tiny is now

4 hours ago, Mikasister said:

We haven't heard from Fortune's cat anymore 

 i was just thinking about that kitty just the other day. It must be so big by now!

Also, i wonder what happened to Tiny.

thanks for all the pics everyone! Mika's worn masks much more often than i remembered!

this isn't a mask, but i keep scrolling past it on my pinterest board and thinking it is...

maybe now that i've posted it my brain will stop