Ally Kate

It's rather sad that this thread has been dead for the last couple of years, especially considering that Rufus has recently released yet another magnificent album. Fingers crossed, he will gain some popularity amongst Mika fans after the I Love Beirut concert. I find that there is one crucial thing that both of them share: despite having been put through the wringer, they preserved their candour and they both have bright souls that just wash over any room with light. Anyone wishing to fangirl (or fanboy, for that matter) over Rufus – his masterful use of double entendre (Swings Both Ways, my God!), his Cohen covers (e.g. Everybody Knows), or his full monty bacchanalia at the end of 2012 tour – I'm at your service 🙌 P. S. I'll keep my hope low, but perhaps somebody will fall in love with his utter brilliance as well: rufus_wainwright-oh_what_a_world.mp4

Yesterday some saint donated £25,000! This is such an enormous sum. I wonder if it might actually be Danna Paola or Rufus Wainwright. 😍

This is heaven. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the announcement. I had the impression that Mika doesn't like to come face to face with his childhood heroes (Didn't he mention somewhere that meeting your idols in real life can be dangerous?). I noticed there isn't much of a Rufus Wainwright following amongst MFCers, which is actually surprising to me. In my mind, Mika and Rufus – while being very different in their music styles and all that – represent the same qualities and values, for which I adore them both: enormous heart and compassion, multilingualism, combination of seriousness and silliness, operatic influences, and deliciously naughty sense of humour. Most importantly, they both went against the tide and forced their own way through the atrocious music industry.

Allora, I thought we can have a space to share information and links about interesting free videos on demand or broadcasting/streaming events, of which there are a lot these days. There was an avalanche of fantastic art projects at the beginning of the lockdown (most notably, London's National Theatre had streamed 16 majestic productions from its archives over the course of four months). As some theatres reopened, the number of online events has somewhat dropped, but there are still a few gems. Here are the current ones I know of (all of them are free!): – Metropolitan Opera has been streaming a different opera each day since March 2020 (https://www.metopera.org); – Universal streamed several musicals, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Phantom of the Opera, and Cats (https://www.youtube.com/theshowsmustgoon). This stopped in July but they promised that a new season will be 'coming soon' (Mikasoon, more like); – Cirque du Soleil posts 60-minute specials every Friday (https://www.youtube.com/CirqueduSoleil); – Bayerische Staatsoper made Marina Abramovic's new opera-project, 7 Deaths of Maria Callas, available until October 7 (https://operlive.de). I started this thread because I'm sure a lot of Mika fans also love art in general. I certainly am one of those people who can never shut up about a new lavish exhibition in town, a mind-blowing indie film, or an experimental play. (Which is usually met with utter annoyance and sheer incomprehension from people around me). I very much hope that the MFC is full of 'bohemian' freaks like me. In fact, the impetus for this thread is very particular: I was bummed when I realised that I had missed the one-night-only streaming of Hadrian, an opera by Rufus Wainwright ('Thank you Rufus, thank you Auden and James Dean'), on August 10. I had no idea that the Canadian Opera Company organises digital watch parties, and have come across the information totally by fluke. It's hard to keep up with all the different online events around the globe! So, please feel free to share any interesting links, even the most obscure or minute ones. For instance, if some small theatre in, say, Athens streams Shakespeare plays in Greek with English subtitles, or some artist does musical Instagram lives... You got the idea. P. S. I hope I did the right thing by opening this thread. But I'm sort of new to this forum. So I am sorry if that sort of thing is irrelevant.

There is something in this song. While seeming a summer hit on the surface, it has somewhat of a melancholic sound. I find it to be perfect for late August. It has this end-of-summer feel to it. Kind of the last devil-may-care dance with someone you met during a seaside holiday. The lyrics also suggest something like this, but it's mostly the sound.

Thank you all for the warm welcome!

My name is Kate. I'm in my late 20s and work as a translator. I first heard of Mika years ago (back when Relax was all the rage throughout Europe), but have become a complete Mikafreak about a year ago. I've been discovering the many treasures of MFC this past year, and I fell in love with Mika fans as much as with Mika himself. I'm not naturally talkative or, shall we say, socially adept, but I decided that today is a great day to say that all of you are wonderful, wonderful people, and I am forever grateful for everything you do – for posting thoughtful messages, sharing magnificent videos, supporting great charitable causes, respecting Mika's privacy, and for being generally awesome. As Mika said, you are the most elegant fans. Alas, I have quite a lot on my plate at the moment, so I probably won't become an active member of the community. But I will continue to silently admire everything that goes on here. Much love, Kate