http://mapmakersopera.com/Content/2008/08/my-big-idea/ Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mapmakersopera.com/Content/2008/08/my-big-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Javier Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:16:17 +0000 http://mapmakersopera.com/Content/?p=62#comment-53 A great novel deserves a smashing musical. We're looking forward to it. A great novel deserves a smashing musical. We’re looking forward to it.

]]> http://mapmakersopera.com/Content/2008/08/my-big-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Ginevra Saylor Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:12:52 +0000 http://mapmakersopera.com/Content/?p=62#comment-50 I have read both of the author's novels (this one and her earlier Bitter Taste of Time). In both , I was immediately struck by the lyrical quality of the prose. Often, I found myself stopping mid-paragraph or even mid-sentence to reread a particularly beautiful passage or turn of phrase, sometimes three or four times before delving further into the magical world she'd created. It was akin to the feeling I get when listening to a particularly lovely piece of music that touches me so instantly and deeply that I must listen again and again to take in the full richness of the sound. Ms. Gonzalez's writing is like a beautiful song that plays in your head long after you put down her books. Her writing creates a mood that follows you around for weeks before letting go and then pops back into your mind quite suddenly when events months or years later stir the same emotions. I look forward to seeing how Mr Purcell's opera compares to the one my own mind created for me as I read this beautiful novel. And, I congratulate both of these artists for sharing their vision with the rest of us. I have read both of the author’s novels (this one and her earlier Bitter Taste of Time). In both , I was immediately struck by the lyrical quality of the prose. Often, I found myself stopping mid-paragraph or even mid-sentence to reread a particularly beautiful passage or turn of phrase, sometimes three or four times before delving further into the magical world she’d created. It was akin to the feeling I get when listening to a particularly lovely piece of music that touches me so instantly and deeply that I must listen again and again to take in the full richness of the sound. Ms. Gonzalez’s writing is like a beautiful song that plays in your head long after you put down her books. Her writing creates a mood that follows you around for weeks before letting go and then pops back into your mind quite suddenly when events months or years later stir the same emotions. I look forward to seeing how Mr Purcell’s opera compares to the one my own mind created for me as I read this beautiful novel. And, I congratulate both of these artists for sharing their vision with the rest of us.

]]> http://mapmakersopera.com/Content/2008/08/my-big-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Valerie McDonald Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:14:00 +0000 http://mapmakersopera.com/Content/?p=62#comment-49 How wonderful and fitting that Bea Gonzalez's vivid novel will be brought to the stage in the form of a musical. As a book-lover and fan of Bea's work, I confess I worry that my favourite characters will not look or sound exactly as I imagined them but in this case, it's very exciting that Bea's rich and lyrical language will be put to music! If only Oz weren't so far away! I await the world tour. How wonderful and fitting that Bea Gonzalez’s vivid novel will be brought to the stage in the form of a musical. As a book-lover and fan of Bea’s work, I confess I worry that my favourite characters will not look or sound exactly as I imagined them but in this case, it’s very exciting that Bea’s rich and lyrical language will be put to music! If only Oz weren’t so far away! I await the world tour.

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