COULD STAGING OPERA IN WATER MAKE IT MORE appealing to the public? Well that is the question that one German opera singer, Claudia Herr, is going to find an answer for, following the launch of her aquatic opera titled Aquaria Palaoa. The performance sees Herr joined by a cast of...
COULD STAGING OPERA IN WATER MAKE IT MORE appealing to the public?
Well that is the question that one
German opera singer, Claudia Herr, is
going to find an answer for, following
the launch of her aquatic opera titled
Aquaria Palaoa.
The performance sees Herr joined by
a cast of singers submerged in a pool,
singing above and below water, whilst
the orchestra is seated safely on dry land
surrounding the pool.
Whilst performing underwater, Herr
and the rest of the casts’ voices are
transmitted onto speakers which
surround the pool, and are mixed with
sounds sampled from under the
Antarctic ice shelf.
The opera itself tells the story of a
woman searching for the well of eternal
youth, who takes to the ocean and
during her quest meets up with a host of
sealife including whales and seals.
SOMETHING TO SPICE UP CRUISE DINNERS?
An Australian company is hoping to
take the title for the world’s hottest chilli
for its tiny 2.5cm mega-pepper, the
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T.
The chilli measures 1.46-million
Scoville Heat Units – compared to a
jalapeno pepper which contains between
2,500-8,000 SHUs – and requires
workers to wear chemical masks and
protective clothing to avoid the fumes
when mincing it for sauces.
The current record holder, the Naga
Viper British Chilli, sits at 1.30 million SHU.
“I had hallucinations, I had to lie
down, I couldn’t walk for 20 minutes,
dizzy,” said one of the chilli’s developers,
Marcel de Wit.
“I will never, ever do it again,” he added.
WATER CALLS THE POLICE?
A house in the famed US city of Salem
has managed to dial the police after
enduring months of a leaking pipe which
was slowly causing its collapse.
The empty house reportedly dialled
911 when water short-circuited its phone.
The clever home is said to need
extensive repairs as the water that saved
it has also nearly destroyed its interior.
