Saturday, October 6, 2007

Japan Trip ~ Osaka 2

Osaka004Day 2 - Freshed!!! Had a filling breakfast in the hotel and we came to, Umeda Theater!! We are so excited!! Cast from our favorite show, Elisabeth from German(original performing theater) happened to be in japan for a concert with some of the Takarazuka OG! With the help of my dearest jap frd's brother, we got tix for it!!!
We came early, coz Im not sure of the place and we have to be here again on xmas day to watch another show.. So I thought coming early to check the place so tt i know where to collect my show tix from the fan club on xmas day.... Anyway, a surprise came in for us.. We happened to see a grp of ppl there waiting for some stars(but we dont know who) we jus walk over, n a lady asked, r we Aran's fan club member? We replied yes n she told us to join in n wait for Aran's arrival too.. I kept saying no no, today we not watching Aran's show, it be on xmas day, but she kept saying its ok... In a state of mess, Aran san came!!! N we saw her... *GASPS!!!* CUTTTEEE!!!!
Anyway, we ran off soon after she went into the theater..

Then we hanged ard a bit n who we saw, MIDORI!!!!Another Takarazuka OG whom we quite liked too!!Shes here for the Elisabeth concert show.. Shes one of the guest.. At first we didnt dare to go up to her coz Aran's fan club members were behind us..(hahaha scare wait kenna blackmarked!) But when she walked past us the 3rd time, we couldnt be bothered and said hi to her.. N ah mai, said out tt "We r from Singapore!" She was surprised n said, Oh!!
Osaka005Midori002Some Takarazuka OGs, though left takarazuka, but still wouldnt take photo wif fans, but when we saw tt shes fine wif it n taking wif another fan, we two went up to her n ask to take together. Shes so cooled bot it n said yes! 2nd pix was how she looked like in 2005 while still in Takarazuka. So gal gal now!!!! Anyway we said goodbye to her n wished her the best for the concert.


Osaka006We went off but mulan stayed there for a while, n u know whom she managed to see? Elisabeth's Music composer and conductor, Sylvester Levay!!!
Hes the main character behind the success for Elisabeth play throughout Europe and Japan!!! The music he composed, simply wonderful!!!
Hes here for the concert too!!
Ok ok.. Time to enter into the hall for the concert.
For this concert, 1st section is a talk show tts in German n Japanese. Its a talk show between the Takarazuka OGs(whom performed in this show b4) and the German cast.. eh... I understood maybe 60%, while other 3 frds not so well.. So i have to translate abit but zunko chan had quite strong Osaka Accent tt even the translator couldnt understand at times. The German cast were asking the OGs, how did they act as men on stage n singing in men voice n wonder do will they fall in love wif their partners or not.. The audience roared in laughter.. 2nd section was singing by the german cast n OGs! The songs that they sung were so wonderful tt we stood up n clapped at the end of the show!! We liked the duet sung by Zunko and Lukas Perman.N Lukas sang in Jap wif Zunko!!

At the end of the show, we had encore like 7 times i tik! The audience jus refused to leave! After, We went back to the backstage entrance. There was a crowd waiting, hoping to catch a glimpse of them. So we joined them.(I hope to see Midori san again!! while mai hoping to see Mr Levay.) Yes, I saw Midori san came out, she saw us, n waved to us! She stopped and said sayonara to us and we told her tt the performance was wonderful. She smiled and told us to take care on our way home.. Sweet!!!!Ok ok, everyone was looking as us n Im so proud of it.. :p

Osaka008Next,German cast Ms Maya acting as Elisabeth came out but left in a hurry. Soon, Lukas(Acting as Rudolf) and Mate(Acting as death god) came out. Everyone went crazy and could see tt Mate was so pleased.They shook hands wif us, n ah mai shouted out, "We r from Singapore!!!" N Mate was surprised(expected), he said, "Wow so far!!"

Then they went in, n after half hr, only left a few of us, these two fellows came out again n said they have time n would want to autographs and take photos together..
From left, Mate Autographing with my book- Mate n us- Lukas n me- Zunko hurrying off(as usual),but shes really pretty!! Its the first time I saw her in person!! - Program Book

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