Vagabond Opera Show Review From The Mansion
31/01/2010
Vagabond Opera
When I had my first listen to Vagabond Opera I was taken astride by
their sound mainly their outstanding vocals. What intrigued my interest
about watching their live performance at the Mansion on Monday night
was the comparative sound with the vocals. I was first taken away by
Eric’s and Ashia vocals while I sampled their new album “The Zeitgeist
Beckons”, now I wanted to hear the comparative sound live. They did not
disappoint, I was flabbergasted at how amazing they sounded live. Eric
having many years of Opera singing under his belt pretty much didn’t
even need a mic throughout the night. A Couple of times he went out
into the middle of the venue and filled the room with his vocals. Ashia
as well carried her own with her cello playing and her sultry
performance during a couple of songs. The one song that struck me the
most with Ashia was Ganef. I was fortunate enough to capture the video
for this song as well. This is the song that shows the wide range of
vocal capabilities of which Ashia is capable of.
Throughout the entire night you really didn’t know what to expect next.
During the show I did not expect to see the audience participation in
which I witnessed. There were a few audience members which didn’t take
a seat for the entire show and used the backend of the floor to dance
on. At one point in time Eric and Ashia both took to the floor and
created a small Hora dance. Robin was also not afraid to join in the
action while playing his saxophone.
Another interesting characteristic of Vagabond Opera is their stylistic
stage attire. I have witness bands dress the part but not quite in
detail as Vagabond Opera has done. I was impressed by the effort in
which the band puts forth for their stage presence. All the guys in the
band were wearing all vests, shirts and ties. And classy hats, while
Ashia dressed in sensuous attire which contained hidden stage props
inside.
A song in particular that stuck with me throughout the next day at work
was their rendition of Alabama song, the way in which the vocals were
brought out in the song stuck with me throughout most of the day. A
couple of songs in which Robin sung also were of worthy note including
the last song The Party song. They promised that the song was going to
be a dancing song but for the first half of the song it was not as
promised but then all of a sudden the band took off and the place
exploded in excitement.
At the end of the night I was left impressed by the extraordinary talented band members which comprise Vagabond Opera.
