{"id":864,"date":"2012-01-19T12:34:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T17:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/?p=864"},"modified":"2012-01-19T13:07:43","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T18:07:43","slug":"superstars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2012\/01\/superstars\/","title":{"rendered":"Superstars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The heavens have smiled on us today, friends. Oh, happy Thursday!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Have you seen this picture of Helene in the Tonhalle Dusseldorf brochure?&#8221; <a title=\"Andy Doe Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/andy_doe\" target=\"_blank\">my friend Andy<\/a> e mailed this morning.<\/p>\n<p>And no, no I had not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2012\/01\/superstars\/photo1-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-866\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-866\" title=\"photo1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/photo11-e1326992485344.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/photo11-e1326992485344.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/photo11-e1326992485344-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if she&#8217;s supposed to be some kind of romance novel Little Red Riding Hood,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2012\/01\/superstars\/220px-zenescope1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-867\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-867\" title=\"220px-Zenescope1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/220px-Zenescope1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/220px-Zenescope1.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/220px-Zenescope1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/220px-Zenescope1-150x225.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>&#8230;or perhaps Poison Ivy?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2012\/01\/superstars\/uma-thurman-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-868\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-868\" title=\"uma-thurman-3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/uma-thurman-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/uma-thurman-3.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/uma-thurman-3-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Das rotk\u00e4ppchen, Helene&#8217;s title, translates to The Wolf, so I guess she is, in fact, supposed to be Little Red Riding Hood because of her wolf conservation efforts? Although wolves are demonized in Little Red Riding Hood, so she&#8217;s not going to like that!<\/p>\n<p>The season brochure, which can be seen it its entirety <a title=\"Tonhalle Duesselfdorf\" href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/tonhalle_duesseldorf\/docs\/oton\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, also gives Gustavo Dudamel and Anne-Sophie Mutter the anime treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Gustavo Dudamel, who appears to be a thinner version of Gaston from <em>Beauty and the Beast:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2012\/01\/superstars\/gustavodudamel\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-869\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-869\" title=\"GustavoDudamel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GustavoDudamel-e1326992922698.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GustavoDudamel-e1326992922698.jpg 968w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GustavoDudamel-e1326992922698-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2012\/01\/superstars\/angry_gaston_from_beauty_and_the_beast\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-870\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-870\" title=\"angry_Gaston_from_Beauty_and_the_Beast\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/angry_Gaston_from_Beauty_and_the_Beast.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2012\/01\/superstars\/beauty-disneyscreencaps-com-2888\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-871\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-871\" title=\"Beauty-disneyscreencaps.com-2888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Beauty-disneyscreencaps.com-2888-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Anne-Sophie Mutter, who is somewhere between She-Ra: Princess of Power and Wonder Woman:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2012\/01\/superstars\/annesophiemutter-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-873\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-873\" title=\"AnneSophieMutter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/AnneSophieMutter1-e1326993408932.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/AnneSophieMutter1-e1326993408932.jpg 478w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/AnneSophieMutter1-e1326993408932-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2012\/01\/superstars\/she_ra_princess_power\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-874\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-874\" title=\"she_ra_princess_power\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/she_ra_princess_power.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/she_ra_princess_power.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/she_ra_princess_power-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2012\/01\/superstars\/wonder-woman-animated\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-875\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-875\" title=\"wonder-woman-animated\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/wonder-woman-animated-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Virtuosen in Unterhosen&#8221; means &#8220;Virtuoso in Panties&#8221;. WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING HERE. At least Mutter&#8217;s underwear has an eighth note on it? Keepin&#8217; it classy!<\/p>\n<p>More power to them. (more SUPERPOWER). I hope they sell many, many tickets to unsuspecting concert-goers who think Helene is going to wear a skin-tight green cat suit and a red cape while she plays the piano. Oh, and also who think that she can fly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The heavens have smiled on us today, friends. Oh, happy Thursday! &#8220;Have you seen this picture of Helene in the Tonhalle Dusseldorf brochure?&#8221; my friend Andy e mailed this morning. And no, no I had not. I&#8217;m not sure if she&#8217;s supposed to be some kind of romance novel Little Red Riding Hood, &#8230;or perhaps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-main","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}