Trans-Siberian Orchestra delivers 'Beethoven's Last Night'
Picture Ludwig van Beethoven's classic libretto meets Pink Floyd's "The Wall" laser light show (on steroids) meets The Who's "Tommy" rock opera meets "Dungeons and Dragons" and you have a glimmer of what transpired at The Civic Center Music Hall Tuesday night as Trans-Siberian Orchestra delivered its "Beethoven's Last Night" stop in Oklahoma City.
If you've never experienced a TSO performance, it's fair to say you have to see it to believe it.
The show, that brought TSO's 2000 album to the stage for the first time, was true to the band's signature over-the-top electronic heavy metal roots but this performance had a different flavor than the band's usual arena shows.
Instead of pumping TSO's music, pyrotechnics and blinding laser show to an audience of 15,000 as in past tours, this show played out in a more intimate venue to just over 2,000 fans in a theater setting.
That made for an acoustically powerful and satisfying performance. The musical mix at The Civic Center was far better than the band's arena-set Christmas shows. And I doubt many audience members were too disappointed at the lack of pyrotechnics.
Paul O'Neill, the band's founder and writer said that with "Beethoven's Last Night," he was trying to create a new genre of music performance: rock theater. In many ways, he succeeded.
The show was heavy on Broadway-style vocals with a memorable and impressive performance from Rob Evan, who played Beethoven. Chloe Lowery, whose father, David Lowery and many family members are from Oklahoma and were in the audience, was spellbinding as Theresa, Beethoven's love interest.
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