#bjornson

[blackswaneuroparedux]

I livet går skjønnheten til grunne, men ikke i kunsten

- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

[roughridingrednecks]

Bjornson in Wyoming

[j-r-on-air]

HELLO! IT HAS BEEN WAY TOO LONG! I’M BACK! GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN

It has been almost 8 years since I last posted here. I thought I would login and look at my old posts just for the fun of it. Then I decided to write a quick little blog. I live in Central Alberta now, my family has expanded from just one son, now I have five kids. I do not plan to have anymore. Life is going amazingly. I work in television now,  just as a producer. Actually hoping to sell my first TV show soon. I find out more later on in 2023. Anyway, just thought I would let you know, I am alive and doing well. And I will be back to posting here every now and then just for the fun of it. I am also on YouTube still. But just thought I would say hello thanks for reading.

[brothermouse]

Night Vale First Ward

It's remarkable really how the Church is the same wherever you go.

Just the other day I was swapping mission stories with Sister Björnson and the Ward Librarian (who we don't talk about). Even though Sister Björnson served in the Blood Fields Mission, the Librarian served in the Space-Just-Behind-You-When-You-Go-Into-A-Dark-Basement Mission, and I served in the Southern Silent Country Mission, we all had experiences cowering from the Things That Look Like Crows But Aren't.

Anyways, I'd like to bare my testimony in the non-language of the people I served.

*Elaborately pantomimes my love of the Atonement and the Restored Church*

[soprano-sfogato]

She is going to sing Think of me, isn’t she?

It still amazed me that Maria Bjørnson’s costumes perfectly captures the mood of the old-school opera.

Left: Amelita Galli-Curci as Lakmé in the opera Lakmé

Right: Sarah Brightman as Christine in The Phantom of the Opera

[dozydawn]

Amy Webster and Ron Kravette Free Dance, 1995.

Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

[bean-8540]

Robo-sibs and the PPG

+ Bjornbot and Princess Morbucks

[deanwinchesterswitch]

The burdens they carry...

The greater the burden a man takes upon his shoulders, the stronger he must be to carry it. No words are unmentionable, no action or horror beyond powers of description, if one is equal to them. ~Bjornstjerne Bjornson

[thesarahfiles]

“The Phantom of the Opera” Broadway Previews started on January 9, 1988, at the Majestic Theatre. The show opened to the public on January 26.

[phantomonabudget]

IT'S DONE!!! 🥳 My new Phantom tailsuit is complete and on its way to the UK!

Just completely in awe of what @ajmachete (IG) and his Denver Bespoke @vigilantelabs (IG) team have created for me! AHHHH!!!!! 🤩😳🤩🥰🤩

This suit is inspired by 90s era Phantom suits on Broadway. All the fabrics were sourced to provide the best possible match to the authentic stage fabrics. Anyone who has researched for the Phantom's suit knows the iconic patterned silk is prohibitively expensive and impossible to obtain. Finding a fabric that gives the same effect is incredibly difficult, but I think we found a great substitute! In fact, stumbling onto this fabric was the entire inspiration for this commission in the first place.

I contacted AJ earlier this year about constructing a new suit for my Phantom of the Opera cosplay. Immediately, I knew I made an excellent choice. He and his team made the whole process smooth. They are top professionals in their craft, and it is evident in this exquisite result. If you need any bespoke tailoring done for your cosplay, or if you have an idea for a cool everyday garment, please give AJ and his team a look!

Thank you AJ for this amazing piece of art! 🥰

I cannot wait to receive the suit and don the mask for the first time in nearly three years. I am so excited for the upcoming conventions, photoshoots, and shenanigans with the @the_phananigans (IG) in/around London! ❤️🇬🇧

I also hope to use this new version of the cosplay to highlight some of our outstanding artists in the Phantom community. Standby for future collaborations. 😎

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Kahlil Gibran. Mark Twain. Christa Wolf. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. George Eliot. Jhumpa Lahiri. Sappho. Robert Burton. Victor Hugo. William Hope Hodgson. Mark Z. Danielewiski. H.G. Wells.

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Ja, vi elsker dette landet, som det stiger frem, furet, værbitt over vannet, med de tusen hjem, - elsker, elsker det og tenker på vår far og mor og den saganatt som senker drømmer på vår jord. Og den saganatt som senker, senker drømmer på vår jord.

- Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson, Song for Norway (1864)

Yes, we love this country as it rises forth, rugged, weathered, over the water, with the thousands of homes, - love, love it and think of our father and mother and the saga-night that lays dreams upon our earth. And the saga-night that lays, lays dreams upon our earth.

Photo: Sverd i fjell is a commemorative monument located in the Hafrsfjord neighborhood of Madla, just outside of the city of Stavanger, Norway. At the Hafrsfjord, the monument Sverd i fjell (Swords in rock) towers over the bay. The site was most probably where Harald Fairhair gathered Norway into one kingdom in 872. The monument consists of three swords that are fixed into the grown. They symbolise peace, unity and freedom.

[stinkfacestories]

Halfthor Fulweight

[federer7]

Model Karen Bjornson. Vogue June 1, 1974

Photo: Oliviero Toscani

[jeremyonthelair]

So after ten years of watching the show only from bootlegs, I eventually got chance to see it in person, started with the Chinese and then the Korean production this year. And luckily it was the Brilliant Original in its entirety in Korea.

Playout is always one of my top favourite moments from the musical, so I made this compilation as a memory of my very first experience.

And this way, my 2023 Phantom Journey came to a curtain call.

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This video is to pay tribute to the Brilliant Original Production itself, to the original creative team as a whole, and to the genius designer Maria Björnson in particular, whose vision has been testified by a standing ovation from phans all over the world throughout the years.

This compilation contains:

• My recordings from the 2023 Chinese Production in Shanghai, and the 2023 Korean Production in Seoul

• A clip published on Weibo by @天酱_

• A clip published on Twitter by Conductor Yang Juin (Musical Director of Phantom Korea)

Available on YouTube at:

[fdelopera]

I’m glad that Laird got to come back to Phantom to help close out the show. He’s been with Phantom since the old sit-down Toronto production, and he’s one of the OG OGs.

I know that things are ending on an absolutely batshit note (how could it be any other way for an ALW production?) but at least an old school Phantom is there to bring down the curtain (and Maria Björnson’s chandelier).