At last, it's here!!! :) EDIT - And it's finally Available.

Congrats, Rain.

That's huge.
Very cool Rain.
Savor the moment

I don't think I've ever heard or seen anything from Cirque that was not top notch in every way possible.
 
Link to a preview:  http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/zarkana/show/about.aspx  click the "preview" button, and see the lovely Ms Rain and the many other talented performers. Looks like a superb show.
 
Congrats to you both!!!

 
Congratulations Krist!
 
That preview is awesome, thanks for the link Herb.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tell Ms. Rain that Bapu sez Yeah!!!!!

Wow! Cool! Congrats to your wife! Will definitely be checking this out

CD will ship 7/23 or 23/7, depending on where you live. 
 
In all honesty, I prefer the original versions, which they play in the show - though there are a couple of nice little things.
 
I feel that the composer should have left the songs alone, but, having to revisit the material for the Xth time, I guess he felt the need to express his artistic integrity and to give priority to his creativity. You know how some people insist on trying to be original and to express their creativity at all cost...
 
So he re-arranged/re-mixed/Pro Tools-ed everything - and heavily abused plug-ins in the process. In the end, to my ears, that is what it sounds like - like a Pro Tools engineer going Gung Ho. 
 
IMHO, they should have recorded the regular tracks and offered what's on this CD as a bonus.
 
BUT: My wife's vocals are stunning, no matter how you cut and paste and eq and distort everything around it. ;)

Guitarhacker
I don't think I've ever heard or seen anything from Cirque that was not top notch in every way possible.
 
Link to a preview:  http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/zarkana/show/about.aspx  click the "preview" button, and see the lovely Ms Rain and the many other talented performers. Looks like a superb show.
 
Congrats to you both!!!

 
Wow! That gave me goose bumps! I'd love to see that!
 
I could have been going to Vegas this summer actually... stupid bureaucracy prevented that!
 
Will the album be available on iTunes and such? That seems to be the only place to find Cirque albums over here. I've been addicted to the Allgria album for quite some time, amongst others.

Nice preview.  Too bad they don't do anything tricky in it though...
 
I guess since she graces the cover they didn't feel the need to put more than 0.13 seconds of Cassiopee in that preview!

Thanks, guys. I think it's one of the good shows, honestly. Though the stunning visuals and are there and though there are glimpses of the typical "visual poetry" as I call it, the show itself is less artsy and more dramatic - it was written as some kind of rock opera, and it was written especially for Broadway, so it is different. 
 
Craig - actually, there's a bit more than 0.13 seconds; besides the Spider Lady featured on the CD, she plays and sings the part of the Snake Lady which we see quite a bit of in this preview;
 
Suspended behind the high wire in this shot, with her serpent dress running to the ground through a trap:
 

 
Close up:

 
She plays and sings the part of Lia, the lady in red which we see briefly once or twice in this preview:
 

 
She plays and sings the part of the Mandragora - which I didn't spot in this one -
 

 
And she also does the voice for the pickled lady, an animated character which we can also see in the preview.
 

 
So there's actually quite a bit of her. But never enough. ;)
 
 
Marius: I don't know yet but I will keep you posted. :)

Wow she is incredibly talented.

All that and she shoots zombies while wearing less than Lara Croft.  She is X3.
 
Cool.

Not sure if it's available in the rest of the world but it has finally been added to iTunes Canada and US.
 
https://itunes.apple.com/...um/zarkana/id672096947

No need, Rain gave him a free copy.

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