Judith Dueck

We went to the ABBA voyage concert. Great technology. Fabulous. The aviators looked just like the real thing. Loved that they had the original images and also how the ABBA people look now. I was really astonished at what was done to get them to look real - walking and hugging and brushing hair. Facial expressions. hands on keyboard. Amazing. Mostly great choice of songs. BUT the sound was awful. Way too loud. overpowering. The live orchestra overpowered everything. ABBA did not even sound like ABBA. It was tinny. The close harmonies that make ABBA famous just weren't there. The nuance was not there. The sensitive songs were blasted out and there was no emotional power - just all loud. I didn't find the animation movie effective. I wanted to bask in the joy of the music but the whole thing was just too loud with no sensitivity, especially on the the very sensitive songs. Sorry - because of the quality of the music, the show falls short.