Reply With QuoteI find Lebrecht slightly too much. And rather a touch too pessimistic. But the comment section is fun!Originally Posted by sospiro
I'm with "Gurnemanz" -- I'd like to know the name of that bass-baritone to whom Chereau refers.
I find Lebrecht slightly too much. And rather a touch too pessimistic. But the comment section is fun!
In a move for further web domination, the Bayerische Staatsoper has made public plans to broadcast 7 performances live during the next season. The first stream will be of Jürg Widmann's new opera Babylon, and the remaining six performances will be made public later.
And in addition, presumably because the Bayerische is awesome, there will be English subtitles! And there was much rejoicing!
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Web domination? I like the concept... how do I get Opera Lively to dominate the web?
Now, seriouosly. Are these performances available outside of Europe? OK, I clicked on your clicky source thingy and they say "all over the world." Still... do these avant-garde, Regie people think of Ameribore, I mean, the United States, as being part of what they refer to as "the world?" I've had some disappointments when clicking on those things, and getting the dreadful "your connection comes from outside of the available area for this broadcast."
I wish we knew what other six operas will be shown.
'Cause the season at the Bayerishe is *incredibly* boring. Very extensive, sure, but other than the three new operas including a Henze (in itself, notable, since what other company is premiering *three* contemporary operas?), virtually EVERYTHING else is business as usual; your standard top 30 repertory. Not even some variation, some poorly known Baroque operas, or some neglected operas by the main composers. Just business as usual.
So, I sincerely hope that all three new operas are included in this group of seven - because seeing some more Toscas and Bohèmes and Rigolettos won't add much to this Web domination.
They do have two complete Ring cycles, but I doubt they'll be streaming that.
And for a company that wants to dominate the web, they need to learn some obvious stuff in the art of advertising.
1. Announce it more widely - not with just a note on some partner website and some hidden section of their own
2. LIST the freaking 7 operas they're planning to broadcast, dammit!
3. Mention ALL seven dates, not just the first one, so that people mark their calendars.
So, for now, I guess they're going for amateur dominance, which is not likely to, well, dominate.
But I guess I shouldn't be nitpicking. Free is free, and it is welcome.
(This is not a criticism of you, of course, Aksel. Thanks for posting. It's just that this partial announcement from the Bayerishe is irritating and silly - not a good diffusion strategy)
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"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
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I do too. I think it was Opera Cake that coined it when Bayerische were doing that Capuletti e Montecchi stream thing. Or it might have been about La Monnaie. But anyway:
This is one of the great advantages to living in Europe, you know. But have you seen any of Bayerische's streams before? I think these will be viewable from outside Germany and Europe.Now, seriouosly. Are these performances available outside of Europe? OK, I clicked on your clicky source thingy and they say "all over the world." Still... do these avant-garde, Regie people think of Ameribore, I mean, the United States, as being part of what they refer to as "the world?" I've had some disappointments when clicking on those things, and getting the dreadful "your connection comes from outside of the available area for this broadcast."
I do too, but it seems like their strategy is that people can't do long-term planning, and so they'll announce it a couple of weeks in advance, or something.I wish we knew what other six operas will be shown.
Yeah. They even seem to have nicknamed the season 'Vox populi', so not much hope there. But at least the new Tosca is a Bieito production! *takes cover from incoming bricks everywhere*'Cause the season at the Bayerishe is *incredibly* boring. Very extensive, sure, but other than the three new operas including a Henze (in itself, notable, since what other company is premiering *three* contemporary operas?), virtually EVERYTHING else is business as usual; your standard top 30 repertory. Not even some variation, some poorly known Baroque operas, or some neglected operas by the main composers. Just business as usual.
There is at least some good stuff there, I mean, a new Boris Godunov, for instance. But yes, I agree. The season overall looks rather boring and lacklustre.
Again, BIEITO Tosca. Also, BIEITO Godunov and a TCHERNIAKOV Simon Boccanegra. There will be domination of some kind or another.So, I sincerely hope that all three new operas are included in this group of seven - because seeing some more Toscas and Bohèmes and Rigolettos won't add much to this Web domination.
I doubt Written on Skin will be streamed, as there already exists a recording of it from the Aix festival, and I would think that ROH is planning on recording it as well. It's not unlikely that they will be showing the Henze, to showcase their young artists.
I hope they're streaming the Ariadne with Ewa-Marie Westbroek in the title role and the Falstaff, if for nothing else, then for Ewa Podles' Quickly.
They've already done that, I think. At least the Götterdämmerung. Maybe they'll stream the Tristan (fingers crossed. I want to hear Gary Lehman as Tristan and find out excactly what I missed out on when he withdrew from the Oslo production).They do have two complete Ring cycles, but I doubt they'll be streaming that.
I think so. I remember we all watched Fidelio together when it was live streamed. Well Nat was watching but went for a shower & missed the naked Kaufmann bit during the interval.
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Naked Kaufmann???!!!I think so. I remember we all watched Fidelio together when it was live streamed. Well Nat was watching but went for a shower & missed the naked Kaufmann bit during the interval.
Gee, I think I've just forgiven Bieito for that business with Don Fernando. And I wonder why the folks at the Staatsoper declined to have this released on video. Can you imagine the sales?
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The New York Times has an article about the economic crisis for American opera companies: [here]
Meanwhile the Met posted a balanced budget for the second season in a row. Mr. Peter Gelb does have his strengths.
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
Thankfully, our local company (Cincinnati) is on sound financial footing -- sound enough that the artistic director was talking about expanding the number of productions and/or performances in the future. At the same time, though, the company is also looking at smaller venues than gigantic Music Hall (second-largest opera house, in terms of auditorium size/seating capacity, in the U.S.) for certain productions, which I suspect is a cost-saving measure. Three of the four productions scheduled for the 2013 season will be in Music Hall, but the fourth (Glass' Galileo Galilei) will be in the much smaller auditorium at the School for Creative and Performing Arts.
Well, I went once to the Music Hall and I do think Glass's opera will be much better staged in a smaller house, savings or no savings.
Just found out that the Jonas will be participating in the Phoenix Opera's gala concert late next February. For a relatively small opera company, this is a real coup. Some of it is just lucky timing, of course; Kaufmann will be in the States then in connection with the Met's new Parsifal production. But, man, am I envious! Our local performing arts organizations (opera or symphony) need to find a way to lure him to this neck of the woods during one of his stays on this side of the Atlantic.
25 people for Opera's next wave, according to Opera News.
http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_...Next_Wave.html
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More Nazi trouble at Bayreuth:
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"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
Some more information has been released by Katharina Wagner on future Bayreuth Festivals. That Wolfgang Koch will sing Wotan, and Catherine Foster has replaced Angela Denoke as Brünnhilde in next year’s new Ring cycle may not be that newsworthy (Lance Ryan is slated to sing Siegfried). Also, that the very controversial Jonathan Meese, who has been seen online giving the Hitler salute and likes to adorn his homepage with the Iron Cross, has been engaged to direct a new production of Parsifal at the 2016 Festival became public knowledge in the wake of the Evgeny Nikitin tattoo flap. The other details, which may or may not be known, include:
- The 2016 Festival will also feature a new production of Tristan und Isolde, with Christian Thielemann conducting and Katharina Wagner responsible for the staging. Stephen Gould and Eva Maria Westbroek will sing the two leads.
- There will be a new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in 2017, followed by new productions of Lohengrin in 2018 and Tannhäuser in 2019, and finally, a new Ring in 2020. No details regarding cast members, conductors, or stage directors have yet been released.
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