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uffeviking

July 24, 2008, 07:35:12 PM
Your dream come true: You now can WATCH all the performances in the comfort of your livingroom or study, or wherever you have your computer.

http://live.bayreuther-festspiele.de/live.html?lang=en

(poco) Sforzando

#1
July 24, 2008, 08:06:32 PM
Quote from: uffeviking on July 24, 2008, 07:35:12 PM
Your dream come true: You now can WATCH all the performances in the comfort of your livingroom or study, or wherever you have your computer.

http://live.bayreuther-festspiele.de/live.html?lang=en

All this for 49 euros or the equivalent.
"I don't know what sforzando means, though it clearly means something."

uffeviking

#2
July 24, 2008, 08:18:06 PM
Oh hell, I didn't read the small print!  >:(

One of my faults, reading the headline, jubilate, plaster links all over the opera world and then end up with egg on my face. Not too bad a damage though, because the egg was tossed by a friend, thank you for using scrambled instead of hard boiled eggs!  :-*

karlhenning

#3
July 24, 2008, 08:51:48 PM
Have a paper towel, Lis?  0:)

uffeviking

#4
July 24, 2008, 09:02:15 PM
Thank you, Spezi! So reassuring to know I can always rely on you for sympathy!  :-*

uffeviking

#5
July 25, 2008, 03:54:29 PM
Parsifal is over and the performance has been praised, kind of, by our absent Wagner cholar. He lead us to Bayreuth's additional source of income: The sale of production photos at € 12.50:

http://fotobestellung.bayreuther-festspiele.de/shop/artikel/0sp_parsifal_17s.html

uffeviking

#6
July 25, 2008, 08:09:46 PM Last Edit: July 25, 2008, 08:12:16 PM by uffeviking
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: - That's tomorrow, Saturday!

Dirigent Peter Schneider
Inszenierung Christoph Marthaler
Kostüme & Bühnenbild Anna Viebrock
Chorleitung
Eberhard Friedrich

Tristan Robert Dean Smith
König Marke Robert Holl
Isolde Iréne Theorin
Kurwenal Jukka Rasilainen
Melot Ralf Lukas
Brangäne Michelle Breedt
Junger Seemann Clemens Bieber
Ein Hirt Arnold Bezuyen
Ein Steuermann Martin Snell

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uffeviking

#7
July 28, 2008, 08:29:44 AM
Have any of you followed the spectacle a few months ago when the NY Met had to use four or five Tristans because Ben Heppner had become ill, one ran with his head into the prompter's box because of scenery malfunction? It was Robert Dean Smith who save the performances, and he was the one singing in Bayreuth. Believe me, he is good! A very young, lyrical voice, but strong enough to take him with flying colors through the grueling last act. No weakening, as so often happens to other tenors in this role; if anything, he became stronger, more emotional, including a few of what I call 'catches' in the voice. You call it a sob? Tenors do it in Italian roles; Smith's use of it as Tristan fits perfectly.

You shoulda heard him!  ;D 8)

bhodges

#8
July 28, 2008, 08:47:54 AM
Quote from: uffeviking on July 28, 2008, 08:29:44 AM
Have any of you followed the spectacle a few months ago when the NY Met had to use four or five Tristans because Ben Heppner had become ill, one ran with his head into the prompter's box because of scenery malfunction? It was Robert Dean Smith who save the performances, and he was the one singing in Bayreuth. Believe me, he is good! A very young, lyrical voice, but strong enough to take him with flying colors through the grueling last act. No weakening, as so often happens to other tenors in this role; if anything, he became stronger, more emotional, including a few of what I call 'catches' in the voice. You call it a sob? Tenors do it in Italian roles; Smith's use of it as Tristan fits perfectly.

You shoulda heard him!  ;D 8)

Lis, I was *at* the Tristan performance when Smith sang--and banged his head.  (It was really scary for a few minutes.)  But the accident aside, I thought he did a very good job, especially on short notice.  Sounds like his triumph at the Met wasn't a fluke, which is great to hear.

--Bruce

uffeviking

#9
July 28, 2008, 08:54:52 AM
Oh, it was he who banged his head; had forgotten who the unfortunate tenor was. Sure didn't do any damage to his vocal cords!  8)

uffeviking

#10
July 28, 2008, 09:03:09 AM
OK, who banged his head?

This one says it was Lehman:

Name: Vincent Vargas, New York, writing in his Wagner Blog.

Many thought that Gary Lehman deserved the HD telecast and radio broadcast, especially after replacing John Mac Master and at the same time getting clunked on the head when he slid down the stage right into the prompter's box.   ???

bhodges

#11
July 28, 2008, 09:04:20 AM
Oops, sorry, my bad: it *was* Lehman.  Never mind... :-[  (There were so many Tristan's I lost count...)

Well, glad Smith sounds good!  IIRC he was in the movie broadcast.

--Bruce

Sergeant Rock

#13
July 30, 2008, 05:06:23 AM
Gramophone has a review of Meistersinger: a new production by Katharina Wagner, and quite radical.

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=3068&newssectionID=1


Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
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