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Ring, ring, why don't you give me a view?
Jan. 12th, 2017 09:23 pmI posted in the summer about the terrific performance of Opera North's Götterdämmerung that I went to see. Now I can see the rest of them, as can you, because BBC4 is broadcasting Das Rheingold on the evening of 12 February, and then the rest online. See here for a trailer.
In case this semi-staged concert performance, or the auditorium of Leeds Town Hall* is too visually exciting for you, fear not!
The whole thing will also be available to viewers outside the UK.
Have the trailer:
*It is pretty special. I was in a couple of the LEA's children's music concerts, and spent the bits counting rests etc.** gawping at the faux marble pillars that look like giant bruised legs and reading the inscriptions round the top. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh bvt in vain. Now there's a line that would cheese of Captain Vimes.
**Clarinet...
In case this semi-staged concert performance, or the auditorium of Leeds Town Hall* is too visually exciting for you, fear not!
In addition to the four complete films of the Ring operas, Opera North will also release a full Ring cycle ‘conductor-cam’ online. This sixteen-hour film is made up of a single shot of Richard Farnes conducting the entire cycle, one of the longest and most complex pieces of music ever written, which places incredible demands on its conductor.
The whole thing will also be available to viewers outside the UK.
Have the trailer:
*It is pretty special. I was in a couple of the LEA's children's music concerts, and spent the bits counting rests etc.** gawping at the faux marble pillars that look like giant bruised legs and reading the inscriptions round the top. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh bvt in vain. Now there's a line that would cheese of Captain Vimes.
**Clarinet...