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Ruth Elleson
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« on: 10:14:14, 19-10-2007 »
The series of Glyndebourne opera screenings in selected Odeon cinemas across the UK continues next week with "Tristan und Isolde", recorded this year.  The official screening is on Thursday 25th October in Brighton, Cardiff, Guildford, Harrogate, Huddersfield, London (Covent Garden and Greenwich), Manchester, Norwich and Tunbridge Wells. There will also be a preview screening on Tuesday 23rd October at the Odeon Covent Garden, for which I am eternally grateful as it means I don't have to sit through Tristan the day before Cycle 3 (for which I have tickets) of the Royal Opera Ring begins.

It's disappointing that the selection of cinemas doesn't stretch any further north than Yorkshire - it would be nice to see the opportunity extended to those people who, for reasons of distance, have the least chance of getting to live Glyndebourne performances.

This "Tristan" is soon to be released on DVD - however, having seen it live both in its original 2003 run and the 2007 revival, I would suggest it will be pretty unmissable on a large screen and with a proper cinema sound system.  Tickets are only £7.50.

The screenings conclude on 29th November with "Giulio Cesare" as per the 2005 festival DVD.
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« Reply #1 on: 10:08:54, 25-10-2007 »
Just booked my seat for Harrogate later today!

Thanks for the heads-up, Ruth....I would have forgotten all about this, otherwise.  Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: 10:19:22, 25-10-2007 »
Ohhhhhhhhhh it was wonderful.  It's just a shame that you have to step out into the harsh lights and sounds of the "real world" afterwards in order to get home.  I wanted to be beamed back to my darkened flat and not encounter any sensory distraction for several hours.  Except perhaps a large brandy.
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« Reply #3 on: 11:49:11, 26-10-2007 »
Best Wagner production I've ever seen.  Smiley

For once, everything took second place to the music and the drama: costumes were appropriately medieval, but not ostentatious. Staging was simple, but effective and, at times, very beautiful.

Stemme is amazing and Gambill was her equal.  The rest of the cast was outstanding.

Surprised to see that this was the work of Nicholaus Lehnhoff, whose 1999 ENO Parsifal I hadn't cared for at all. 

All in all, an edifying evening.  Wagner as it ought to be done - and (probably) at a fraction of the set budget it normally takes.

Other directors, please take note and stick your 'concepts' where the sun doesn't shine.
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« Reply #4 on: 12:03:30, 26-10-2007 »
Quote from: Swan_Knight on 11:49:11, 26-10-2007
Other directors, please take note and stick your 'concepts' where the sun doesn't shine.

Fighting talk, Swan-Knight  Wink
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« Reply #5 on: 12:14:56, 26-10-2007 »
I've never seen a better Wagner production, either.

I am very glad they filmed it this year instead of in 2003 when it was new, as the original run had a terribly disappointing Brangäne (Yvonne Wiedsruck (sp?)) and Robert Gambill has improved massively since then, to the point that when I saw it this year I thought it was a different singer.

I hope that the cinema version was exactly as it will be when it's released on DVD - fading into darkness with the applause completely edited out.

I'm not sure whether I really liked all the close-ups in the filming - in one sense it would have conveyed the "feel" of the production much better had it simply had a single, head-on camera shot throughout.  On the other hand, what wonderfuly interesting, watchable faces most of the singers have - especially Bo Skovhus and Katarina Karneus.  (René Pape has a great face in close-up, but sooooo sweaty!)

This is to everybody - BUY IT ON DVD OR YOU'LL BE MISSING OUT ON A GREAT OPERA RECORDING.
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« Reply #6 on: 15:49:02, 26-10-2007 »
Yes, this will be a mandatory DVD purchase, I feel.

And, yes, Herr Pape was perspiring more than the others by the end! But not too badly for it to become a distraction.

Have to agree with Ruth about Katerina Karneuz (a singer new to me): a great face and very expressive hands, too.

A great moment in Act 3, where Isolde made her first appearance in elongated silhouette...begging the question: is it really the Grim Reaper?


I don't mean to criticise when I say it had more the feeling of a film, rather than a live performance, with excellently judged angles and shots throughout.

You get the message? It needs to be seen!

 
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