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Il Grande Inquisitor
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« Reply #45 on: 22:01:40, 17-03-2008 »
There are still plenty of seats left, martle. The first night is sold out in the Stalls, but there are some seats in the Balcony and plenty in the Amphi still going (£5-£50).  http://esales.roh.org.uk/tickets/production.aspx?pid=4026
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« Reply #46 on: 22:02:39, 17-03-2008 »
I do indeed,martle.  I was underwhelmed. However I am hoping to give Punch and Judy a try, and I know I would far rather see it than The Merry Schmaltzy Widow.  And probably then Der Rosenkavalier as well.
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« Reply #47 on: 22:05:03, 17-03-2008 »
Quote from: Il Grande Inquisitor on 22:01:40, 17-03-2008
There are still plenty of seats left, martle. The first night is sold out in the Stalls, but there are some seats in the Balcony and plenty in the Amphi still going (£5-£50).  http://esales.roh.org.uk/tickets/production.aspx?pid=4026

Indeed, Cardinal sire. I am ON IT!!  Smiley

DB, well, quite!  Cheesy
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« Reply #48 on: 22:17:06, 17-03-2008 »
Quote from: martle on 21:58:42, 17-03-2008
On each occasion I knew I was seeing something that moved the genre on a nudge or two. For that reason, I'll bribe, blackmail and possibly dismember to get into the Minotaur. I don't think you get a truly innovative and artistically gold-plated composer like HB coming along very often to contribute to musical theatre, and he fits that bill, IMO.

I'm a bit of an old hand at Birtwistle operas, and was at the premieres of both The Mask of Orpheus and Gawain, and saw the first production of Yan Tan Tethera: Orpheus - that second act in particular - was a life-changing experience, taking opera into places where one had never quite imagined it would go, and for this listener was never quite the same again.  At the moment, I'm trying to sort out my silly work schedule so it's good to know that there are plenty of seats left for The Minotaur, if I can fix it.
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« Reply #49 on: 22:25:51, 17-03-2008 »
Quote from: Don Basilio on 22:02:39, 17-03-2008
I do indeed,martle.  I was underwhelmed.
I was distinctly underwhelmed by TSMK too, DB, so I wouldn't take that as a reflection on Birtwistle's other operas.

As for my past Birtwistle experience, since we're all comparing notes here, I've only seen the QEH semi-staging of TSMK, but I've seen the premiere stagings of The Last Supper (well, the tour - I went to Milton Keynes!), The Io Passion, and ... erm, I thought there was one more but I think I might have miscounted. I have Punch and Judy, The Mask of Orpheus and Gawain on CD (and courtesy of a man in a kilt a DVD of the original, uncut version of Gawain), but haven't seen any of them live, which is a pity, since for my money they're the best three, in roughly descending order of interest (although I have considerably more time for Gawain than some people seem to).

I've just this afternoon got hold of a copy of the spring issue of the Musical Times, which contains an interview with HB about The Minotaur.
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« Reply #50 on: 22:45:15, 17-03-2008 »
As there are still plenty of seats for The Minotaur, I would continue to recommend that members hold off booking in the hope of a special offer code being released!

I will keep an eye on my email (though they probably won't email me any offers as I already have a ticket) and in the Metro, which is where these things often appear.  I'll pass on any relevant information to you all!
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« Reply #51 on: 22:56:06, 17-03-2008 »
That's very kind of you, Ruth. Thanks! Kiss
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« Reply #52 on: 22:56:20, 17-03-2008 »
Quote from: Ruth Elleson on 22:45:15, 17-03-2008
As there are still plenty of seats for The Minotaur, I would continue to recommend that members hold off booking in the hope of a special offer code being released!
<--------- a booking guru speaks. I, for one, am taking note.  Wink
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« Reply #53 on: 21:05:06, 22-03-2008 »
Quote from: Il Grande Inquisitor on 20:11:10, 05-03-2008
You can read more information about The Minotaur here and David Harsent's libretto will be published soon.

I see that the libretto has now been published.
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« Reply #54 on: 17:32:34, 03-04-2008 »
I am going to the Study Evening on THE MINOTAUR tonight - will I see any of you there?
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« Reply #55 on: 17:34:42, 03-04-2008 »
Quote from: operacat on 17:32:34, 03-04-2008
I am going to the Study Evening on THE MINOTAUR tonight - will I see any of you there?

Sadly, I shan't be there this evening, operacat, but I look forward to a report on what you learn about the new opera.  Smiley
I think it was rather a pity this wasn't one of their Study Days instead, as combining it with an opera/ concert in the evening makes it worthwhile trekking up to London.
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« Reply #56 on: 21:46:48, 03-04-2008 »
Sadly I can't leave the country at present (I have to clock-up the requisite number of days permanently here to gain my Permanent Residency status at long last...) so I shall have to wish you all the best enjoyment of THE MINOTAUR and rely on your descriptions of what I missed Sad
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« Reply #57 on: 01:29:34, 04-04-2008 »
Quote from: Il Grande Inquisitor on 17:34:42, 03-04-2008
Sadly, I shan't be there this evening, operacat, but I look forward to a report on what you learn about the new opera. 

Yes please!
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« Reply #58 on: 12:45:38, 04-04-2008 »
Ditto, operacat. (I mean to Harpy's 'Yes please' rather than that I was at the study evening.)

This week's 'Music Matters', 12 15 tomorrow, is also devoted to The Minotaur.
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« Reply #59 on: 14:30:46, 04-04-2008 »
I presume R3 is not relaying a single note of an opera at Covent Garden by one of Britain's most important living composers?

Sad 

More Lehmann-Brothers pap "from the Met" fills the airwaves - like we needed another indifferent BOHEME this week?

Edit although I can't find a sausage on the R3 site, a Search brings up a snippet in the BBC Press Room, that Petroc Trelawney will be discussing it tomorrow...  but the broadcast won't be until an unspecified date in May
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/radio/wk15/sat.shtml
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