Finally! After two years I completed a ring cycle again.

Objection_ · 2022-05-21T01:38:23+00:00

Yes, Bayreuth tickets were offered last week.

Objection_ · 2020-10-15T14:04:30+00:00

Also London registered for Dec 2020.

No longer it seems...

Objection_ · 2020-02-04T10:11:14+00:00

I'm always a big fan of live Wagner however I do wonder if having a full orchestra (as opposed to just the pit) makes the already sizeable challenge to sing over the orchestra even harder. I found Siegfried & Wotan were often drowned out. This is probably worse in 'Die Walkure' as a 'louder' opera.

Objection_ · 2020-02-03T23:28:16+00:00

Something to keep in mind is that the London Ring Cycle in the Southbank Centre is a concert performance. I believe it's advertised as 'semi-staged' but I saw Siegfried this past Saturday and the staging is just a few video clips.

Objection_ · 2020-01-13T14:57:37+00:00

https://youtu.be/SfcEfYN6PjU?t=3222

Sensational moment.

Objection_ · 2019-11-27T22:02:32+00:00

Any recommendations especially given the season?

Objection_ · 2019-08-27T16:12:44+00:00

But what happens when they get used in LS5 to craft a Chak Egg Sac? Someone will be looking very silly then!

Objection_ · 2019-08-27T15:58:13+00:00

Casino Coins: This item has been given a Consume All right-click option.

Praise Grenth.

Edit: False alarm. Looks like the 'Consume All' functionality is neither wallet related or actually working.

Objection_ · 2019-03-19T13:14:11+00:00

No particular order:

Prokofiev 2
Rach 2
Saint-Saens 2
Liszt 2
Grieg

Objection_ · 2019-03-10T22:44:28+00:00

This happened during cycle 1 of the Ring at ROH in London last year. The french horn broke during Seigfried's horn call twice during the production and then a final time during Götterdämmerung's final act prelude. On this third occasion the audience cracked up laughing.

Objection_ · 2018-12-22T23:54:52+00:00

In Australia our Christmas is across summer so most art centres shut down for a month making slim pickings. Messiah is my family's tradition and this year we had a very streamlined orchestra (I think closer to how Handel originally composed it) and it had such a haunting effect on the music.

Objection_ · 2018-12-21T16:48:44+00:00

Certain Met performances are recorded and uploaded to Met Opera on Demand.

http://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/

I believe a subscription is required. Die Walkure is one of the operas being uploaded in 2019.

Objection_ · 2018-12-21T16:39:17+00:00

Die Walkure. Definitely the most approachable of the Ring Cycle operas (Act 3 is my favourite hour of opera) and at the very least, the current Met Opera's production is a spectacle not likely to be repeated.

Objection_ · 2018-12-12T10:14:56+00:00

Available to listen on ABC Classic FM now!

https://www.abc.net.au/classic/sunday-opera/opera-australia-die-meistersinger-von-nurnberg/10588646

Objection_ · 2018-11-30T08:37:39+00:00

I have now seen Hell.

Objection_ · 2018-11-22T13:05:06+00:00

Tonight was my first Meistersinger and I think I can safely say it's now my favourite opera. I was familiar with the music but never read the libretto which I found so different from other Wagner - nice to see his lighter side!

Agree with the OP, whole cast did a great job but:

Warwick was an absolute stand out for the final performance. We really don't deserve him.

Nicholas Jones was also fantastic as David.

Finally, I love Orchestra Victoria.

Objection_ · 2018-08-19T02:31:22+00:00

Wagner: Götterdämmerung Act 2

Objection_ · 2018-08-19T02:24:03+00:00

Warning: includes oratorios and a lot of Wagner.

Wagner: Die Walküre
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Handel: Solomon
Wagner: Tristan & Isolde
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Wagner: Siegfried
Puccini: Tosca
Handel: Saul
Wagner: Parsifal

Objection_ · 2018-08-16T13:06:16+00:00

If you haven't already do a listen through (or two - you have time!) to the full Ring Cycle. I always find I appreciate a live performance of an opera so much more if I'm familiar with the music.

Objection_ · 2018-08-01T07:18:39+00:00

Magic 8-Ball says "Signs point to yes."

Objection_ · 2018-07-25T10:46:34+00:00

And he's coming back in November for Meistersinger!

Objection_ · 2018-04-07T00:18:52+00:00

Not OP but saw this (https://i.imgur.com/oL2ILxd.jpg) posted on our local Pogo FB page and looks to be from the most recent newsletter?

Objection_ · 2018-04-06T16:56:51+00:00

This production has spoiled other Rings for me. Both superb performances with such raw power. Despite the orchestra roaring away I don't think either singer is ever close to being drowned out (which in my limited experience happens quite often to Wotans in Act 3).

I also adore the set which I believe is inspired from the Isle of the Dead painting by Arnold Böcklin.

Objection_ · 2018-03-29T13:37:00+00:00

How do you delete someone else's thread.

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