Will you have an opera season?
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1lilithcat
Lyric Opera of Chicago has just announced that it has cancelled the first half of the 2020-21 season, September through December. As has the Metropolitan Opera.
No surprise, really, as singing is a very effective spreader of COVID-19.
What's going on with opera in your neck of the woods?
No surprise, really, as singing is a very effective spreader of COVID-19.
What's going on with opera in your neck of the woods?
2LolaWalser
It kills me how this bloody plague attacked all that's best about human life--being together, dancing, singing...
No idea on what's going on here specially but I've been out of the opera loop here forever. I'm still entering my music so I've been listening more to recordings, there's that.
No idea on what's going on here specially but I've been out of the opera loop here forever. I'm still entering my music so I've been listening more to recordings, there's that.
3abbottthomas
No Covent Garden, no Glyndeboune, no Grange
Park Opera, no ENO, and, this week, Wexford Opera Festival cancelled.
They are trying with lots of streaming but it is not the same.
I have tickets for a semi-staged Ring at the Festival Hall in London next January but I am not optimistic.
It’s awful :-(
Park Opera, no ENO, and, this week, Wexford Opera Festival cancelled.
They are trying with lots of streaming but it is not the same.
I have tickets for a semi-staged Ring at the Festival Hall in London next January but I am not optimistic.
It’s awful :-(
4Meredy
Not even Opera San Jose, deep in the hotspot of Santa Clara County in California. I attended their excellent "Il Trovatore" on March 1st (wondering afterward how many menacing little spiked viral spheres were distributed that day), and that was it. No remainder of season, and for now nothing further in sight.
However, I did tune in to the Met's wonderful virtual gala in April. The high point was the thrilling "Va, pensiero" with chorus united only onscreen. This was not a substitute for live in-theatre performances, but it was some comfort nonetheless.
However, I did tune in to the Met's wonderful virtual gala in April. The high point was the thrilling "Va, pensiero" with chorus united only onscreen. This was not a substitute for live in-theatre performances, but it was some comfort nonetheless.
5lilithcat
The Met has cancelled the remainder of the 20-21 season. Lyric hasn't yet, but I'll bet that's coming. They're planning a variety of online programming, including master classes with Sir Andrew Davis. One intriguing addition: "Twilight: Gods", and event also being done by Michigan Opera Theatre, and here's a description from their website: https://michiganopera.org/season-schedule/twilight-gods/
6abbottthomas
Wagner in a car park sounds interesting although I'm not sure that the poetry "connecting (his) mythology with our here-and-now" is quite my scene. Probably good acoustics for the Wagner tubas.
I just got my refund (less a donation) from the LPO after they had pulled their Ring cycle next January - sad, but I don't think I will be trusting London public transport until next spring, if then.
I haven't watched much streaming over the summer but I noticed the Wigmore Hall's free season and thoroughly recommend it. Perhaps one of London's less well-known venues, it is a very attractive small concert hall that consistently attracts top-quality performers - rarely opera but lots of lieder, chamber and keyboard. Only problem is the uncomfortable seating - no dozing off!
There was a good concert of Beethoven and Schumann songs from Ian Bostridge yesterday and a great performance of the Art of Fugue by Angela Hewitt a few days ago. They do allow a (much reduced) live audience in - much better than an empty hall.
You can sign up at https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/ at no cost, although they do, of course, appreciate donations! Archived concerts remain available for some time. Sorry! sounds like a commercial but I have no connection.
I just got my refund (less a donation) from the LPO after they had pulled their Ring cycle next January - sad, but I don't think I will be trusting London public transport until next spring, if then.
I haven't watched much streaming over the summer but I noticed the Wigmore Hall's free season and thoroughly recommend it. Perhaps one of London's less well-known venues, it is a very attractive small concert hall that consistently attracts top-quality performers - rarely opera but lots of lieder, chamber and keyboard. Only problem is the uncomfortable seating - no dozing off!
There was a good concert of Beethoven and Schumann songs from Ian Bostridge yesterday and a great performance of the Art of Fugue by Angela Hewitt a few days ago. They do allow a (much reduced) live audience in - much better than an empty hall.
You can sign up at https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/ at no cost, although they do, of course, appreciate donations! Archived concerts remain available for some time. Sorry! sounds like a commercial but I have no connection.
7lilithcat
>6 abbottthomas:
Sorry! sounds like a commercial
No worries!
It's great to find out about all the various streaming options.
Sorry! sounds like a commercial
No worries!
It's great to find out about all the various streaming options.
8Meredy
It's a full year now since I've attended a fully staged opera production. Longest I've gone since 1983.
10abbottthomas
The anniversary of my last outing is coming up on March 9th. We went to see Fidelio at the Royal Opera House, hoping to hear Jonas Kaufmann. He, however, was ill - replaced at the last minute by David Butt Philip. We didn't mind too much as the peerless Lise Davidsen gave a stunning performance as Leonora.
This was only a couple of weeks before the start of Britain's Covid lockdown and it turned out that Amanda Forsythe, singing Marzelline, was herself ill at the time, as were other singers and backstage workers. She later tested positive for Covid antibodies as did Lise Davidsen.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/08/arts/amanda-forsythe-recovering-her-voice...
We sat a long way from the stage but I wonder just how many in the crowded auditorium had the virus. I remember remarking to my wife that there seemed to be less coughing than usual - maybe nobody dared to cough for fear of expulsion!
Some of the UK summer opera should go ahead with greatly reduced audiences and I have hopes for the Wexford festival in October but, despite having had the vaccine, I don't feel in any great hurry to join in indoor events.
This was only a couple of weeks before the start of Britain's Covid lockdown and it turned out that Amanda Forsythe, singing Marzelline, was herself ill at the time, as were other singers and backstage workers. She later tested positive for Covid antibodies as did Lise Davidsen.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/08/arts/amanda-forsythe-recovering-her-voice...
We sat a long way from the stage but I wonder just how many in the crowded auditorium had the virus. I remember remarking to my wife that there seemed to be less coughing than usual - maybe nobody dared to cough for fear of expulsion!
Some of the UK summer opera should go ahead with greatly reduced audiences and I have hopes for the Wexford festival in October but, despite having had the vaccine, I don't feel in any great hurry to join in indoor events.
11Meredy
Mine was Il Trovatore, one of my favorites, and a fine performance at Opera San Jose. My opera companion skipped it because of worry about the new virus, but I went, thinking it was a little bit silly of her. I had a lovely intermission chat with the 90-year-old woman who sat behind me.
Two weeks later I was recalling the free mingling of the crowds in the lobby and around the concessions, slipping between little clusters of chatting friends with my intermission champagne, and not worrying about contagion at all. Wondering how long it would be before we could ever do such a thing again unburdened by fear and heavy thoughts. Wondering how many sudden cases in Santa Clara County were spawned that day.
Two weeks later I was recalling the free mingling of the crowds in the lobby and around the concessions, slipping between little clusters of chatting friends with my intermission champagne, and not worrying about contagion at all. Wondering how long it would be before we could ever do such a thing again unburdened by fear and heavy thoughts. Wondering how many sudden cases in Santa Clara County were spawned that day.
