Royal Opera Season 25/26

[johnn10]

Not 100% sure of this but I thought that Angela Rayner was keen on opera and attended at Covent Garden.

Not sure that Covent Garden is grand enough for Angela Rayner now.

[Roger Webb]

The broadcast opera tonight is the 'Maltman' Die Walküre from Covent Garden. Looking down the cast list, at the bottom is Actor....Illona Linthwaite, could anyone who has seen the production explain exactly what she does?

I remember this production being discussed somewhere but can't find the thread it was on.

[vinteuil]

The broadcast opera tonight is the 'Maltman' Die Walküre from Covent Garden. Looking down the cast list, at the bottom is Actor....Illona Linthwaite, could anyone who has seen the production explain exactly what she does?

I remember this production being discussed somewhere but can't find the thread it was on.

"The first day of Barrie Kosky’s Ring (remembering Rheingold is the ‘Vorabend’) carried through various tropes from his Rheingold, of 18 months ago seen at Covent Garden: an environmental thread ,and the persistent presence of Erda (played here by Illona Linthwaite). At the opening of Walküre, she greets us again, a naked, wizened old woman who tends to rotate – the spinning of the earth, mirrored? – she is Gaia, the Earth goddess after all – and who in the final act inhabits a hole in the Yggdrasil, the World Ash Tree (prior to Brunnhilde’s installation therein). She might represent a dying Earth, but when she brings flowers to Siegmund and Sieglinde’s union, she reminds of the bountiful gifts of Nature. All is not yet lost..."

from

https://criticscircle.org.uk/covent-gardens-new-walkure-environmentalism-bling-and-a-rotisserie-erda/

[Roger Webb]

"The first day of Barrie Kosky’s Ring (remembering Rheingold is the ‘Vorabend’) carried through various tropes from his Rheingold, of 18 months ago seen at Covent Garden: an environmental thread ,and the persistent presence of Erda (played here by Illona Linthwaite). At the opening of Walküre, she greets us again, a naked, wizened old woman who tends to rotate – the spinning of the earth, mirrored? – she is Gaia, the Earth goddess after all – and who in the final act inhabits a hole in the Yggdrasil, the World Ash Tree (prior to Brunnhilde’s installation therein). She might represent a dying Earth, but when she brings flowers to Siegmund and Sieglinde’s union, she reminds of the bountiful gifts of Nature. All is not yet lost..."

from

https://criticscircle.org.uk/covent-...tisserie-erda/

Thanks Vinteuil, I remember discussion of the Rheingold now.......I'm particularly looking forward to the '...rotisserie Erda'....perhaps not readily appreciated via radio!

[cria]

Not 100% sure of this but I thought that Angela Rayner was keen on opera and attended at Covent Garden.

She once went to Glyndebourne as a guest and the MInistry built her a ha ha to keep the sheep off her sarnies

[Ein Heldenleben]

She once went to Glyndebourne as a guest and the MInistry built her a ha ha to keep the sheep off her sarnies

Yes well moving rapidly on from that strange remark this Die Walküre relay is very good indeed …

[Ein Heldenleben]

The broadcast opera tonight is the 'Maltman' Die Walküre from Covent Garden. Looking down the cast list, at the bottom is Actor....Illona Linthwaite, could anyone who has seen the production explain exactly what she does?

I remember this production being discussed somewhere but can't find the thread it was on.

It was under the Die Walküre : RBO thread created by Belgrove ! Perhaps the moderators could move the more significant comments there. Ignore mine on the grounds on being too thin to be worth the effort..

[Pulcinella]

It was under the Die Walküre : RBO thread created by Belgrove ! Perhaps the moderators could move the more significant comments there. Ignore mine on the grounds on being too thin to be worth the effort..

Which can be found here:

https://www.for3.org/forums/forum/classical-forum/performance/a-night-at-the-opera/1334844-die-walküre-rbo

If I have moving rights I don't think I know how to exercise them!

[Ein Heldenleben]

The broadcast opera tonight is the 'Maltman' Die Walküre from Covent Garden. Looking down the cast list, at the bottom is Actor....Illona Linthwaite, could anyone who has seen the production explain exactly what she does?

I remember this production being discussed somewhere but can't find the thread it was on.

How much do you want to know ? It’s in the other thread. Suffice to say during Wintersturme I used the head of the gentleman in front of me to allow me to focus on the wonderful music. The way Wagner transitions musically into that is one of the miracles of Opera.
On a baser note there’s a brilliantly funny remark by Dark Bloom about Erda and the bouquet of flowers on the Die Walküre forum which when recounted made Mrs H laugh out loud….

[Roger Webb]

It was under the Die Walküre : RBO thread created by Belgrove ! Perhaps the moderators could move the more significant comments there. Ignore mine on the grounds on being too thin to be worth the effort..

Ah thanks, I had seen it there a while ago, but forgot where.......halfway through Act 2...all ok.

[Pianorak]

Towards the end of Act 2 where Bruennhilde informs Siegmund " . . . nach Walhall folgst du mir." The orchestra completely obliterated Siegmund's determined and resolute response ". . . zu ihnen folg' ich dir nicht." Siegmund and Wotan outstanding!

[Ein Heldenleben]

Towards the end of Act 2 where Bruennhilde informs Siegmund " . . . nach Walhall folgst du mir." The orchestra completely obliterated Siegmund's determined and resolute response ". . . zu ihnen folg' ich dir nicht." Siegmund and Wotan outstanding!

And Natalia Romaniuw surely ?

[Ein Heldenleben]

I thought that was utterly magnificent and makes up for the cinema relay which cut out twice in Act 3

Maltman much bigger of voice than in the theatre thanks to the wonders of microphony.

I thought the spot miking on the woodwind a bit unrealistic but the Hifi is cranked up to 11 …

The six harps pretty much in unison.
I’ll listen to it all again tomorrow ..

[Pianorak]

And Natalia Romaniuw surely ?

Yes, indeed.

Agree on Maltman bigger of voice and spot miking on the woodwind.

[Prommer]

Not sure that Covent Garden is grand enough for Angela Rayner now.

Chaps, really... yes, it was indeed Glyndebourne... but do you really think Angela "No Brainer" Rayner is an opera buff? No. She is street smart, and has people who 'do' for her.

She is as curious to explore the 'class divide' as those on the other side of it are about her. This is natural.