The swan that dived into the orchestra pit in last week's Freiburg Lohengrin has been relieved of his duties following complaints from disgruntled theatregoers, orchestra members and animal activists. It has not yet been decided who or what his replacement will be. His handler says he was perfect in rehearsals and blames the incident on the chorus, who she says approached him too quickly.
Theatre management don't want to risk another incident, so 25 live chickens signed up to debut in Elfriede Jelinek's play Winterreise on Saturday have also been given the bird. Ironically, their purpose was to represent uncontrollability.
Police suspect fowl play
Posted by: Operaramblings.wordpress.com | 03 February 2012 at 04:14 PM
When in doubt, blame the chorus.
Posted by: CruzSF | 03 February 2012 at 08:16 PM
Haha! This dwarf swan looks very cute, anyway - so even if its time in the limelight was short, it has been immortalised by Intermezzo. I wonder how many rehearsals he attended....
Posted by: Nikolaus Vogel | 05 February 2012 at 02:23 PM