A few people have emailed me to say they can't view the YouTube video of the Salzburg Don Carlo any more.
As an alternative, many countries should still be able to see the Medici stream. For those that can't, Arte are planning to place their live recording (currently unavailable) in their archive from some date in early September, so check back later.
Four Salzburg Festival operas - including the new Don Carlo with Jonas Kaufmann - are to be shown FREE on an outdoor screen in Docklands.
The mini-fest is supported by Siemens, who have long experience staging similar big screen events in Salzburg itself.
'Siemens Festival Nights' runs from 30 August to 1 September at The Crystal, Royal Victoria Docks.
All screenings are free, but you need to pay a £5 reservation charge in advance. You can then swap this for a refreshment voucher when you arrive, or donate it to charity.
If it rains, the events will be held indoors.
Programme
| Date | Opera | Showtime | Duration |
|
Friday, 30 August |
Falstaff (2013) |
7:00 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. |
(130 min) |
|
Saturday, 31 August (Public Picnic with opera on low sound) |
La Traviata (2005) | 11.00 a.m. – 1.20 p.m. |
(150 min) |
|
Saturday, 31 August |
Don Carlo (2013) | 4.00 p.m. – 8.45 p.m. |
(285 min) |
|
Sunday, 1 September |
The Magic Flute for Kids (1982) | 11:00 a.m.– 1.00 p.m. |
(106 min) |
The Salzburg Festival Don Carlo will be live-streamed by Medici on Friday 16 August at 17:30 (4.30pm UK time). Good job I'll be seeing in live, as the stream isn't available in Austria. I am told that if you can't see a rights message on the page now, then you should be able to view it on the day in your country. It will also be shown on Arte and ORF2, which are unlikely to be available in the UK (but give it a try).
It will also be beamed to a few cinemas. None in London that I can see, but if you live in Ambleside, Chichester or Ludlow, Friday is your lucky day.
*UPDATE* The Arte broadcast will be available in France and Germany only, and ORF in Austria only (plus satellite). Medici will stream live everywhere except these countries, and will be available on demand 'later'.
Costume designer Annamaria Heinreich tells the Salzburger Nachrichten why puffy shorts are out for Peter Stein's new Salzburg Don Carlo.
Stein has set his production at the time of the story, when Blackadder-style horsehair-stuffed bloomers were all the rage. Heinrich says these are unflattering and hard to wear on stage, so she looked at historical paintings for an alternative solution. In some Italian works she found narrow, pleated pants with a slim leg, cut above the knee. These are worn with a waist-length lapped doublet.
Historically accurate clothing would be uncomfortable and impractical, and the detailing too expensive. In any case, Heinrich's main consideration is to make the singers look and feel good.
So Kaufmann wears a simplified version, adapted for freedom of movement and breathing.
The pant solution in more detail:
Continue reading "Trouser trouble for Kaufmann's Don Carlo" »
The Salzburg Festival have released a few teaser shots of their 'new' Don Carlo which opens next week. Peter Stein's production looks guaranteed to thrill the why-can't-everything-be-the-same-as-it-was-in-1953 crowd.
On the plus side, there's a pretty exciting cast which includes Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Thomas Hampson, Matti Salminen, Ekaterina Semenchuk, and Eric Halfvarson. And of course Pappano conducts.
Continue reading "Jonas Kaufmann as Don Carlo in Salzburg - first photos" »
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