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emmasfriend · 46-50, F
I did not know it contained "Waiting for Godot" !
peterlee · M
I know we were told the cinema started at 515, the performance finishing at 10.30 then curtain calls.
I was able to go for a walk along the sea during the first interval.
With the top 1% of the country having 17% of the Nations income, there is no shortage of takers. added to this corporate seats, and our Chinese visitors.
As I noted in another post, two weeks ago on a Friday night I counted over 300 in various wine bars, with cocktails at £15 each, and house wine £8.5 a glass. And the people there, aged about forty. Plenty of money about for some people.A friend of mine did not bulk at the idea of £85 for a steak!
I was able to go for a walk along the sea during the first interval.
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With the top 1% of the country having 17% of the Nations income, there is no shortage of takers. added to this corporate seats, and our Chinese visitors.
As I noted in another post, two weeks ago on a Friday night I counted over 300 in various wine bars, with cocktails at £15 each, and house wine £8.5 a glass. And the people there, aged about forty. Plenty of money about for some people.A friend of mine did not bulk at the idea of £85 for a steak!
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@peterlee What are such people paid enough for such openly ostentatious wining-and-dining?
Money-trading? Brand and other management "consulting"? Senior directors in IT companies? Divorce and conveyancing solicitors, and corporate-law barristers? Commercial-property landlords?
(Note, "paid". I did not use "earn".)
Money-trading? Brand and other management "consulting"? Senior directors in IT companies? Divorce and conveyancing solicitors, and corporate-law barristers? Commercial-property landlords?
(Note, "paid". I did not use "earn".)
ArishMell · 70-79, M
Looks like directors or producers trying to be too clever, and even without the cock-ups and breakdowns, if they feel they need sets and staging like that I'd rather attend a choral performance and let my imagination take me to mountains and the Rhine Valley.
The "steam-punk" style contraption is absurd and irrelevant - I think the story assumes and hints at Siegrfried forging the sword by hand. The two tramp-like figures make me think of Waiting for Godot, not Norse mythology (on the other hand, horned helmets would be cheapskate too). The nocturnal street-scene to represent Fafnir's lair is just silly.
The "how we did" is interesting but as a totally separate documentary. It should not be used as an intermission. It reminds me of once going to the cinema to watch a Bond film, and among the preceding advertisements was one using a set from that film. Utterly cack-handed programming!
The Ring of The Neibelung is a huge story, difficult to follow without at least a synopsis, but impressive enough not to need fancy staging; and certainly does not need or deserve Pseuds' Corner gimmicks.
I expect if you asked those responsible why they did it and why it all failed, you'd not receive a clear, convincing answere, just a stream of Pseuds' Corner arty drivel mixed with management-ese drivel.
I hope Covent Garden learns from its mistakes.
The "steam-punk" style contraption is absurd and irrelevant - I think the story assumes and hints at Siegrfried forging the sword by hand. The two tramp-like figures make me think of Waiting for Godot, not Norse mythology (on the other hand, horned helmets would be cheapskate too). The nocturnal street-scene to represent Fafnir's lair is just silly.
The "how we did" is interesting but as a totally separate documentary. It should not be used as an intermission. It reminds me of once going to the cinema to watch a Bond film, and among the preceding advertisements was one using a set from that film. Utterly cack-handed programming!
The Ring of The Neibelung is a huge story, difficult to follow without at least a synopsis, but impressive enough not to need fancy staging; and certainly does not need or deserve Pseuds' Corner gimmicks.
I expect if you asked those responsible why they did it and why it all failed, you'd not receive a clear, convincing answere, just a stream of Pseuds' Corner arty drivel mixed with management-ese drivel.
I hope Covent Garden learns from its mistakes.
peterlee · M
@ArishMell With two intervals of half an hour for drinks and snacks, it’s how they rake the money in. And at £300 a ticket. who can blame them.
The best performance of the night was the guy who played Mime, Peter Hoare, is a name to look out for.
An old lady in a body suit, covered with feathers, did nothing for me, claiming to be a woodbird. She could not even sing. The part sung off stage by a Canadian soprano.
The best performance of the night was the guy who played Mime, Peter Hoare, is a name to look out for.
An old lady in a body suit, covered with feathers, did nothing for me, claiming to be a woodbird. She could not even sing. The part sung off stage by a Canadian soprano.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@peterlee I'd certainly expect decent standards, especially at that price (was that the cheapest of maximum?).
The intervals are not a problem. You can't expect everyone to be able to sit through an anture performance without a break, though I'd have thought two intervals for a single opera of what, three hours? one too many.
The intervals are not a problem. You can't expect everyone to be able to sit through an anture performance without a break, though I'd have thought two intervals for a single opera of what, three hours? one too many.
But did you enjoy it?
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
Did you get your money back?