Getting closer
Have had some nice days. Was on stage Thursday and Friday. And – at last – almost all the singers were fit for work at the same time. It was great to see the pieces coming together in the 2nd scene. It suits Das Rheingold extremely well entering the big Main Stage and the singing sounds a lot freer. Acoustically you can really sense a kind of before-and-after effect, when you listen to the voices in this room.
I ALWAYS underestimate the 4th scene. It is just as long and complex as the 2nd scene, with just as many story lines taking place simultaneously. And the end has to be really accurate if we want to keep the audience’s attention and make the story of the Wotan-Fricka-Erda triangle appear clearly. But, exactly like two years ago, I have spent way too little time on the 4th scene, thus it appears a bit too general. I was rather frustrated about this last Friday, where we barely had the chance to finish the rehearsal before we had to leave the stage at 4 o’clock. I think though that we got it under control yesterday.
I think the new singers; Susanne as Fricka, Mette as Erda, Jens K. as Froh, Carsten as Fasolt and Charlotte as Freia are now really excellent and have all found the style of the performance.
Yesterday after the rehearsal we worked on the lighting from 4 to 11 o’clock, since there were no performances taking place at the Opera House. The lighting designer Jesper has “translated” all the light cues from Old Stage, which was an extremely important starting point for us to make it on time (there is only little time in the schedule for making the lights on a revival like this is). But then we could continue our work based on the existing cues. The new Main Stage is more demanding, but it also has some very fine gear. Especially the 1st scene will be much more beautiful than last time, I think.
At the same time Michael had a sitzprobe in the orchestra rehearsal room, where the singers rehearsed with the orchestra for the first time. Today and tomorrow evening we’ll have run-throughs with piano, costume and makeup and lights and everything. And from tomorrow at noon the orchestra will be playing at the rehearsals.
For the time being Anne Fugl is taking care of Die Walküre. It’s lovely to have a skilful assistant who can prepare it, while I’m working on Das Rheingold. Otherwise it would have been impossible to make it in time.
I ALWAYS underestimate the 4th scene. It is just as long and complex as the 2nd scene, with just as many story lines taking place simultaneously. And the end has to be really accurate if we want to keep the audience’s attention and make the story of the Wotan-Fricka-Erda triangle appear clearly. But, exactly like two years ago, I have spent way too little time on the 4th scene, thus it appears a bit too general. I was rather frustrated about this last Friday, where we barely had the chance to finish the rehearsal before we had to leave the stage at 4 o’clock. I think though that we got it under control yesterday.
I think the new singers; Susanne as Fricka, Mette as Erda, Jens K. as Froh, Carsten as Fasolt and Charlotte as Freia are now really excellent and have all found the style of the performance.
Yesterday after the rehearsal we worked on the lighting from 4 to 11 o’clock, since there were no performances taking place at the Opera House. The lighting designer Jesper has “translated” all the light cues from Old Stage, which was an extremely important starting point for us to make it on time (there is only little time in the schedule for making the lights on a revival like this is). But then we could continue our work based on the existing cues. The new Main Stage is more demanding, but it also has some very fine gear. Especially the 1st scene will be much more beautiful than last time, I think.
At the same time Michael had a sitzprobe in the orchestra rehearsal room, where the singers rehearsed with the orchestra for the first time. Today and tomorrow evening we’ll have run-throughs with piano, costume and makeup and lights and everything. And from tomorrow at noon the orchestra will be playing at the rehearsals.
For the time being Anne Fugl is taking care of Die Walküre. It’s lovely to have a skilful assistant who can prepare it, while I’m working on Das Rheingold. Otherwise it would have been impossible to make it in time.
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