Two rehearsals to go
Friday we had a pretty bad day. The stage technicians got tremendously delayed taking down the scenery for “The Tempest” from the stage. Because of this most of the first act was turned into an orchestra rehearsal in the orchestra pit. Therefore we have a number of light-cues and some smoke in the first act that we are still uncertain about. And since Poul Elming is singing at the rehearsals on Monday and Wednesday it was Stig Fogh Andersen’s last rehearsal – and he didn’t get the chance to rehearse the transition where the house is rotating and the trees are lowered from the ceiling and everything has to be timed very exact! But we’ll have an extra special rehearsal on that with Stig on Monday at 3.30 p.m.
On the other hand Stig has rehearsed more on the new field of poppies in the 2nd part of the first act. Poul has only had the chance to try it once, so just to be sure that he’ll remember we’ll do the scene again before the run-through with the orchestra tomorrow at 5 p.m. Gitta-Maria Sjöberg remembers everything quit well by now, but next Tuesday Eva Johansson will be back from Zürich after having performed in “Electra”. She will have a kind of rehearsal on the first act on stage on Tuesday and after that she’ll go straight to the dress rehearsal Wednesday evening! But she’s usually very quick…
Tomorrow the rehearsal is scheduled for 5 p.m., so we’ll have the chance to slow down a bit, and the stage technicians will have the whole day to put up the set and to get the last pieces in order: We still have problems with the fire in the last act. It has a tendency to light up and be put off at random. And we still miss the right, newly made trees to the first and second act. They must be made ready and put up and it’ll take some time too. So Die Walküre is really running on a tight schedule now. We will make it on time, I think, but only barely. The ensemble-house also has an extremely tight schedule, but they are playing better than ever. It sounds incredibly beautiful. We have to admit that we’re pushing it very hard on everybody these days, but that goes with making the whole Ring!
On the other hand Stig has rehearsed more on the new field of poppies in the 2nd part of the first act. Poul has only had the chance to try it once, so just to be sure that he’ll remember we’ll do the scene again before the run-through with the orchestra tomorrow at 5 p.m. Gitta-Maria Sjöberg remembers everything quit well by now, but next Tuesday Eva Johansson will be back from Zürich after having performed in “Electra”. She will have a kind of rehearsal on the first act on stage on Tuesday and after that she’ll go straight to the dress rehearsal Wednesday evening! But she’s usually very quick…
Tomorrow the rehearsal is scheduled for 5 p.m., so we’ll have the chance to slow down a bit, and the stage technicians will have the whole day to put up the set and to get the last pieces in order: We still have problems with the fire in the last act. It has a tendency to light up and be put off at random. And we still miss the right, newly made trees to the first and second act. They must be made ready and put up and it’ll take some time too. So Die Walküre is really running on a tight schedule now. We will make it on time, I think, but only barely. The ensemble-house also has an extremely tight schedule, but they are playing better than ever. It sounds incredibly beautiful. We have to admit that we’re pushing it very hard on everybody these days, but that goes with making the whole Ring!
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