Siegfried is completed

After a challenging dress rehearsal on Siegfried the revival was really really excellent. The performance - and especially the two “new” singers Johnny and Iréne - made me feel so proud. What a major role début for Johnny.

It feels good though being able to concentrate on only one opera at the time from now on, and to focus completely on Die Götterdämmerung. We’re progressing nicely, even though it’s a long performance and there’s a lot of work to be done. But we've come a long way. We are now able to work on longer sequences of events and the characters begin to appear much more sharply. Since yesterday the chorus has joined in on our rehearsals, which is funny but also a bit hard and stressful. These scenes will inevitably differ from the other scenes in The Ring where there’s only one, two or three persons are on stage at the same time.

Yesterday we didn’t have time enough to rehearse all that we had planned. Today however, we’ve managed to work all our way through the whole scene with the chorus in the 3rd act, which gives me a bit more energy. Tomorrow as well as Thursday and Friday (where we will be on stage rehearsing) I’ll spend some more time with the chorus rehearsing the 2nd act. From Friday on they will be on winter holiday, so we need to get a general view of the situation on Friday.

I’ve decided not to rehearse on Saturday. I think we all need a nice weekend to calm down and get some rest…