Urrgh!

Urrgh! Stig is ill and can’t perform on Sunday. He is very sad and so am I. All this work with the little details… and then a guest performer is taking over in the last minute. Stig is such an excellent singer and his personal character and presence is so important for the performance. No matter how good the replacement might be, without him it will never be the same.

Christian Franz, a brilliant singer, is taking over and we will rehearse with him all day tomorrow. It’ll be okay at the premiere. But still it is an aggravating way of ending the Ring. It’s a strange kind of anti-climax and I feel so sad for Stig, who’s a great part of this Ring.

Well, we’ll have to look at this as an experience and see how much we can catch up with today and tomorrow.