That was it

Long silence since the premiere… have I fallen into a coma? I could just as well have been, because that was the kind of emptiness I had expected to feel and actually felt – mixed with suitable pride and greatness of the moment … and alcohol –last Sunday.

No, seriously, I have just had the chance to take a much needed vacation together with my wife far away from Denmark under distant skies - far away from opera and work, computer and mobile. I left everything behind. This is the reason for my silence.

I received the reviews by fax. A lot of them were really good. It saddens me a bit though that the newspapers Berlingske Tidende (and partly Jyllands Posten) were bad. Isn’t it typical focusing on that, since the reviews in Politiken, Weekendavisen, Børsen, Information and Kristlig Dagblad were all good?! I actually don’t quite understand what Mr. Kassebeer from Berlingske Tidende missed in the performance. Well yes, he didn’t like the scene with the norns. That’s fair enough since it is a really radical choice. Some people think it’s perfect and other people find it stupid. I actually have had mixed emotions about the scene also. But I’ve ended up liking it very much – mainly because the three singers are playing this part in such a wonderful way… Well, tastes differ.

I felt extremely proud and after the circumstances the premiere went good. Now I’m looking forward to experience the complete Ring performances in April (and to have Domingo staying with us for a week in the beginning of April – it’ll be fun). But in the meantime there are a lot of meetings and a huge pile of unfinished paperwork on my desk.

Tomorrow I’ll travel to Cardiff to attend a meeting in “Opera Europe” and after that I’m going to see “Der fliegende Holländer” with Bryn Terfel. Not bad.