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Ahead of WNO's season opening Fidelio Lothar Koenigs chatted to Culture Critic about WNO's new season, his interest in Der Blaue Reiter art movement and a (possible please be true) hint at WNO's next venture into Wagner.
You can read the article there.
neaaat!1 at least he seems to like it there and meaning to stay a while gooodd! and i want to come see Fledermausss!1 I looveeee it!! It was THE thing to do an new year's eve :-) And i will listen to Ariadne, maybe i can even catch up on day with it, need to check out tour ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnd i can see you starting your 10 year begging process for Bayreuth :-p you wagnerian you!
Here's the link to AaN's performance schedule:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wno.org.uk/ariadne/venues-and-performances
And here's the performance schedule for Die Bat
http://www.wno.org.uk/fledermaus/venues-and-performances
As for starting my 10 year Bayreuth process....I'm still not sure. I've been surprised by how much I've taken to Wagner, but I get the feeling Bayreuth wouldn't be for me.
I love the operas (most of them anyway), and they exude a magical hold over me when they are performed by people who know what they are doing, but from what I've seen from documentaries and read in various articles / blogs I would probably feel like a fish out of water.
I enjoy my music, and all that it brings to me - but I can't pay homage to it as many people seem to do at Bayreuth. I understand why people are drawn to the place, but I've never felt the need to have the perfect experience of anything. I like my experiences to be living, not enshrined. I hope this makes sense...
And then there are the seats. How hard are they? I'd be looking to take a duvet, not a pillow.