Doublereed Archive - Posting 000053.txt from 2008/03

From: "Shannon Hill" <mshill1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Tristan und Isolde at the Met
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:42:07 -0400

This timing is correct. The broadcast is in real time, so the two
intermissions run just as they do in performance -- about a half-hour each.
At the beginning of both there are short interviews with Levine, Voigt,
casting director, stage director, and so on. Then there is about 20"
unscheduled, and the screen shows a minute count-down until curtain. There
is a camera facing the curtain, broadcasting the break sounds of the crowd
and pit, just like you were there!

Although theatres generally don't allow outside food, mine seemed to suspend
rules for the opera crowd. I saw lots of bottled drinks, sandwiches and so
on. Five hours is a long time, but, hey, it flies by!
- Shannon

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Benthin -MUTS oboe support [mailto:benthin@-----.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 8:11 PM
To: doublereed@-----.org
Subject: Re: [DR-L] Tristan und Isolde at the Met

I just checked the encore for Sunday- local theater lists it for 5 hours
35 minutes? How long is the intermission?

Shannon Hill wrote:
> I attended as well (in Seattle at 9:00 in the morning *yawn*) and also
> enjoyed it tremendously. It was well-attended, and people applauded
> when the conductor came out, as well as at the end of acts and the
> curtain calls
> -- I had wondered if they would. I was also impressed with the
> in-pit, multi-camera work (I have played concerts that were televised
> and know how easy it is for the crew to be, shall we say,
> underprepared. All the more impressive when it is done expertly),
> loved all the shots of the ww players at appropriate spots, but was
dismayed that the EH player was never shown.
> Did you notice, however, that Pedro Diaz (EHist) was the only player
> named in the closing credits?

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