Killer theater?

The fourth conductor perished since the early 1900's has died in the middle of a performance.

Four conductors have died at the Bavarian State Opera.

Stefan Soltesz, 73, joins the list .

he suddenly fell from his podium shortly before the end of the first act

He was found dead at the hospital.

In 1911, the Austrian conductor Felix Mottl collapsed at age 56 and died 11 days later, the German maestro Joseph Keilberth died at age 60 at the podium in 1968, and Giuseppe Patanè collapsed at age 57 and died hours later at a hospital, in 1989.

He must've been conducting Lohengrin.

This place has no culture. That shit's gonna fly right over heads.

Silent lady.... Was the opera being performed.

"Ain't over till the fat lady sings" is what this thread reminds me of. Late 70's Washington Bullets at the old Capital Centre. Good times. 

Die Schweigsame Frau. It's a Richard Strauss opera, and somewhat modern. Not even 100 years old. I'm not super familiar with the works of Richard Strauss. When it comes to German/Austrian opera, I'm more familiar with the more common works of Wagner and Mozart. I would recommend that anyone interested in Opera start with the more approachable works of Verdi and Puccini, or something like Carmen as opposed to the heavy German/Austrian stuff.

Woah!!!

Opera maybe before that Americans take in a Broadway musical such as cats...

Opera in a foreign language without subtitles?   

Most of us are just gamblers and belong no where near the balcony at a Shakespeare play.... 

Way it is stu....

@nature1970

 Most opera houses, at least in America, have a long screen above the stage called the supertitle. The project the translations there. That's kinda besides the point though. If you read the synopsis in advance, you can usually more or less follow along with the plot even without speaking the language. All the more reason to start with approachable operas like Carmen. Besides, for an English speaking audience, it's more about enjoying not only the score, but the music of the principals voice itself.

American musical theatre is fine but it's just not for me. Or I could just be making all of this up because I'm full of shit. I mean, after all, doesn't someone who's full of shit use terms such as supertitle and principal?

Went to an opera. Once... Not for me. It was Italian and yes the date was fine. More than made up for the three hours of Italian theater.  

3 hours is a tight little opera. That's about as short as they get. When you get into Wagner. Get into shit like Meistersinger, Lohengrin, the Ring Cycle. A lot of that shit is over 5 hours.

Today I have a hard time watching titanic.

4 hours of a ship sinking.... Just don't have much time anymore.

Goto work in 10 min won't be back on my couch till 7 tonight.

By then really just eat sleep rinse repeat.... 

@nature1970

 Gotta take advantage of those thaw months and make the money when you can.

You know it 5 weeks and they be issuing a freeze warning.And then we get ad much as 9 or 10 months where it gonna freeze and possible snow.  

I can't imagine. It rains for 9 months here in the PNW but what you are talking about is a different way of life.

It's funny, dudes try to say I try to act all cool yet here I am talking about opera.

I just left an REI and wen across the lot to a Whole Foods. I'm cooler than shit. Regular Miles Davis. These dudes are all heat seekers.

Imagine the cost of term life insurance with that occupation.

You work where as what oh no

we need to assess some risk

for on site injuries leading to death.....

Bayerische Staatsoper

It live stream tonight's performances.

THE WOMAN WITHOUT A SHADOW - BAYERISCHE STAATSO...

 SYNOPSIS
Taking place in the mythical empire of the Southeastern Islands, the Empress is unable to bear children. With the help of her nurse, using magical powers & deceit, she tries to use the Dyer's wife to gain child bearing abilities. The story primarily involves five principal characters: the Emperor, the Empress, her Nurse, Barak, a lowly dyer, and the Dyer's Wife. A sixth character, Keikobad, King of the Spirit Realm and father to the Empress, sets the plot in motion, but never appears on stage. The Empress is not human: she was captured by the Emperor in the form of a gazelle. She assumed human shape and he married her, but she has no shadow. This symbolizes her inability to bear children. Keikobad has decreed that unless the Empress gains a shadow before the end of the twelfth moon, she will be reclaimed by her father, Keikobad, and the Emperor will turn to stone.

@nature1970

 Good stuff, brother. Bavaria must be doing a Richard Strauss rep this summer. Like I said, I'm not super versed in Richard Strauss operas. When it comes to German/Austrian operas, I probably know Wagner and Mozart more than anything.

@nature1970

 ...but, you know, I'm probably just making all this shit up because I'm full of shit. I mean, who could make up a sentence like, "Bavaria must be doing a Richard Strauss rep this summer." You can't Google a sentence like that.

Anyway. There's a ton of superstition around theatre. That's an extremely old company though their current house isn't very old. Could've been somebody forgot to put a ghost light out at some point. Could have something to do with the Scottish play. Who knows? Could be that you have to be super accomplished to get those positions so they're all old fucks.

Macbeth would be rendered haunted if ever performed in that house....

Bad luck to say that name.

Have never watched Titanic. Have watched lots of Wagner. Would take Wagner over any of that Titanic horseshit.

Fun fact about Wagner: he was great at soliciting donations from rich male patrons, only for a pattern to develop that he was banging his patrons’ wives. He used that money to build the world’s biggest, most extravagant opera house with a unique stage that could be raised/lowered/manipulated. Wagner was the Fast and the Furious of his time. One of the more interesting figures in classical music, that’s for sure

Been seeing a lot of people for a while 

Seen the drama of life in passing.

Placed to chorus ,instrumental white chirography and flair and state the modern day musical on Broadway....