Celebrating Bernard Haitink Friday 7th Jan - Saturday 15 Jan

[Belgrove]

Pretty sure it was this as I’ve never seen Lohengrin. But I think I’ve seen 4 productions at ROH since 1989 so I could be mixing things up.
PS It wasn’t me coughing at the start of the Act 3 prelude ….

Indeed Gosta wore a silver cuirass in the final scene of that initial run. It acted like a lighthouse, sending out multiple rays, dazzling startled audience members caught in its beams. It was ditched in subsequent revivals.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Indeed Gosta wore a silver cuirass in the final scene of that initial run. It acted like a lighthouse, sending out multiple rays, dazzling startled audience members caught in its beams. It was ditched in subsequent revivals.

Thanks for confirming and indeed reminding me . I was in the stalls circle and directly in the firing line. It was incredibly distracting that cuirass!

[Prommer]

"This tight-fitting cuirass
Is but a useless mass,
It's made of steel,
And weighs a deal,
This tight-fitting cuirass
Is but a useless mass,
A man is but an ass
Who fights in a cuirass,
So off, so off goes that cuirass".

[cloughie]

"This tight-fitting cuirass
Is but a useless mass,
It's made of steel,
And weighs a deal,
This tight-fitting cuirass
Is but a useless mass,
A man is but an ass
Who fights in a cuirass,
So off, so off goes that cuirass".

Suppositories preferable?

[Prommer]

Suppositories preferable?

Ida thought so...

[Barbirollians]

Ida thought so...

I thought Ida Haendel on this thread but now I am lost.

[cloughie]

I thought Ida Haendel on this thread but now I am lost.

She bowed out about 18 months ago!

[Bryn]

She bowed out about 18 months ago!

She had some pluck, too.

[Serial_Apologist]

She had some pluck, too.

Highly strung as well, I expect.

[Alison]

We still need a recording of Ida’s Promenade Concert performance of the Elgar Concerto with Sir Bernard.

[Barbirollians]

We still need a recording of Ida’s Promenade Concert performance of the Elgar Concerto with Sir Bernard.

It must be in the BBC vaults somewhere.