Thurs, 19th Oct

[DracoM]

Do we yet know which opera has been voted / chosen for tonight's performance?
Nothing on the website at all.

[underthecountertenor]

Voting closes at 4 pm today, I believe.

[Dave2002]

Do we yet know which opera has been voted / chosen for tonight's performance?
Nothing on the website at all.

The vote closes at 4pm. I'm not over bothered, and my vote probably won't count anyway. On balance I'd probably vote for the Gounod, on the grounds that I really don't know it at all - never heard nor seen it, while I have seen the others and I was even involved in a production of Tosca once. Having said that I don't think many will vote for Gounod - so (fhg might be surprised ...) of the others I'd actually vote for the Flying Dutchman.

I don't know which versions will be broadcast - the web site simply indicates ROH performances, but presumably there's a large archive of performances in "the library".

I'll click on one of them in the next hour or so.

[Serial_Apologist]

The vote closes at 4pm. I'm not over bothered, and my vote probably won't count anyway. On balance I'd probably vote for the Gounod, on the grounds that I really don't know it at all - never heard nor seen it, while I have seen the others and I was even involved in a production of Tosca once. Having said that I don't think many will vote for Gounod - so (fhg might be surprised ...) of the others I'd actually vote for the Flying Dutchman.

I don't know which versions will be broadcast - the web site simply indicates ROH performances, but presumably there's a large archive of performances in "the library".

I'll click on one of them in the next hour or so.

Will it be translated into Yorkshire dialect is the question - or is that the Flying Scotsman?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Will it be translated into Yorkshire dialect is the question - or is that the Flying Scotsman?

Possibly not half so surprised as you might be at what fhg himself has voted for - the Gounod, and for most of the reasons you gave in your second sentence - I did see some of it on telly a few years back, with Hvorostovsky in the title role, but that was so dull a performance, I can't believe it was very representative.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Will it be translated into Yorkshire dialect is the question - or is that the Flying Scotsman?

At last week's choir practice, the director said we should sing "ah..." as in "butter".

I was tempted to do just that.

[underthecountertenor]

Possibly not half so surprised as you might be at what fhg himself has voted for - the Gounod, and for most of the reasons you gave in your second sentence - I did see some of it on telly a few years back, with Hvorostovsky in the title role, but that was so dull a performance, I can't believe it was very representative.

I don't think Hvorostovsky was in the title role, was he? He was the cross-dressing Mephistopheles.

[LHC]

I don't think Hvorostovsky was in the title role, was he? He was the cross-dressing Mephistopheles.

Hvorostovsky sang Valentin. The cross-dressing Mephistopheles would have been Mr Terfel. Faust and Margeurite were Alaina and Gheorghui.

[Serial_Apologist]

Possibly not half so surprised as you might be at what fhg himself has voted for - the Gounod, and for most of the reasons you gave in your second sentence - I did see some of it on telly a few years back, with Hvorostovsky in the title role, but that was so dull a performance, I can't believe it was very representative.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I don't think Hvorostovsky was in the title role, was he? He was the cross-dressing Mephistopheles.

Hvorostovsky sang Valentin. The cross-dressing Mephistopheles would have been Mr Terfel. Faust and Margeurite were Alaina and Gheorghui.

I said I was sure it wasn't representative!

[underthecountertenor]

Hvorostovsky sang Valentin. The cross-dressing Mephistopheles would have been Mr Terfel. Faust and Margeurite were Alaina and Gheorghui.

Oops! That'll teach me.

[Dave2002]

The vote closes at 4pm. I'm not over bothered, and my vote probably won't count anyway. On balance I'd probably vote for the Gounod, on the grounds that I really don't know it at all - never heard nor seen it, while I have seen the others and I was even involved in a production of Tosca once. Having said that I don't think many will vote for Gounod - so (fhg might be surprised ...) of the others I'd actually vote for the Flying Dutchman.

I don't know which versions will be broadcast - the web site simply indicates ROH performances, but presumably there's a large archive of performances in "the library".

I'll click on one of them in the next hour or so.

I was right ...!!!!

It's a result. Sean Rafferty, host of In Tune, has just anounced that Radio 3 listeners, given a choice of Royal Opera performances of Faust, The Magic Flute, Tosca and The Flying Dutchman, have chosen... Tosca!

In the end I was busy and distracted so my fingers didn't get used, but probably wouldn't have made any significant difference. Do we get the voting figures?

[Ein Heldenleben]

At first I thought ho-hum Tosca . But my word Kaufman is good in this....

[Barbirollians]

At first I thought ho-hum Tosca . But my word Kaufman is good in this....

I wonder if they were hoping it would the performance when Gheorghiu was late on stage referred to in the Kaufmann documentary .

[LHC]

I wonder if they were hoping it would the performance when Gheorghiu was late on stage referred to in the Kaufmann documentary .

The performance when Gheorghui failed to appear on time was in Vienna rather than at the ROH. The incident can be viewed on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnT4QTdzP_I

The video includes E Lucevan le stelle, its encore, and then her non-appearance.