Guardian to broadcast six Glyndebourne productions this season

[Guest]

After last season's triumphant experiment with Die Meistersinger the Guardian has revealed plans to broadcast six productions from this season.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/23/guardian-broadcasts-six-operas-from-glyndebourne

Cannily perhaps, it doesn't seem to mention if this will be free.

However we can be certain that not a penny will go to Sky

[David-G]

Does anyone know the technical quality of the Guardian broadcasts? Will they be as good as the 320 kbps of Radio 3?

[Guest]

After last season's triumphant experiment with Die Meistersinger the Guardian has revealed plans to broadcast six productions from this season.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/23/guardian-broadcasts-six-operas-from-glyndebourne

Cannily perhaps, it doesn't seem to mention if this will be free.


However we can be certain that not a penny will go to Sky

Yes, good question. I brace myself for the day............
Turn of the Screw was free, so.....??
The recent relay of the Turn of the Screw was exemplary and brilliantly sung too.

[amateur51]

Yes, good question. I brace myself for the day............
Turn of the Screw was free, so.....??
The recent relay of the Turn of the Screw was exemplary and brilliantly sung too.

I wish it would appear on youtube or even commercially

[Guest]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCjQSG3vAX4&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=SPE9715C4C975FEEB0

Try this.

[Nick Armstrong]

I wish it would appear on youtube or even commercially

I managed to download it to my hard drive. Not sure how I think it might have been because it played in realplayer, and there is a function called 'realplayer downloader' which retains it all on the hard-drive if desired.

[Alf-Prufrock]

Amateur would possibly like to view the whole opera :
Act 1 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLqN_M9hiO4&feature=related

Act 2 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLzEKFuqee4&list=UUtaurx6JQNAyi3rNgRqTTRQ&index=5&feature=plcp

[bluestateprommer]

After last season's triumphant experiment with Die Meistersinger the Guardian has revealed plans to broadcast six productions from this season......Cannily perhaps, it doesn't seem to mention if this will be free.

I remember reading somewhere that for people who watch the Glyndebourne HD-casts via The Guardian's website, they will indeed again be free (not that it's free to put it all together, of course). I wish I remember where I read it, though, to include a link.

BTW, on Glyndebourne's website, they've provided a link to the 1950's curio short film On Such A Night, which turns out to be one long advert for Glyndebourne Opera, of course:

http://glyndebourne.com/european-opera-days

But there are much worse things to be advertising for on TV or in a cinema.

[amateur51]

Amateur would possibly like to view the whole opera :
Act 1 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLqN_M9hiO4&feature=related

Act 2 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLzEK...5&feature=plcp

Alf, one thousand apologies for not noticing this brilliant post until now - many thanks indeed

[french frank]

I read an article some time in the past few days (can't remember where) posing the question of whether live opera was hit by the cinema relays. Glyndebourne plays to full houses anyway and so they said they were delighted that many more people are able to see their productions.


Found the article.

[VodkaDilc]

The Guardian broadcasting operas; British Gas selling electricity; Marks and Spencers selling currency; Tesco selling books - this century is so confusing.

[aeolium]

I read an article some time in the past few days (can't remember where) posing the question of whether live opera was hit by the cinema relays. Glyndebourne plays to full houses anyway and so they said they were delighted that many more people are able to see their productions.

I think the complaint (by ENO) really doesn't stand up. Live cinema broadcasts of opera and drama have been the best new development in the arts in recent years imo (also, to a lesser extent, internet broadcasts) and mean that audiences that could not otherwise do so have the chance of experiencing something close to live opera/theatre. Public service broadcasting - here at least - has largely abandoned showing opera and classic drama on screen and this is an initiative that fills the gap for those outside London or who can't afford to attend theatres and opera houses, or are put off by the atmosphere. Also companies that receive public funding, like ENO, really ought to make every effort to expand their reach - they are after all English National Opera, not London Metropolitan Opera.