Prom 11: Fiddler on the Roof (25.07.15)

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  • Eine Alpensinfonie
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    • Nov 2010
    • 20576

    Prom 11: Fiddler on the Roof (25.07.15)

    7.00 p.m.
    Royal Albert Hall

    Grange Park Opera bring their acclaimed production of Fiddler on the Roof to the BBC Proms. Bryn Terfel stars, joining the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor David Charles Abell.
    Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's Fiddler on the Roof brims with numbers such as 'If I were a rich man', 'Sunrise, sunset' and 'Miracle of Miracles'. Hampshire's Grange Park Opera makes its Proms debut with a semi-staged performance of its new production starring Bryn Terfel as Tevye, the village milkman in pre-Revolutionary Russia trying, in vain, to bring up his five daughters within the time-honoured traditions of his Jewish forebears.

    Bock: Fiddler on the Roof (semi-staged)

    Tevye ..... Bryn Terfel
    Golde ..... Janet Fullerlove
    Tzeitel ..... Charlotte Harwood
    Hodel ..... Katie Hall
    Chava ..... Molly Lynch
    Yente ..... Rebecca Wheatley
    Lazar Wolf ..... Cameron Blakely
    Motel Kamzoil ..... Anthony Flaum
    Perchik ..... Jordan Pollard
    Fyedka ..... Craig Fletcher
    Constable ..... Mark Heenehan
    Shprintze ..... Maisie Tween
    Bielke ..... Bella Donald
    Rabbi ..... Richard Reaville
    Grandma Tzeitel ..... Helen Ogden
    Fruma-Sarah ..... Gemma Morsley
    Nachum ..... David Booth
    Shaindel ..... Sidonie Winter
    Mendel ..... Seumas Begg
    Mordcha ..... Richard Woodall
    Avram ..... Ryan Ross
    Fiddler ..... Houcheng Kian

    Grange Park Opera
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    David Charles Abell (conductor).
    Last edited by Eine Alpensinfonie; 18-07-15, 15:36.
  • Eine Alpensinfonie
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    • Nov 2010
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    #2
    Are they going to be brave enough to perform it without amplification?

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    • bluestateprommer
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      • Nov 2010
      • 3023

      #3
      Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
      Are they going to be brave enough to perform it without amplification?
      Probably not, because the actors will need headset mikes for the dialogue. That aside, this is a show with some really great songs, even if, if memory serves, not a lot happens dramatically in terms of plot. Granted, I've never seen FotR live, just the film (terrific cinematography by the late great Oswald 'Ossie' Morris, BTW).

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      • MrGongGong
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        • Nov 2010
        • 18357

        #4
        Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
        Are they going to be brave enough to perform it without amplification?
        BINGO

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        • richardfinegold
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          • Sep 2012
          • 7765

          #5
          I saw it in New York in 1968, when I was 10. The original cast from 1960 had long departed. My sister saved the program and when we looked at it several decades it turned out that Bette Midler had sung the role of Tseitl, the eldest daughter.
          The movie was significantly inferior to the play. There is a lot going on in plot--state sponsored pogroms forcing the Jews to emigrate, and the clash of tradition vs modernity.
          My grandparents were all born in shtetls like .Anatevka. Most of the melodies used in the play were taken from songs written for shows in America's now disappeared Yiddish Theatre.
          I wooed my present wife (nice Irish Catholic girl) by singing "If I Was A Rich Man". We took her sisters family to a production here a few years ago. Afterwards our then 10 year old Niece asked why the Russians were being so mean to the Jews. Didn't know how to answer that one--when I was growing up, that was simply a given

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          • David-G
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            • Mar 2012
            • 1216

            #6
            I am sure that this Prom is going to be very popular. Can any of you experienced Prommers suggest how early I ought to start queueing to stand a good chance of getting a reasonably good place in the Arena?

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            • Eine Alpensinfonie
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              • Nov 2010
              • 20576

              #7
              Originally posted by bluestateprommer View Post
              Granted, I've never seen FotR live, just the film (terrific cinematography by the late great Oswald 'Ossie' Morris, BTW).
              I've never seen it live, though I've played in the pit for two different productions - a great excuse to play the cor anglais.

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              • Prommer
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                • Dec 2010
                • 1273

                #8
                I cannot believe, given that it is Bryn and FotR is being semi-staged, that this is NOT being televised!!

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                • bluestateprommer
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 3023

                  #9
                  Originally posted by David-G View Post
                  I am sure that this Prom is going to be very popular. Can any of you experienced Prommers suggest how early I ought to start queueing to stand a good chance of getting a reasonably good place in the Arena?
                  If you were going to do a full day's Promming and also catch the Saturday afternoon Prom @ Cadogan Hall, you could get to the RAH very early, maybe 1:30 PM or so, and get a ticket from one of the ushers. You can then go to Cadogan Hall, and after being done there, after you make your way back to the RAH, you can spend a spell in your spot in the queue, to let the ushers know that you really are back. You can then get to the RCM for the pre-Prom talk.

                  But that would indeed be a very packed day's itinerary, if you already had other plans for the afternoon. If you just want to get the evening Prom under your belt, it's a hard call as to when to queue. Making a total stab in the dark, I would say to get to the queue by 3:30 PM at the latest. Bringing a book/e-book and provisions would be a given for surviving the afternoon. The pre-Prom talk also would be interesting, which you can catch w/o losing your spot in the queue.

                  On Prommer's post (#8), actually, it's not a surprise that this Prom isn't being televised, for the reason that I surmised 3 years ago with respect to My Fair Lady, namely copyright. It's entirely possible that the owners of the rights to the musical Fiddler on the Roof would have said "no" to the BBC, regarding a TV broadcast. Because the show is playing also at Grange Park Opera, that's another reason to refuse TV rights, namely that the rights owners don't want to risk people saying "we can just stay at home and watch it on TV" rather than have audiences see the show live.

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                  • David-G
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                    • Mar 2012
                    • 1216

                    #10
                    Originally posted by bluestateprommer View Post
                    If you were going to do a full day's Promming and also catch the Saturday afternoon Prom @ Cadogan Hall, you could get to the RAH very early, maybe 1:30 PM or so, and get a ticket from one of the ushers. You can then go to Cadogan Hall, and after being done there, after you make your way back to the RAH, you can spend a spell in your spot in the queue, to let the ushers know that you really are back. You can then get to the RCM for the pre-Prom talk.

                    But that would indeed be a very packed day's itinerary, if you already had other plans for the afternoon. If you just want to get the evening Prom under your belt, it's a hard call as to when to queue. Making a total stab in the dark, I would say to get to the queue by 3:30 PM at the latest. Bringing a book/e-book and provisions would be a given for surviving the afternoon. The pre-Prom talk also would be interesting, which you can catch w/o losing your spot in the queue.

                    On Prommer's post (#8), actually, it's not a surprise that this Prom isn't being televised, for the reason that I surmised 3 years ago with respect to My Fair Lady, namely copyright. It's entirely possible that the owners of the rights to the musical Fiddler on the Roof would have said "no" to the BBC, regarding a TV broadcast. Because the show is playing also at Grange Park Opera, that's another reason to refuse TV rights, namely that the rights owners don't want to risk people saying "we can just stay at home and watch it on TV" rather than have audiences see the show live.
                    Thanks Bluestateprommer, that is very helpful. I don't have experience of proms at Cadogan Hall - how does queueing there work, and how does that work in conjunction with queueing at the Albert Hall?

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                    • bluestateprommer
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                      • Nov 2010
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                      #11
                      Originally posted by David-G View Post
                      Thanks Bluestateprommer, that is very helpful. I don't have experience of proms at Cadogan Hall - how does queueing there work, and how does that work in conjunction with queueing at the Albert Hall?
                      Cadogan Hall is very different (to put it mildly) from the RAH, because, of course, one doesn't really "Prom" at Cadogan Hall. The BBC Proms page on ticketing has this passage on the Cadogan Hall Proms:

                      "On the day of the concert, tickets can be bought at Cadogan Hall only โ€“ from 10.00am. At least 150 Day Seats (Side Gallery bench seats) are available from 10.00am on the day of the concert. They must be purchased in person, with cash only, and are limited to two tickets per transaction."
                      So you'll have a seat, but off to the sides. But since Cadogan Hall is such a nice intimate space, sightlines aren't such an issue. Because the PSM tomorrow is of contemporary music, I honestly can't say how super-urgent it would be to get to Cadogan Hall at 10 AM, to be sure of a ยฃ5 seat. I personally would be inclined to get there early and get my ticket, so that I could then go and be a tourist in the interim, but that's just me.

                      To coordinate with trying to do both Proms in one day, you would show up at the RAH early in the afternoon to get your queue 'ticket' from one of the RAH ushers, to be sure of your place in the queue for later. You can then go off and do your thing (Cadogan Hall, whatever) for a while, but it's common courtesy to show up at some point once or twice in the afternoon just to prove to the ushers and the others in the queue that you're serious about going to that evening's Prom. So if you want to go to Cadogan Hall, you'd either take the bus to Sloane Square (or perhaps bicycle to Sloane Square, if biking is your thing) and back.

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                      • jean
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 7100

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                        Are they going to be brave enough to perform it without amplification?
                        Well, were they?

                        I've enjoyed listening. I've seen it on stage twice, the first time in London in the 60s (with Topol), the second at the Szczecin Opera and Operetta theatre in Poland

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                        • Anastasius
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                          • Mar 2015
                          • 1860

                          #13
                          If I were a rich man then I would have hightailed it off abroad somewhere warm to escape this lousy summer and more specifically this Prom. Not that I listened to it but there is an awful lot of classical music that could have been scheduled instead.
                          Fewer Smart things. More smart people.

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                          • VodkaDilc

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Anastasius View Post
                            If I were a rich man then I would have hightailed it off abroad somewhere warm to escape this lousy summer and more specifically this Prom. Not that I listened to it but there is an awful lot of classical music that could have been scheduled instead.
                            I agree with all this - except the point about the lousy summer. Apart for the last few days, specifically Friday, I would say the summer's been pretty good. Can't see why a Saturday Prom has to be taken up with a musical show though.

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                            • Anastasius
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                              • Mar 2015
                              • 1860

                              #15
                              Originally posted by VodkaDilc View Post
                              I agree with all this - except the point about the lousy summer. Apart for the last few days, specifically Friday, I would say the summer's been pretty good. Can't see why a Saturday Prom has to be taken up with a musical show though.
                              I think we must be living in different parts of the country! Our central heating has just kicked in - again.

                              Bookmaker Coral said it had cut the odds on July being the wettest on record to 2-1 (from 6-1) following reports that more rain is forecast for the rest of the month.
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