The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is presenting the first two of Richard Wagner's Ring operas — Das Rheingold and Die Walküre — in semi-staged performances at the...
With music director Fabio Luisi conducting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, singers took the stage during a rehearsal of Richard Wagner's "Das Rheingold" at the Meyerson Symphony Center on April 23, 2024.It’s one of the great epics of Western civilization, a four-part drama of family dysfunction and betrayal, of gods and mortals, giants and dwarfs, sacrifice and ultimate cleansing and renewal by fire and water.
“I found inspiration in light,” he says. “The music of Wagner is full of light. I have associated one color to each character, and each environment, and in some cases objects have their own colors.Triola also will use some spaces apart from the stage extension. The Meyerson’s big C.B.
The score specifies, among other things, 12 harps , eight horns , bass trumpet, contrabass trombone and, for the subterranean smithy, 18 anvils. What are called Wagner tubas, or tuben, were conceived by Wagner himself to bridge the sonic gap between horns and trombones. They look like small tubas with angled bells at the tops.
“They create an entirely unique, surreal and otherworldly sound concept and emotional effect whenever the theme for Valhalla is played,” says DSO principal horn Daniel Hawkins. “The tuben and horns use the same mouthpiece, and it is not uncommon for horn players to learn how to switch back and forth between these two instruments nowadays.”Two of the Wagner tubas here will be played by DSO musicians, two by guests.
Yet another challenge is scheduling unionized symphony orchestra musicians, accustomed to two-hour concerts, for operas that, in the case of the last“We had several discussions with the orchestra committee, making sure we were staying within the contract as much as possible,” says Katie McGuinness, the DSO’s chief artistic officer. “And when we had to stretch the rules of the contract, we had lengthy discussions with the musicians.
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