"Electric Saint" opera postponed to 2021

[rhoeckel]

The opera "Electric Saint" that should have premiered at the Nationaltheater Weimar/Germany in September 2020 has been postponed to next year (late summer of 2021).

German articles:
http://www.musik-heute.de/20965/weimar-verschiebt-copeland-oper-auf-2021/
and
https://www.mainpost.de/ueberregional/boulevard/boulevard/oper-von-stewart-copeland-erst-bei-kunstfest-2021;art100,10445402

[ManWithGoodTaste]

As long as I get to hear it somehow, I can wait.

[rhoeckel]

https://www.nationaltheater-weimar.de/de/programm/stueck-detail.php?SID=2678

The opera has been postponed to 2021 as well.

New dates are:
Sep 5, 2021 (18:00) and Sep 11, 2021 (19:30)

[ManWithGoodTaste]

Heck, EVEN IF it will never be recorded and sold (something a training singer I know also thinks must be done), at least please tell me this will one day be performed in New York.

[rhoeckel]

Hi sc.net team,
do you have any information if the opera will take place in September 2021 in Weimar/GERMANY?

I have a ticket for the first date (September 5).

Ciao,
Rüdiger

[giovanni]

No news by now. I will try and get some information.

[rhoeckel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gVur8WRsAc

Doesn't sound that bad...

Premiere is on Sunday (Sep 5) plus 6 more dates:

So 05.09.2021 // 18.00 Uhr Premiere
Sa 11.09.2021 // 19.30 Uhr
Sa 18.09.2021 // 19.30 Uhr
Do 30.09.2021 // 19.30 Uhr
Fr 15.10.2021 // 19.30 Uhr
So 07.11.2021 // 18.00 Uhr
Sa 11.12.2021 // 19.30 Uhr

[giovanni]

At last!
Yes, not bad at all! Typical Stewart sound!

[ManWithGoodTaste]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gVur8WRsAc

Doesn't sound that bad...

I love private videos!

[rhoeckel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RYhRe31Vi0

[rhoeckel]

Cough, cough...
Part 1: https://we.tl/t-4Waw2rsmTB
Part 2: https://we.tl/t-IP84ECkyG3

2021-09-05 (Sep 5th), 18:00 premiere of ELECTRIC SAINT
Weimar/GERMANY, Deutsches Nationaltheather, Großes Haus
Opera by Stewart Copeland and Jonathan Moore

recording info:
Sony ECM-717 -> Roland Edirol R-09HR (WAV 24bit/44.1 KHz)

The opera was spoken & sung in English language.
German subtitles could be seen on an LED screen under the stage.

To me it was better than expected.
The story is really interesting, the characters were played very well.
Especially I enjoyed JP Morgan [like a brother of J.R. Ewing ] and Thomas Edison.

I am a bit 'opera experienced' so the singing parts were not too bad in my ears.
What I really can't stand are looong female soprano parts but this was not the case.

Too bad that the Maestro himself was not present...

I was most impressed when the two "tesla towers" played some of the music (you can see a comparable experiment here https://youtu.be/Z5wELJRhwM8?t=339)

Cheers & enjoy!