Rheinsberg for Opera Lovers
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rheinsbergIllustrious readers, honored guests, with this vid spam, I invite you to the name patron of our community, Rheinsberg, to an evening in the opera (or several). For the palace in which Frederick spent four years - the happiest in his life, he said - and his younger brother Heinrich over 40 - these days in summer hosts a festival for young opera singers. Methinks both brothers with the passion for music would approve. To Cavaradossi's aria from Tosca, have a trailer with wonderful views of the palace:
The other vids beneath the cut offer not one area but excerpts from the various operas performed, but I've also included non-operatic Rhinesberg vids for the opera averse, for this is truly a place to be happy in.
Firstly, here's a short overview from Deutsche Welle - in English - of the palace's history, with a quick tour through it:
Now, checking out the varous vids YouTube offered, I realised that the Rheinsberg festival offers both "Operngalas", which take place in the palace's courtyard and feature performances of several works, and entire performances of the operas, which take place in the garden theatre Heinrich had added. Both are open air.
Here's an overview of the 2015 gala. (All these vids are between 3 and 9 minutes. No entire performances, alas.) Note the countertenor in the middle singing "L'Amour c'est enfant du boheme" from Carmen which made me realize that a male Carmen would be totally Heinrich's type.
Next year, 2015, the Operngala looked like this:
And here's the fabulous Operngala of 2018 (with a bit of thanks saying first, but stick by for the music to come!):
Now, on to the vids featuring the individual performances in the garden theatre. Here's Carmen in 2017 (no countertenor, but female Carmen is fabulous, too):
La Traviata in 2015:
Tosca in 2016:
Les Contes de Hoffmann:
And, especially forcahn, Die Zauberflöte in 2014
Whereas this is amildred_of_midgard special, featuring maps of the place, palace and gardens alike (and no opera):
Lastly, one fantastic overview with no singing, showing Rheinsberg in early autumn with vivid colours, just breathtakingly beautiful:
The other vids beneath the cut offer not one area but excerpts from the various operas performed, but I've also included non-operatic Rhinesberg vids for the opera averse, for this is truly a place to be happy in.
Firstly, here's a short overview from Deutsche Welle - in English - of the palace's history, with a quick tour through it:
Now, checking out the varous vids YouTube offered, I realised that the Rheinsberg festival offers both "Operngalas", which take place in the palace's courtyard and feature performances of several works, and entire performances of the operas, which take place in the garden theatre Heinrich had added. Both are open air.
Here's an overview of the 2015 gala. (All these vids are between 3 and 9 minutes. No entire performances, alas.) Note the countertenor in the middle singing "L'Amour c'est enfant du boheme" from Carmen which made me realize that a male Carmen would be totally Heinrich's type.
Next year, 2015, the Operngala looked like this:
And here's the fabulous Operngala of 2018 (with a bit of thanks saying first, but stick by for the music to come!):
Now, on to the vids featuring the individual performances in the garden theatre. Here's Carmen in 2017 (no countertenor, but female Carmen is fabulous, too):
La Traviata in 2015:
Tosca in 2016:
Les Contes de Hoffmann:
And, especially for
cahn, Die Zauberflöte in 2014Whereas this is a
mildred_of_midgard special, featuring maps of the place, palace and gardens alike (and no opera): Lastly, one fantastic overview with no singing, showing Rheinsberg in early autumn with vivid colours, just breathtakingly beautiful:
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Date: 2020-04-04 03:50 am (UTC)(This is still all pipe dreaming for me, my kids need to be rather older before I can jet off halfway across the world :) )
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Date: 2020-04-13 03:23 am (UTC)(I'm jetting off halfway across the world as soon as there's no plague and I've been back at work long enough to not feel guilty about taking a year off for disability and then a month off for Europe. :P)