Patrice Chéreau with Waltraud Meier and Matti Salminen (no - it´s actually Ian Storey!) from the Tristan rehearsals
The premiere of the Chéreau/Barenboim Tristan (details here), which opens the Scala season next Friday, will be transmitted directly on Arte: December 7th, 7 pm (CET) - details here
Hey!
ReplyDeleteIt's Ian Storey on the pic, not Matti Salminen ! (I know they look alike though :-).
Greeting from Milan
Auch - Matti Salminen must be more than 20 years older than Storey.... You are right of course. Thanks for pointing that out!
ReplyDeleteThe premiére is still in danger! Today a Workers’ Trade Union assembly will decide what to do next friday...
ReplyDeleteAt this link some shots of the reharsals:
http://www.corriere.it/vivimilano/cronache/articoli/2007/12_Dicembre/03/scala_contributi_pirelli.shtml
At last the long-yearned-for news:
ReplyDeletenot only the premiére will take place regularly, but all strikes have likely been put in hold till end of february!
Thanks alot for posting this! I am looking insanely much forward to the 20th december..
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