The antique orchestra seats had more room than their counterparts in the upper circle we had once in Palais Garnier, but were not ideal for a 3 hour session. Our local Palais is currently covered in hessian outside, and could do with a spruce-up to its elegant interior as well. We had not seen the interior before, and wonder how it compares to the Walter Burley Griffin design that was canned after a fire.
The performance was in German with surtitles. We had to crane up to read the overhead edition from our seats, but there were options on a TV screen in the pit. We had a good view of the 84 strong Youth Orchestra, which was impressively enthusiastic, and loud when appropriate.
The 3D set was a very promising innovation, better than anything that could be done with stage sets, though it inevitably had the look of giant computer game at some points as the red sails were furled, or the storm brewed. The final moment was a bit cheesy, but that is probably the strange theology of Richard Wagner rather than that of the Deakin Motion.Lab. who were responsible for the image design and creation. At time of writing there is video clip of the set on You Tube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWFoA_dcTHE
The Victorian Opera chorus were in fine voice, and several, particularly Matthew Tng , seemed to be enjoying themselves enormously.
The soloists all gave renditions up to the standard of their considerable international bios.
A very enjoyable night.
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