Ring Cycle Tonight !

[mikey4444]

Das Rheingold, on BBC Four, at 19:00 tonight

[1581960]

Appears twice in the list of 'latest posts'. another glitch?

[scorpiojo]

Mikey's posted it in two categories :)

[Baldric]

Duplicate post

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Media-and-TV/TV/Question1537946.html

[shoota]

It is wrong to post this information in 'Music'.
The correct category would be 'Endurance Test'.

[scorpiojo]

:)

[mikey4444]

Not the 1st instalment shoota...its only 2.5 hours !

[tonyav]

its only 2.5 hours !

How many instalments are there ?.

[scorpiojo]

42

[tonyav]

Wot !, is it on iplayer ?.

[shoota]

"The Ring Cycle. Wagner's epic masterpiece: More than 15 unforgettable hours of music and passion....."
Endurance test QED.

[tonyav]

Bloody hell !, sooooo it's an all nighter then.

[mikey4444]

You are all being very naughty !

Four "evenings" as us aficionados like to put it.

All available on the iplayer, after tonights bash ::::

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04pd0td/episodes/player

So no one need get indigestion if they don't have to !

[tonyav]

Is that four consecutive evenings, mikey ?.

[shoota]

15 hours of passion I can handle, 15 hours of music AND passion is too much for my old bones....

[tonyav]

LOL, have a few single malts, shoota. They should help ;-)

[mikey4444]

Well...if you were at Bayreuth Tony, then of course its the done thing to see it over 4 consecutive evenings, but a little leeway is given for beginners ! I saw it at Covent Garden over a 2 years period.

As I understand it, once tonights broadcast is finished, then the complete Cycle will be available on the iplayer, with immediate effect.

I think !

[tonyav]

Ah I see ( I think ), thanks mikey.

[OldBather]

You have to be a devoted Wagnerite to sit through the whole Ring,even over 4 days.I did (when I was 20,50 years ago)and saw it at Bayreuth.The seats (well mine at least) were hard,and maybe kept me awake.
"When one attends a Wagner Opera and is there for two hours,and looks at one watch and realises one has been there for fifteen minutes"