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7 minutes ago, alison said:

s it people who have Smart TVs who are having the problem?

could be - certainly in my case. I now find it seems to be working perfectly and the pre performance screen which tells me that there are no technical problems and which shows the clock running down to start time appears. After a frustrating and annoying evening I don't feel like spending two hours watching even the RB so will delay until tomorrow. Hope it'sstill working!

5 minutes ago, oncnp said:

What platform is Wigmore on?

Concerts are available through their own web site. If you watch live it's through that, then they are put on to You Tube for 30 days. They also have some older concerts available on You Tube.

think the ROH needs to look very carefully at their use of Vimeo. I have been watching concerts from the Wigmore Hall two cornerstones a week with no problems. But I suppose the problem is that the cost of your ticket can be dealt with by Vimeo, whereas the Wigmore Hall just asks for a donation.  If the ROH is serious about streaming it must sort this out properly. They're losing an awful lot of potential viewers at the moment.

Just now, oncnp said:

 

But it was the same system - I may be the only one but it is working perfectly for me (Chromecast to TV from laptop)

I've watched the other streamings with only minor difficulties so I don't know what the problemi is with this. very fed up!

the ROH seems not to care that apparently hundreds of us cannot access this. Their statement that 'don't forget you have 30 days to watch this performance ' is just not good enough. 

Sorry - my mistake

I've just received details of booking for the two programmes including Elite Syncopations and Within the Golden Hour but can't understand why a start time of 9.30 pm is necessary. Any ideas?

Pleased to donate! The forum has allowed me to keep some semblance of normality during this awful year and has been a mine of information about the many interesting things that  I've been able to enjoy ( or not, as the case might be!). Thank you to Moderators and all contributors.

3 hours ago, oncnp said:

 

Being released in Janaury

3 hours ago, Rob S said:

It’s currently due out towards the end of January. 

That should cheer me up in lockdown!  Have just watched it and found I was suffering from such a mixture of emotions, partly the ballet,which I always find a combination of joy,fun,sadness. And then the realisation that normal life, let alone theatregoing, seems to be receding further away all the time. 

will definitely get my £3 worth by watching this several times. Hope it appears on DVD.

11 minutes ago, LinMM said:

No of course no restrictions 

Just having a somewhat bleak senior moment it seems 🙄 

I sympathise - seen to have been having a lot of them over the past 6 months and more to come!

have received nothing from ROH - good job I looked here.

Can't think what they've done. Logged in without pre a couple of days ago. Tried yesterday and was told my 'credentials' were inaccurate. I've emailed them to find out what's going on. I'm reluctant to spend £15 monthly at this rate, especially as their operatic offerings for 20/21 are not particularly interesting to me.

19 minutes ago, bangorballetboy said:

The set is from ROH’s production of La Traviata (act 2, scene 2 - Flora’s salon).

 

I agree it was an extremely enjoyable and, at times, highly emotional evening? Well worth the £16 cost and certainly every penny worth to see Gerry Finley’s Scarpia.

Thanks for this - I thought someone would know!  And I agree totally about the £16 being well spent.

1 hour ago, jmhopton said:

Me too! Sounds a wonderful evening when even the weather behaved. Well done to Meaghan and everyone who took part. 

Also if someone could give their thoughts on the livestream opera from the ROH I'd be interested. I'm not purchasing it myself (waiting for the ballet!) but would be interested in how it was staged, were there proper costumes etc. Also, if anyone is lucky enough to see Vadim's Swan Lake in Latvia (?) I'd love to know how that went. 

Have just written something in the News section about the Opera evening. And no proper costumes I'm afraid!

I found the Opera programme highly enjoyable. It was rather strange to see the orchestra using the whole stalls area and to see members of the chorus scattered around the theatre. Clever choices of repertoire that didn't require close contact between the soloists, some that is obviously difficult to achieve in ballet. There was a handsome set - I think.it may have been specially designed for the occasion, but someone on this forum may correct me on this. I most enjoyed the finale with Gerald Finley, orchestra and chorus in the Te Deum from Tosca. Amazing how an artist like Finley, can, in just an excerpt and without a full stage, can create such a powerful impression of evil! He had previously sung Iago's Credo - definitely an evening for the baddies! Will watch again, and of course can't wait for the ballet evening

it seems that Vimeo can be accessed via an Amazon Fire stick. I've just watched the opera programme with no problems at all. Just entered the link sent by the ROH on the Internet app on he Fire stick and it worked beautifully. Vimeo must have done something as the first couple of programmes were a bit of a shambles.But I agree, the system used for the Met, Maryinsky, is easier, although I haven't tried to watch one of the Met's paid recitals.

I've been enjoying concerts from this via the Arte channel. So good to see proper concerts and recitals, albeit with some restrictions as to length of concert ( no interval), works needing a slightly smaller orchestra, although have seen a stunning performance of the Siegfried Idyll with Barenboim and the West- Eastern Orch. Audiences somewhat smaller because of social distancing but still a sign of blessed normality in our mad time. Thoroughly recommended, and on all of this month.

8 hours ago, Jan McNulty said:

The other performance that astounded me was his portrayal of Des Grieux in Manon.  I had actually gone because Alex Campbell was performing Lescaut with Francesca Hayward as Manon.  

This was one of the first ballets I saw when I started going to ballet again. I had heard of Ed Watson but only seen him on tv. I was totally bowled over by the performance and to this day amazed that a dancer who could take on roles like Rudolph, and the various McGregor works could produce something as delicate as his Des Grieux. Dancers like Bonelli and Campbell seem to have a natural affinity for the part - Watson, on paper, would seem an odd choice for the role. Shows what casting against type can sometimes produce!

will be interesting to see if it is streamed via You Tube or what. The recent Met recitals were similar to the ROH paid concerts that caused problems. Hope my technology doesn't stop me seeing these.

Completed your interesting survey. Made me think!

one of the best DVDs I've seen for a time. It was, of course, a particularly good triple bill and all three performances are very fine. I'm pleased to have Enigma after all these year - it's worth the money if only for Laura Morera! And Raymonda, which is a beautifully polished performance really made me realise what we've been missing these last few months.

2 hours ago, Bluebird said:

There's a link to the castlist on the YouTube page.  Here it is (scroll down for the full cast):

https://www.roh.org.uk/showings/the-sleeping-beauty-live-2020

Thank you for this. Doesn't seem to appear on the You Tube app on my television. I have up in frustration so am grateful for the link. Let's hope for a DVD

Am I the only one to have watched and thoroughly enjoyed Sleeping Beauty? I loved the rapport between Kaneko and Bonelli - they appeared to really enjoy dancing with each other. Bonelli's little skip when he took his solo curtain call suggested that he was pretty pleased with things! The actual filming seemed spot on, possibly focussing more on telling the story than the actual dancing but highly enjoyable. I think several other forum members commented favourably when this was shown in cinemas so I'm probably just a bit late to catch up with it. One small point about these transmissions - it would be good to have access to a cast list somewhere - the quick scroll down at the end is not enough, especially for a ballet like SB where there are many characters.

1 minute ago, DanJL said:

For streaming, the recent ROH live performances were all available through marquee tv. I'm very happy (and keen!) to pay for original streamed Royal Ballet content, but hope it will settle into all being available on a single platform.

yes, let's hope if ROH does stream performances in a regular basis they settle in one platform. As someone who is facing paying for my tv licence from August I don't fancy the idea of having to pay multiple subscriptions - could end up even more expensive than ROH tickets!