How an opera gets made

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

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  • @Vox
    @Vox  5 лет назад +597

    Thanks so much for watching this video! At the beginning of the piece I show a few seconds of that six minute “Ah” scene which occurs during the second act of the opera. For video lab members, I’ve linked the entire sitzprobe rehearsal of that scene so you’ll get a better sense of how insanely challenging singing it is. Watch it here: ruclips.net/video/6C7RXsADQmg/видео.html
    Enjoy! - Estelle

    • @julianachille3406
      @julianachille3406 5 лет назад +1

      I just watched the opera last month and it was amazing

    • @franzhubertus7994
      @franzhubertus7994 4 года назад

      Sitzprobe wird großgeschrieben.

    • @vedantsridhar8378
      @vedantsridhar8378 3 года назад

      @@franzhubertus7994 Well Sitzprobe is also called sitzprobe in English. So since in English every common noun is not starting with a capital letter, they wrote it correctly

    • @charpnatl
      @charpnatl Год назад

      There is something so magical about bringing a “show” to life. For me the planning, design, stage craft, rehearsal, blocking are of more interest to me than viewing the show as an audience member.

  • @juno9023
    @juno9023 5 лет назад +2413

    i love how all the costumes look super expensive and intricate but theres also a styrofoam hat

    • @iagreewithyoubub
      @iagreewithyoubub 5 лет назад +79

      I worked in the Met costume dept. for many years and everything is super expensive and intricate. Including that styrofoam hat.

    • @sarahk5412
      @sarahk5412 4 года назад +16

      We just did Hamlet at my college and I was working wardrobe. Not gonna lie, cast and wardrobe both looked at Gertrude's crown and said "She's wearing THAT???" It was primary colors and all satin cord. Looked like a Halloween toy... Until it was on stage and it popped - absolutely stunning. Stage costumes aren't meant to be seen up close, so a lot of weird stuff goes into making them.
      Also if you use the "right" material - for example, metal instead of foam - it can often come out looking wrong/cheap or else be the wrong weight/shape/size for the movement required by the part.

    • @dumbpunk1165
      @dumbpunk1165 4 года назад

      ok but baby robe thats a vibe i want

    • @vedantsridhar8378
      @vedantsridhar8378 3 года назад

      I love how your comment has 2.1K likes but only 4 replies

    • @danthemango
      @danthemango Год назад

      To be fair, an authentic crown is actually super heavy and not very practical to perform in. Diamonds and gold are literally rocks and metal, it's exhausting to wear the real thing.

  • @awabqureshi814
    @awabqureshi814 5 лет назад +1955

    This makes me actually want to go watch it

    • @zauberfeenpferd8241
      @zauberfeenpferd8241 5 лет назад +91

      and that's exactly why we should talk more about art... in a fun and enthusiastic way! :)

    • @dæmnKris
      @dæmnKris 5 лет назад +20

      It's available for download/streaming too, I'm watching it now.

    • @awabqureshi814
      @awabqureshi814 5 лет назад +6

      Kristoffer Risanger nice, where?

    • @dæmnKris
      @dæmnKris 5 лет назад +4

      Couldn't figure out where to pay for it (what a world eh?), but it's in the DHT network.

    • @kf10147
      @kf10147 5 лет назад

      Kristoffer Risanger i havent been able to find it could you shoot me a link on twitter? V3x1ng

  • @beatlemania8273
    @beatlemania8273 5 лет назад +1662

    This is a pretty recent opera. It's good to know they're developing new works and not just rehashing classics and beloved operas from the likes of Verdi and Puccini, but recent ones like this is pretty unknown to the general public.

    • @dimitreze
      @dimitreze 5 лет назад +8

      agreed

    • @dianabuck7310
      @dianabuck7310 5 лет назад +82

      LA Opera is pretty good about offering a mix of classics, forgotten gems, and newer compositions. I saw Akhnaten (modern), Tosca (classic), and Abduction From the Seraglio (forgotten gem) in the same year. They also did an incredible rendition of Orpheus and Eurydice with the Joffrey Ballet. Ballet and Opera should be together more often. They certainly used to be.

    • @DiasYT
      @DiasYT 5 лет назад +2

      ok boomer

    • @6h7tbone2OOl
      @6h7tbone2OOl 5 лет назад +36

      Most opera in general is pretty unknown to the general public

    • @JWFan221
      @JWFan221 5 лет назад +7

      Beatle Mania it’s just a shame new operas are terrible and are just ridiculous money making spectacles with zero artistry. But of course the public doesn’t understand that, they just literally digest anything and think it’s good if it’s labeled as such, they can’t make up their own mind or have original thoughts.

  • @firelizard2
    @firelizard2 5 лет назад +609

    So, not only was this an interesting look at something I would probably never otherwise see, it was just straight up nice to see this dude very clearly living his best life. That's rad.

    • @Sbeth85
      @Sbeth85 5 лет назад +14

      Yes, he had such a lightness to his energy, a lot of joy... And the natural light in his apartment is 👌

    • @Dr_JSH
      @Dr_JSH 4 года назад

      @@Sbeth85 Your point (if there is one)?

    • @Sbeth85
      @Sbeth85 4 года назад +12

      @@Dr_JSH My point is pretty clear from the original comment.

    • @snowballs7007
      @snowballs7007 3 года назад +1

      The Met On Demand is where you can watch for a monthly subscription if you want.

  • @imageez
    @imageez 5 лет назад +606

    Concept: The first monotheist Egyptian king and the story of egyptian afterlife
    Costume Designer: Elizabethian cage dress and baby heads

  • @howardbankler66
    @howardbankler66 5 лет назад +443

    Being in that rehearsal room looks stressful but magical

    • @jacobbass6437
      @jacobbass6437 3 года назад +4

      Yes. It can get very intense. But that also comes from the fact that the conductor demands a lot from her musicians. And rightfully so, they are some of the top musicians in the world and can take her demands.

  • @racoonzattack
    @racoonzattack 5 лет назад +339

    I would not mind seeing this same video but for other operas as well.

  • @joshuasalem5022
    @joshuasalem5022 5 лет назад +1481

    This is Anthony Roth Costanzo, also known as “Not Jeff Bezos”

    • @SaxandRelax
      @SaxandRelax 4 года назад +1

      no comments?

    • @gibby3350
      @gibby3350 4 года назад +11

      It’s the nice Jeff Bezos

    • @sadface7457
      @sadface7457 4 года назад +1

      We need to write an opera about the private space race for him then

  • @czarpeppers6250
    @czarpeppers6250 5 лет назад +193

    Brings back memories. When I was growing up my Dad was production manager for a number of different opera companies. There was one year that I wasn't in school (long story) and my Dad was raising me on his own so he brought me to work. There was a few productions I saw from start to finish; from the planning stages in the office, to the long night after the last show when the crew would pack up the set. It was certainly a far more educational experience than anything I would have learned in school that year. Even met the mayor of the city I lived in during one night back stage. But growing up around opera gave me an appreciation for it even when I was only 10. Carmen is probably my favorite.
    I remember there was this one security guard at the concert hall that use to play hide and seek with me in the massive dark lobby during the dress rehearsals and stuff. Good memories, anyway enough of me rambling to random people in RUclips comments.

    • @Moglidor
      @Moglidor 5 лет назад +7

      CzarPeppers cool story.

    • @karakalaustria
      @karakalaustria 5 лет назад +9

      I really like your rambling. Do go on please :-)

    • @kohlinoor
      @kohlinoor 5 лет назад +7

      That's really cool! I was in the children's chorus for an opera once, so this video helped me give a name to the various rehearsals, jobs, and people I remember. But to be behind the scenes of so many productions must've been indescribable!

    • @madyjules
      @madyjules 4 года назад +4

      so beautiful!! you definitely had an incredibly unique childhood
      thank you for sharing your memories with random people ( like me 😁 !)

  • @katherinecraig618
    @katherinecraig618 5 лет назад +102

    As an opera singer I love that Vox is concentrating on the behind the scenes that many don’t see.

  • @Apputhegreat12
    @Apputhegreat12 5 лет назад +3732

    “Roughly the size of 12 Anthonys.” When vox is trying to be US-friendly.

    • @GURken
      @GURken 5 лет назад +172

      strange they didn't mention football fields

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      @LOLHajimebilibili 5 лет назад +10

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    • @bob-manuel
      @bob-manuel 5 лет назад +13

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    • @Udontkno7
      @Udontkno7 5 лет назад

      Yes

  • @dianabuck7310
    @dianabuck7310 5 лет назад +159

    Having seen it, it really is breathtaking. The attack on the palace made my muscles hurt out of empathy. I swear it's a solid 15 minutes of people inchworm-ing their way across the floor.

  • @sudonim7552
    @sudonim7552 5 лет назад +150

    I like how when he talked about arpeggios, the background music followed along to his singing.

    • @anavila5741
      @anavila5741 5 лет назад +10

      It was the most satisfying thing ever omg

  • @user-gz1ej4ig1q
    @user-gz1ej4ig1q 5 лет назад +2124

    High art is when you're totally naked, spend 3 whole minutes to go down 12 steps looking straight into 4000 people.
    And then you're like Ah Ah Ah the whole show.

    • @TyzulaShipper183
      @TyzulaShipper183 5 лет назад +33

      Staying alive staying alive

    • @wolfie8012
      @wolfie8012 5 лет назад +15

      While contemplating your $120,000 banana-taped-to-the-wall-with-duck-tape art exposition!

    • @user-gz1ej4ig1q
      @user-gz1ej4ig1q 5 лет назад +5

      @@wolfie8012 and then just CONSUME the art in front of the public

    • @junogeronimo9422
      @junogeronimo9422 4 года назад +1

      Hahahahahhaa

  • @EurasiaOnYT
    @EurasiaOnYT 5 лет назад +429

    "If I told you, you're going to come see a minimalist three and a half hour opera about ancient Egypt where there's no real story and it's sung in ancient Egyptian, you'd think, man, there's no way I'm going to that."
    Ummmm...speak for yourself. That sounds awesome!!! Great video!!!

    • @Bacopa68
      @Bacopa68 5 лет назад +12

      I saw this back in the eighties. It was great. Don't remember any jugglers. We did have brickmakers, wrestlers, and people winnowing wheat.

    • @pabloplato
      @pabloplato 5 лет назад +5

      @@Bacopa68 i think the juggling is new to this staging, it premiered in 2017.

    • @razzmatazz1974
      @razzmatazz1974 5 лет назад

      I watched several early operas which are quite impopular today so i think i might get my chances with this one

    • @ExMeroMotu9
      @ExMeroMotu9 5 лет назад

      This comment sound like it was paid for.

    • @crow-t-robot
      @crow-t-robot 4 года назад

      Right?? I want to see this opera really bad now.

  • @haleyleyley8951
    @haleyleyley8951 5 лет назад +406

    Oh cool phillip glass
    Oh cool phillip glass
    Oh cool phillip glass
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    Oh cool phillip glass

  • @nedisahonkey
    @nedisahonkey 5 лет назад +46

    Glad the opera you chose to highlight was by my favorite composer. I LOVE Phillip Glass and everything he makes with a passion. If anyone wants to hear a beautiful piano piece by him I recommend "Mad Rush".

  • @nerdbrain396
    @nerdbrain396 5 лет назад +332

    My choir got to go to the met last year. I just wanted to let the world know that it cost me 14 dollars to get an 8 oz cup of pepsi and a cookie during intermission.

    • @vapidrabbit198
      @vapidrabbit198 5 лет назад +16

      yyyeah... but you kind of have to expect that at prominent theatres in major cities.
      what are you doing drinking coffee anyway? you were at the met... champaigne all the way!

    • @vapidrabbit198
      @vapidrabbit198 5 лет назад +3

      SarahBear795 that’s no excuse.

    • @writegirl422
      @writegirl422 5 лет назад

      That's New York City for you.

    • @clintonfiske4prez
      @clintonfiske4prez 5 лет назад +1

      actually not a bad deal

    • @sundawg911
      @sundawg911 4 года назад +2

      that is how they make their money and it's the same way with movie theatres. ticket cost goes to so many things and concession prices can be secure income to invest back into the theatre.

  • @abi243
    @abi243 5 лет назад +49

    Can’t believe this made me actually want to go and see an opera

  • @k9spot1
    @k9spot1 5 лет назад +81

    Anthony stole the show in this video what a cutie

    • @noodlesnook
      @noodlesnook 4 года назад +1

      i know, right? i love him.

  • @elsaphillips7415
    @elsaphillips7415 4 года назад +13

    I love this. Classical singing shouldbe an Olympic sport because it is such a physical thing. Perhaps we'll get more support for this magnificent art.

  • @TheTrainmobile
    @TheTrainmobile 5 лет назад +256

    Walking out naked on stage in front of 4,000 people: 1000% level of stress

    • @ZeacorZeppelin
      @ZeacorZeppelin 5 лет назад +14

      I saw the opera on November 30th, he was gorgeous

    • @razzmatazz1974
      @razzmatazz1974 5 лет назад +5

      Opera Is a very stressful job i think. No place for mistakes

    • @RianeBane
      @RianeBane 4 года назад +16

      "Ok, if you get nervous, just imagine all of the audience nake-...wait"

  • @krisherrick4261
    @krisherrick4261 2 года назад +4

    Just got home from NYC specifically to see this once-in-a-lifetime masterpiece. Thank you Vox for inspiring the whole trip with this video!!!!!!

  • @noahhinton2657
    @noahhinton2657 5 лет назад +11

    Vox’s videos are always cinematically and aesthetically pleasing and appealing but this one is on another level

  • @PracticallyProudmoore
    @PracticallyProudmoore 5 лет назад +26

    I love Akhnaten so much and I saw it at the movies a few weeks ago. Thank you so much Vox for posting this video and congratulations to the cast!

  • @gatsbysdead
    @gatsbysdead 5 лет назад +102

    “Sing the word ‘Ah’ for 6 minutes straight” aka me watching after watching the news.

  • @skazka3789
    @skazka3789 5 лет назад +21

    Vox always answering my questions I never knew I had

  • @haukekaninc2798
    @haukekaninc2798 5 лет назад +5

    So nice to see that Karen Kamensek made it to the met, she once was chief conducter at the opera in Hannover and did an excellent job there!

  • @MdmERM
    @MdmERM 4 года назад +9

    Wow, opera is like an entire world that I had no exposure to at all. What a fascinating video! Thanks Vox for making it and thanks to everyone from the opera for letting them get such an in depth view to share with us all

  • @Romandy13
    @Romandy13 5 лет назад +100

    I want to watch this opera now. But I am both too broke and I don't even live anywhere near where this opera is played.

    • @Skund79
      @Skund79 5 лет назад +8

      I'm from Germany and my cinema does "stream" (don't know what the right phrasing would be) from the metropolitan Opera

    • @b3z3jm3nny
      @b3z3jm3nny 5 лет назад +7

      Today, December 4, it gets live broadcast to movie theatres around the world!! I'm seeing it today at my local movie theatre; see if that's an option for you! :) It's via "Regal movie"

    • @Romandy13
      @Romandy13 5 лет назад +1

      @@b3z3jm3nny I just checked their website to see if it is possible that there are showings in my country. Turns out, there is none. :'') Thanks for letting me know anyway. Maybe if the show gets more traction, it will eventually come to my country.

    • @b3z3jm3nny
      @b3z3jm3nny 5 лет назад +2

      Doe aw I’m sorry for giving you false hope. At the very least you can listen to a (different production’s) recording on Spotify

    • @CurtisStorm
      @CurtisStorm 5 лет назад +2

      There’s a decent production from the University of Indiana here on RUclips you can look up, though I think it’s broken up into different videos.

  • @balmain-i3e
    @balmain-i3e 5 лет назад +797

    It's no wonder why pirates listen to opera...
    I guess they love the high C's

  • @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs
    @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs 5 лет назад +159

    That was an interesting insight into theatre

    • @TheChannelXY
      @TheChannelXY 5 лет назад +4

      *Opera but yeah

    • @juliusdsanchez
      @juliusdsanchez 5 лет назад +8

      @@TheChannelXY opera is also considered theatre

    • @TheChannelXY
      @TheChannelXY 5 лет назад +1

      @@juliusdsanchez i did not know that.. thx:)

    • @androidynamit
      @androidynamit 5 лет назад +2

      Dude i didn't know you enjoy this kind of documentary too

    • @dihar5966
      @dihar5966 3 года назад

      hi Iron !

  • @BuddyL
    @BuddyL 5 лет назад +3

    I've been a super with the SF Opera for nearly a decade. The process *never* ceases to amaze me.🎭

  • @chicken5068
    @chicken5068 4 года назад +5

    Thank you for making the video! Before this, i had never been exposed to operas other than by media’s depiction and seeing an overview of the process is amazing.

  • @robertwhittington7008
    @robertwhittington7008 4 года назад +5

    This was one of the most fascinating operas that I have ever seen. It was a spectacular production.

  • @micheleg.coberesq.1981
    @micheleg.coberesq.1981 5 лет назад +4

    You forgot to mention the hundreds of hours of music rehearsal long before the sitzprobe. This is extremely difficult music and these extraordinary work very hard to learn and MEMORIZE it all. Bravo tutti. 👏🏾

  • @Sandra-et4tw
    @Sandra-et4tw 5 лет назад +3

    Had the pleasure of listening to this via radio about a week or two ago and it's a pretty incredible opera, even without the visuals. Definitely cannot compare this to classic operas from old - they're equally wonderful but so different.

  • @ErickTG
    @ErickTG 5 лет назад +11

    Wow, this guy has an awesome energy! I don't know how to describe it.

  • @AntonioCostaRealEstate
    @AntonioCostaRealEstate 5 лет назад +2

    Good to see how Vox handle its subject videos seriously. The editing is always on point, concise , interesting to view, with clever subject choices, and there is never a poster pointing out an editing flaw. There are so many contemporaries that botch the approached subject, whether through lack of in depth research, or by pressing a hidden agenda.

  •  5 лет назад +8

    6:11 when the vocal conductor's positive reenforcement is "make it rain on em"

  • @taintedpills
    @taintedpills 5 лет назад +7

    this is absolutely breathtaking and mesmerising and I love the theatre so much✨

  • @Hoswendt
    @Hoswendt 2 года назад +4

    The best musical experience in my lifetime

  • @philipebbrell2793
    @philipebbrell2793 2 месяца назад

    I had to wait over 25 years to see a production of Akhnaten. So thank you, ENO. I saw it twice. Stunning. It is one of my two favourite operas.

  • @leecastillo20005
    @leecastillo20005 4 года назад +4

    Karen is a master conductor. This opera was the best. We saw it opening night. A work of art a masterpiece! Brava !

  • @wonderlanddreamer1021
    @wonderlanddreamer1021 4 года назад +3

    This is one of my favourite operas. It's really amazing.

  • @ericspencer3169
    @ericspencer3169 5 лет назад +2

    Saw Akhnaten a couple of weeks ago, great production design, amazing music, jaw dropping performances, gotta say, I was really impressed

  • @skister9905
    @skister9905 5 лет назад +1735

    “Karen and Caren”
    The Karens are taking over opera!!!

    • @iadtag1853
      @iadtag1853 5 лет назад +41

      an abundance of Karens

    • @batshapedheart
      @batshapedheart 5 лет назад +42

      Alayna Burholt they're expanding from the accounting department

    • @skister9905
      @skister9905 5 лет назад +9

      Javier Flores yes they are taking over

    • @vergelvelasquez
      @vergelvelasquez 5 лет назад +33

      wait till they show the final boss Kharen

    • @soberslaps1854
      @soberslaps1854 5 лет назад +3

      Such a meme

  • @satriaamiluhur622
    @satriaamiluhur622 5 лет назад +40

    Still wondering why opera always sounds so ominous and so final boss-like for me, regardless of the musical style

    • @maxmilianmusic
      @maxmilianmusic 4 года назад +2

      satria amiluhur “duel of the fates”

  • @Skyewalker1000
    @Skyewalker1000 Год назад

    I saw it last week in London. I've never enjoyed anything as much in my life. What an outstanding performance.

  • @EmmaHollen
    @EmmaHollen 5 лет назад +15

    All those people just seem *so nice*

  • @YoniIsrael
    @YoniIsrael 5 лет назад +1

    i love it how he is this big Opera star on the last days before the big show and yet he is so joyful
    i have a friend who plays in the Israeli Philharmonic and on the 3 days before a really big show you can't talk to him at all, he totally shut himself. after the show he the same old funny social guy that you'll want to eat Shawarma with

  • @sarahlovesx
    @sarahlovesx 4 года назад +2

    opera is probably the one part of theatre/entertainment i haven't looked into at all, but after watching this video, i might just have to check it out.

  • @PeterBarber
    @PeterBarber 3 года назад +2

    Thanks so much for making this -- there needs to be more coverage of this amazing art form, and Vox totally nailed this mini-doc. Maybe a full-length one in the future?

  • @haoweishi1340
    @haoweishi1340 5 лет назад +6

    Saw this production at the ENO, so amazing

    • @AbnerIMAlvarado
      @AbnerIMAlvarado 5 лет назад +1

      Me too. Had to spend a lot of money to come from Finland, but I regret nothing, it was a show for a lifetime.

  • @mathuraadir7061
    @mathuraadir7061 5 лет назад +73

    I like the part when they say ‘ah’

  • @pabloplato
    @pabloplato 5 лет назад +3

    perfect timing vox, i'm getting hyped for my chance to see this (via stream) at the movie theater later this winter. can't wait!!

  • @emilsdanusevics9231
    @emilsdanusevics9231 5 лет назад +8

    Saw the opera, loved it!

  • @Bayplaces
    @Bayplaces 5 лет назад +3

    Seeing Glass' Einstein on the Beach remains one of the most mind blowing shows I've ever seen

  • @cliffclerval8149
    @cliffclerval8149 2 года назад

    I recently saw this production production for the 2021 - 2022 Met Opera season and I was very impressed

  • @snackastackas5349
    @snackastackas5349 5 лет назад +50

    0:40
    he seems thoroughly dissapointed

  • @conversacionesconmipadre
    @conversacionesconmipadre 4 года назад +1

    Magic without hard work can ever be accomplished. I wish so bad I could afford to go to new york and watch this opera.

  • @supersadhero4647
    @supersadhero4647 5 лет назад

    I went to the opera a few weeks ago and saw the ad. I really wish to go see it! Walking those red stairs is so iconic I love doing it every time I go

  • @Elektronaut
    @Elektronaut 5 лет назад +8

    I had to pause this video for two hours to listen to an recording of Akhnaten after hearing the Ah ah part

  • @teethgrinder83
    @teethgrinder83 5 лет назад +2

    Wow that's given me a whole new respect for opera

  • @miriamakli799
    @miriamakli799 5 лет назад +14

    4:35 “Probe” means rehearsal 😅. “Try” in this case would be more like “Versuch”

  • @pedinurse1
    @pedinurse1 4 года назад

    This opera is an experience like no other, STUNNING, takes you to another dimension!!!!!!!

  • @AndromedaCripps
    @AndromedaCripps 5 лет назад +1

    This video feels like Vox walking around in awe of the MET and not actually understanding anything the musicians are saying, but somehow its still effective and I appreciate it.

  • @friedrichhaustein4784
    @friedrichhaustein4784 5 лет назад +8

    But there’s so much more to opera than just music and acting. Set design, Light design and the technicians involved are completely forgotten here..

  • @mnmlst1
    @mnmlst1 Год назад

    The beauty of Philip Glass music is something out of this world.

  • @alicemorrison1518
    @alicemorrison1518 2 года назад +3

    Thank you so much for making a video that I can show people when I am trying to explain how weird my favorite opera really is.

  • @albertbassoe5966
    @albertbassoe5966 5 лет назад +106

    Probably gonna get demonetised because of 2:29

    • @dankkmann9651
      @dankkmann9651 5 лет назад +14

      ThePark 627 imagine getting offended over people getting offended

    • @dankkmann9651
      @dankkmann9651 5 лет назад +8

      ThePark 627 I don’t think you know me well enough to say whether or not I do live by the opposite, but thanks for trying

  • @ZeacorZeppelin
    @ZeacorZeppelin 5 лет назад +1

    Philip Glass' Ahknaten is one the greatest operas of the 20th century. Hearing Philip Glass live is such an amazing experience. This opera does not feature violins, so it is lower the performers. The first time Nefertiti and Ahknaten sing together, he sings higher than her. Hey Vox can I be your opera correspondent please?

  • @scottwilliams557
    @scottwilliams557 5 лет назад +12

    Me: Watches the first 50 seconds. "Hmm. This sounds very reminiscent of Philip Glass"
    Video (0:57): "..an opera by Philip Glass"
    O_O

  • @toric6005
    @toric6005 5 лет назад +1

    I’m going to the encore today!!!!!!!! Super looking forward to it!!!!!! So fun to see some behind the scenes stuff!!!

  • @CorneT_T
    @CorneT_T 5 лет назад

    I've never visited opera before. After watching this video I'm sure that's the first thing I will do when I come to the USA. Thank u, Vox :333

  • @AVOWIRENEWS
    @AVOWIRENEWS 4 года назад +1

    You're getting better every day Vox

  • @Litnig
    @Litnig 5 лет назад

    Incredible performance, saw it in London. Anthony is a real talent and Philip a genius of course.

  • @SatiricalSpartan
    @SatiricalSpartan 5 лет назад +49

    “Could you not be so extra?” Opera sips tea.... “no”

  • @catvanburen2768
    @catvanburen2768 5 лет назад +1

    I have never wanted to see an opera more than I have wanted to see this one right now!!!

  • @oizys6381
    @oizys6381 5 лет назад +1

    Anthony's smile is lovely

  • @Jasmine-fu7qr
    @Jasmine-fu7qr 5 лет назад +7

    I was like this probably isn't going to be too interesting, then I just watched the whole thing and didn't know it was done

  • @Perliux02
    @Perliux02 4 года назад

    This video is awesome. Honestly the views don’t do justice to the quality it has. 10/10

  • @karlkastor
    @karlkastor 5 лет назад +3

    There is another vocal part by Phillip Glass that consists of singing "one-two-three-four" really fast for 5 minutes. ("Knee play 3" from "Einstein on the Beach")

  • @vrixphillips
    @vrixphillips 5 лет назад

    saw the live stream at the theatre on wednesday

  • @mackt6482
    @mackt6482 5 лет назад

    I saw it twice at ENO, and it was one of the best experiences of my life, musically. (It got better when fricking Philip Glass came on stage)

  • @imojeffes2827
    @imojeffes2827 Год назад

    I saw this video a few years ago and decided if I ever got a chance to see it I would and I saw it last night at the English National Opera and it was one of the best things I have seen in my life! So pleased I came across this video otherwise it would have never been on my radar

  • @albiesnyder412
    @albiesnyder412 5 лет назад +5

    That looked like a cool set would have liked to see more of that as well as the lighting m

  • @unclvinny
    @unclvinny 5 лет назад +6

    That’s bonkers, and I’d love to see it.

  • @amm9387
    @amm9387 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you so much. Please do more like this.

  • @nathanpratt3058
    @nathanpratt3058 5 лет назад +1

    It sounds beautiful....

  • @hameley12
    @hameley12 5 лет назад

    Really Vox? 🤨
    I would pay full price ticket to go see the three and half hour show. Fantastic, inspiring video. I love opera! Thank you Vox team!

  • @anadverseeffect
    @anadverseeffect 4 года назад +1

    Im just now discovering this opera and am getting way too obsessed

  • @vf7vico
    @vf7vico 5 лет назад +1

    Big thanks -- now I'm dying see this opera!

  • @araw4569
    @araw4569 4 года назад +1

    this opera seems mesmerizing!! thank you!

  • @potatomatop9326
    @potatomatop9326 5 лет назад +32

    All i have is opera music on youtube and imagination

  • @wcsah
    @wcsah 5 лет назад +1

    This was so cool! So we’ll-done and made the subject both beautiful and interesting. Thank you!

  • @llovizn4usuario
    @llovizn4usuario 5 лет назад

    I saw it thanks to Met Opera Live in HD, which I’ve been having a great time going to because before the series I didn’t have the chance to see opera living in a somewhat small town.

  • @yokesyokes1047
    @yokesyokes1047 5 лет назад +4

    This is badass, so want to see this

  • @scottandrewhutchins
    @scottandrewhutchins 4 года назад +1

    Akhnaten! I love Phillip Glass.