It will cost 14 Euros to
watch live; *5 Euros for an on-demand version (viewable for 7 days). It's too bad it's not free, but it's
totally understandable why not. I do appreciate their saying,
... the artists will receive a fair share of the revenue of each stream."
Viewers at home will be able to choose between two perspectives at any time: an overall view of the stage and a live-edited film of the opera or ballet performance.
And there will be other extras, too. There’s a nifty information video (in German only) with more technical details.
They also are taking into account
that many of us opera fans are not operating on Viennese time:
In Vienna the live streams will be transmitted live at the starting time, and then time zone delayed in order to ensure that the opera or ballet has an acceptable starting time for viewers around the world.
This sounds good in theory, but then
I wonder if I might just as well wait and get it on-demand for 5 Euros instead
of time-delayed for 14.
*On the other hand, Intermezzo points out that it’s
not entirely clear if the live streams will actually be placed in the on-demand
section, or if the on-demand stuff will be older archives, but I inferred that the new streams will show up for on-demand viewing (however, that could be wishful thinking on my part).
Speaking of on demand, Wagner's Die Feen (adapted for performance in the A1 children’s opera tent) is already
available. There’ll be a few weeks’
gap after the Rosenkavalier transmission, then the Staatsoper's video/audio folks will be super
busy right up to the start of the New Year. Here is the schedule for the rest
of 2013:
October 27 Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier
November 27 Mozart Die Zauberflöte
December 13 Wagner Tristan und Isolde
December 27 Rossini La Cenerentola
December 28 Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (Choreography Rudolf Nureyev)
December 29 Beethoven Fidelio
December 31 Johann Strauss Die
Fledermaus
On a slightly unrelated
note, the Staatsoper website is both attractive and informative, but I find the gray type on a beige
background rather difficult to read. Maybe I’m just getting old.
Minus Ms. Erdmann, it sounds like a good time - I'd certainly cough up the 5 euros.
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I didn't understand that about the time of the webcast. So is the time it says it will start the time to watch in any time zone? I had assumed I would just have to watch it earlier, although I don't know about 14 euros. The streams are not always reliable. I would not mind paying if there were a choice of trying again if it didn't work the first time. Even on medici.tv, which I subscribe too, I sometimes get drop outs.
ReplyDeleteIt IS confusing; and I agree with you about the 14 euros -- not a bad price but if you lose the stream, it's 14 euros down the drain!
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