Jamie at Audiences Central has blogged about something interesting which makes me wonder which is more likely: Traffic wardens are routinely told to wander around abandoned industrial units in Ladywood at night looking for cars to ticket; or Visitors to (the nationally acclaimed) Birmingham Opera Company’s King Idomeneo are being opportunistically targetted by the city’s … [Read more…]
Time for another one of these I reckon. If you spot a review, some photos, film or whatever (or produce something yourself) then let me know in the comments. I’ll be searching out what I can and hopefully we’ll collect together some interestingness. First up the Birmingham Opera Company website and the Birmingham Opera Design … [Read more…]
I went to the full dress rehearsal of Birmingham Opera Company’s King Idomeneo on Sunday night and loved it. What’s not to like about an abandoned factory stuffed with shipping containers, opera singers, dirt and orange trees? Anyway, I have two tickets for tonight’s proper opening show to give away to the first person who … [Read more…]
Plenty more information has come out since my last post about Birmingham Opera Company‘s forthcoming production of Mozart’s King Idomeneo. Firstly, the first performance will be on 12 August but there’s a free dress rehearsal taking place on Sunday 10 August at 7pm. If you’d like to go down to that then email boxoffice@birminghamopera.org.uk to … [Read more…]