In light of the outbreak of the Corona virus, opera houses around the world, like other institutions, have begun to resort to the digital option to keep in touch with the public, and are now broadcasting their shows directly on TV and electronic platforms.
On Saturday at the Royal Opera House in Versailles, France, the conductor of the orchestra, François-Xavier Roth, performed with his band a performance in a hall that the audience missed, but applause was present in the homes of fans of this type of classical music forced to stay in their homes amid the crisis of the spread of Corona virus The newbie.
Beethoven's fans were able to hear his most prominent symphonies through the "Metzo" station, which transmitted directly the Royal Opera House show in Versailles on Saturday, but this station is not the only one that made this move.
The example of "Metzo" has followed the example of several channels, platforms and applications, and it is not limited to live concerts but rather shows old concerts and shows recorded, as there are some individual initiatives of artists who found themselves unemployed overnight.
The most prominent example of this is the German-Russian pianist Igor Levitt, who has been broadcasting videos on his Twitter account for days right from his home to please about 60,000 of his followers. From the living room, American Mitzu Soprano, Joyce de Donato, on Sunday accompanied by Polish singer Piotr Bizala, extracted from "Werther" opera for his masses directly on "Instagram" and "Facebook", taking advantage of the opportunity to request donations for theaters and orchestras.
"Music Comes to You"
In France, violinist Renault Cabochon on Sunday posted a video of him on Twitter, playing a melody for Dvorak using the "Nomad Play" application, which allows a player to be accompanied by a virtual orchestra.
The hall "La Villarmonie" in Paris launched the slogan "If you do not come to listen to music, music will come to you," announcing that all of its previous concerts are available on the application "Villarmony Live", in addition to lists and a virtual visit to its museum of music on its website.
The Paris Opera House, which is witnessing a very bad season after a historic and costly strike, added to the recent closure due to the Corona virus, said that it will broadcast a free program of opera and ballet on its website in cooperation with the "Culture Books". From today, it will begin broadcasting the new production of the opera "Manon".
Yesterday, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, one of the world's most prominent opera houses, began broadcasting its productions for free on its website. "We would like to offer operative sympathy to all opera fans in these very difficult times," its director Peter Gelb said in a message. Likewise, the Vienna Opera and the Munich Opera are doing the same, and the Stockholm Opera went so far as to broadcast Valker's "Valkyrie" broadcast for five hours (with breaks) on its website. The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra has allowed classical music lovers free access for a month to the "Digital Concert Hall" service.
• Pianist Igor Levitt broadcast videos directly from his home.
• We would like to offer condolences to all opera lovers at these times.