London’s latest Wagner opera has an orchestra of 19
OrchestrasNot necessarily a sign of the times, but Regents Opera has started a Ring cycle with a pocket orchestra.
First reviews are fairly positive. Not bad, just not quite the real thing.
The biggest compromise of this budget Ring is that Ben Woodward, the company’s artistic director and conductor, has slimmed down Wagner’s vast score for 13 parts and 19 instrumentalists.
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