Parallels and Paradoxes by Edward W. Said

Author:Edward W. Said [Barenboim, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-48937-1
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2002-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

EWS: So, to incorporate the sound rather than let it . . .

DB: Yes. And in fact, the conductors that have had difficulties acoustically in the pit at Bayreuth have been conductors who have a very angular way of conducting. But, as you mentioned as we were walking here, Wagner had a preoccupation with everything that was round, and I think this is part of his whole personality: he hated anything that was angular or clearly defined.

EWS: If I could just mention that I was very surprised this summer: you associate a performance at a place like Bayreuth with great formality, and the audience is mostly dressed in tails and tuxedos, and evening dresses, and so on. The temperature was about 150 degrees the day I went—it was extremely hot, and the pit, where the orchestra is, under the stage, so to speak, is not known for its coolness. Elena Barenboim and I went backstage after the first act, and there was Daniel in a T-shirt and shorts, and the orchestra in the most informal clothes you can imagine. It’s a very strange kind of dissonance to see that.

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