Wien Staatsoper

[sloan]

Two questions:

1) what's that puny-looking excuse for a tuba?
2) HOW does he get such an incredible sound out of it?

3) (OK, I lied) Why are there titles in English for an Opera SUNG in English? Isn't that a bit insulting?

[oedipoes]

answer on 2)
That's Paul Halwax ...
He would sound good on the mouthpiece alone too.

[Untersatz]

Did I miss something here???
What tuba are you referring to?
I don't see a photo, a video, or a link to either one
All I see is the title of this thread, which I can figure out that it means Vienna State Opera,
which actually should be Wiener Staatsoper

[sloan]

Classic TubeNet: an Austrian spelling flame!

[sloan]

3) (OK, I lied) Why are there titles in English for an Opera SUNG in English? Isn't that a bit insulting?

So...I set the titles to "Deutsch". The only way to make the storyline in "Peter Grimes" interesting.

[David Richoux]

answer on 2)
That's Paul Halwax ...
He would sound good on the mouthpiece alone too.

Could also be Christoph Gigler according to the website.

[sloan]

answer on 2)
That's Paul Halwax ...
He would sound good on the mouthpiece alone too.

Could also be Christoph Gigler according to the website.

To whoever was on duty last Sunday afternoon for the "Peter Grimes" - my congratulations.

[burningchrome]

2) HOW does he get such an incredible sound out of it?

I always remember a masterclass I went to with Gene Pokorny. He played The York with his mouthpiece and sounded like a million bucks. Then he played a student's rotary, lacquer horn with the student's mouthpiece and he sounded like $999,999. This experience has been reinforced by the guy I sit next to in concert band who sounds fantastic on everything from a piston HoJo, to a PT-1, to a 20K.

[finnbogi]

I just got back to my guesthouse after watching a wonderful performance of Tristan und Isolde at Staatsoper tonight. As far as I could see through my opera glasses Gigler was playing a not particularly big eight rotary valve F tuba (4+4 setup) but he certainly sounded great - I didn't need the opera glasses to notice that!

[sloan]

I just got back to my guesthouse after watching a wonderful performance of Tristan und Isolde at Staatsoper tonight. As far as I could see through my opera glasses Gigler was playing a not particularly big eight rotary valve F tuba (4+4 setup) but he certainly sounded great - I didn't need the opera glasses to notice that!

Then you will appreciate our seats for last Sunday: Parterre 13, seats 1 & 2. Worth every penny. No opera glasses (or x-ray glasses to see through partitions!) required.

[cambrook]

As far as I could see through my opera glasses Gigler was playing a not particularly big eight rotary valve F tuba (4+4 setup) but he certainly sounded great - I didn't need the opera glasses to notice that!

Are you sure it didn't have 8 paddles?
Maybe a 4+2 (as is traditional in F tubas sold in Germany) - with 2 triggers like some Rudy's?

[Untersatz]

It was very common years ago to have the 3+3 system (3 RH & 3 LH) on the orchestral F tubas in Austria.
So I would imagine that a 4+4 wouldn't be out of the question.

[burningchrome]

What in the world are 4+4 fingerings??

[Bob Kolada]

Classic TubeNet: an Austrian spelling flame!

Classic-er Tubenet: a professor misspelling common phrases and denying it?

[sloan]

Classic TubeNet: an Austrian spelling flame!

Classic-er Tubenet: a professor misspelling common phrases and denying it?

Please quote the "denial".

[Bob Kolada]

Classic TubeNet: an Austrian spelling flame!

Classic TubeNet: an Austrian spelling flame!

Classic-er Tubenet: a professor misspelling common phrases and denying it?

Please quote the "denial".

With no attempts to acknowledge or correct, it seems...

[Bob Kolada]

I'm glad you had the opportunity to see what appeared to be a very good show.

[sloan]

With no attempts to acknowledge or correct, it seems...

Please quote the "denial".

[bort]

This is annoying.

[Bob Kolada]

I didn't quote the word "denial". Please quote where I quoted that. Fyi, slamming someone on the internet for a mild spelling correction (as you really seemed to have done) and not fixing it can effectively be considered a denial. I don't know why you're always so angry.