Siemens AG is offering access to Mozart´s Così fan tutte (directed by Claus Guth) via webstream on the Internet. I checked it out. The sound is good and the video is HD (although a bit jerky). My Verizon FiOS was pumping out a whopping 6135 kbits per second riding over rtmp on port 1935. Mozart would have been pleased.
The full broadcast of "Così" is today at 3 PM (EDT) and can be accessed at:
You will have to purchase a ticket online for € 7.90, but the opera can be viewed once again on-demand for up to 7 days after the actual performance. Once you purchase your e-ticket, you will be receive a username and password so you can login to the virtual Opera House.
If Wagner is more your cup of tea, Siemens AG will webstream Tristan und Isolde (Christoph Marthaler's production) on Sunday August 9th, 2009 at 3 PM from the Bayreuth Festival Theatre. Online tickets cost €14.90.
You don't have to leave the comfort of your home to experience high "culcha" as long as you have broadband and a credit card.
Pass the Budweiser and chicken wings.
Links:
http://live.bfmedien.de/live.html?lang=en
http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/language/en-us/dasprogramm/homepage/
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