Flashmob the Opera repeat on BBC 2
Flashmob, th Opera is repeated on BBC Two on Boxing Day, 26th December 2004 from 4:45pm - 5:45pm.
From the Radio Times:
This bizarre experiment looked like being a one-off curiosity when it was first broadcast live in October on BBC3, but it worked well. The idea was to stage an opera at London's Paddington station in the midst of commuters. Accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, soloists performed around the concourse, to the bemusement (and delight) of the public. The story involves a romance between a football fan (tenor) and a City high-flier (soprano). After a lovers' tiff, she has called off the wedding and is heading off on a train when she bumps into a charming stranger (baritone). The show is full of striking moments, some planned, others thrown up by unwitting extras. It all feels very fresh and real, and may spawn more quirky shows like this. It could be just the shot in the arm the BBC's arts output needs.
Posted by Simon at December 21, 2004 12:04 AM
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Hi guys
I saw this in October. It was great, funny, awesome etc. The angelic prompt is very funny. If you're opera-phobic like me, check it out - you'll love it.
Regards, Jonathan
hey dudes
How do i get in on the action?
Is there a flash mob going to be in the Maryland, USA?
Steve
Bloody hell! The best thing on TV all Christmas... absolutely breathtaking!
Just watched the repeat - funniest thing all christmas - damn good - long live ze flashmobbers!
Bravo! Encore - PLEASE!
... and someone get a flashmob event going in the north east *cry* I can never do them up here
Please do a 'flashmob' opera in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, so that I can take part. With hopeful anticipatory thanks.
Fantastic, never seen anthing like it before, hope you do a lot more,
Regards John Coyle, Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust
This was the most inspirational thing on opera, on tv and on at Christmas. It has left me on a 'high'
Please can we have some more. I would love to be there
hey guys, easily the best entertainment on tv this christmas, there needs to be more of them, wish i had been there!!!! it has probably done more for opera than anything for a while! more flashmob operas here's hoping!
Zoe
BRILLIANT ! I missed the original in October as wel as the first 15mins today. Will it be repeated (again)? PLEASE
superb
FANTASTIC by far the best thing on tv over the christmas period.
brillient, when are you performing next and where
marilyn
beautiful music, great setting, fascinating and funny storyline - smiles all round . Lets have more like this and how do we all take part?
loved it, want to be part of one, when next where and how?
Just finished watching this on BBC2.
twas excellent.
Very engaging indeed.
Would have loved to have witnessed this live.
I hope that just makes all flashmobbing take off now in a mega-craze around the entire country in all its different forms ohohoho
I have just watched Flashmob and loved it! What a brilliant idea of bringing the opera to life and to the people. I hope that more such events are planned. I would have gone to Paddington just to be a part of it. Maria
Bravo. I watched the repeat in Holland. It's a pitty such things never happen over here. Well done BBC. Well done.
excellent - well constructed - made me stop 'switching over' channels.
Has converted me to sit up and listen more..
Flashmob the Opera... absolutely brilliant, best programme on the box the Christmas. Great job... more please.
fantastic. bringing opera and classical music to the masses. about bloomin time! we need access to this sort of stuff! take it away from the rich snobs and give it to the world
Just saw the repeat - I'm a professional pianist for a living and was so grateful that someone had the balls to put on such a project, helping to disuade the myth that our craft is elitist.
Bravo
Just stumbled across flashmob the opera tonight and was completely blown away by the sheer brilliance of it. Without a doubt the best thing i've seen on TV for a long time. More please!!
brilliant. loved it even more a second time. when & where are you performing next - and what is it?
Simply breathtaking. I'd loved to be a part of it.
Great, presentation,Great explanation of the plot, We want more,Thankyou John, Ringwood Hants.
David & I loved the broadcast and loved the whole idea of flash mobbing ...lets have more here in wales...well done opera stars, orchestra and bbc
We have really enjoyed watching encore soon please, please!!
Just caught the repeat of this - superb! Ant chnace of a DVD of this? And another showing?
Wonderful - what a promotion for opera. I was moved and spellbound. More please? And I want to be part of the next one!!
excellent-real fun-when is the next event
Brilliant! Best thing on TV this year please let us have much more and lets have some more live events of this nature please.
Just caught the repeat - superb! Any chace of a DVD of this? And another showing? And another show next year?
Just caught the repeat - superb! Any chance of a DVD of this? And another showing? And another show next year?
Flashmob the Opera - Unbelievably good - in every department. Wish I'd been there! Nevertheless, great television.
More, more, more.
Chris Mac
wonderful - would love to take part in something like this - more of it please
Used to b at Uni in London and know the station fairly well. Was great idea and very amusing to stage the Flashmob opera there. Please can we have more of this!!
Now this is a Great tv afternoon! Nicholas Ransley, what a voice! any chance to get this on dvd? will be repeated on tv? hope so!!!
Saw the flashmob the opera, fantastic, I hope another one is organised in 2005. How do I find out up and comming ones in London?
Just seen Flashmob and thought it was awesome when are you going to do one in the south west
Congratulations for this wonderful show that I have just happened to watch. This is opera, action, music, where everybody takes part. Alas, I have only caught it after the first 15 minutes, when my wife dragged me away from my deep reading. Please repeat it soon!
Gilberto Ferraz
Probably the best thing on TV this christmas. Wll done the BBC. Shame the rest of the scheduling isn't as good.
James (London)
Would like to echo much of the above - what a great idea - I'd love to take part in something like that - how do I find out?
What a great introduction to opera, keep up the good work.
Now this is what opera was always meant to be - music for the people. Absolutely stunning! I am convnced that Mozart would have loved the idea to bits!
Awesome
Simply loved it.......watched it with my 18-year old -who is very much into classical music- and my husband -who very much isn't- and we all loved it.....Please please more of this and please please a dvd.....Loved it as much as we did Operatunity...These kind of programs bring opera to life for the "non-lovers".
Etraordinary-at last some old fashioned brilliance on the arts front from the bbc justifying -at at a stroke- the licence fee. You need (we need) more of this!
PS wife in tears at the end - all after a random stumble on the programme - magnificent!
Brillant, superb television. One of the most creative things and fun ideas I've seen in years. Please repeat and let me know!
Missed it the first time round. Plaese broadcast a repeat of the repeat. Brilliant !!
Ok, caught this just in time! Totally wrapped and spilled over at the end.... little prolemette though.... what is flashmobbing?!?
Thanks
An inspiring innovation! More! More! More!
Great show, brilliant performances when are you coming to bonnie scotland, was captivated!!
Well done to all
Flashmob the opera is the first thing ive seen on the tv this christmas that has made me sit up and actualy pay attention! wow it was brilliant! what an idea! do it again please and let me be there!
i will keep a close eye on flashmob.co.uk from now on to get in on the action.
Dave
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE SURELY. WHERE AND WHEN, I WOULD TRAVEL A LONG WAY TO WITNESS OR EVEN TAKE PART IN IT
Loved Flashmob. Please do one in Manchester.
What can be said that hasn't already, a truly superb work of art and pure genius.
Absolutely fantastic! DEFINITELY the best T.V. all Christmas - an' I thought I hated opera. But, like many others, I only stumbled across this gem while channel-hopping. Did I miss all the trailers? Or do the B.B.C. bosses genuinely not recognise what makes good T.V.?
Great. Brilliant. I've enjoyed many operas at Covent Garden but this one was breathtaking. The modern libretto and settings were inspirational and gave new and fresh life to much loved works.
Please repeat and release a DVD as I missed some of it.
i know absolutely nothink about music .......but boxing day 2004 will be remembered for a long time by me and my mate as we just flipped over the tv and caught the start of this program...absolutely awesome .....the ending brought a tear to my eye.......well done and if you have any dates ill be coming to watch the next one live.....
regards
steve (plymouth)
This was great - only time when passing TV I bothered to sit down and watch something - it would be great to see more of this in different locations with others new to opera to share the pleasures
Stumpled upon performance whilst channel hopping ! Easily the best viewing over Christmas, well done the BBC
Feeling a bit low on Boxing day. I caught the end of the Opera and it was fantastic. Words are in adequate. Blinding Love Maria
Fantastic, brilliant t.v. More of these would be great please BBC
Stumbled across this by accident while getting ready to go out to a classical concert and it was a fantastic "starter" for the evening! Missed first 15 mins please repeat and give it trailers and publicity to tell everybody in time
Brilliant My Wife Moira, son Mathew (13) and Myself have all agreed it was the best show over the festive season. what is on next. We want to be there.
OK .. from Wales ..... we want to join in a future event with singing ... or just being silly would do ... but singing would be most fun ... the Paddington Opera was fantastic, it was really innovative and it worked really well - the principal singers were great ... please let us know if there is Wales event
Flasshmob - The Opera . The best bit of telly over the entire christmas . Please repeat it and bring more of this type of opera
wow!!!
please tell me where the next one will be
I saw this while relaxing in a hotel in Aberystwyth. What good fortune the hotel TV did not have many channels to watch, or else I would have missed it. It was really good. The concept was great. And the delivery of all actors was really great. Loved the football fans part - esp. the way they say "...We blokes need to stick together...". Angel was also great.
Wonderful! I laughed, I cried! Come Scoglio, What a Plonker! Cool voice of God in the Factotum. And a great Nessum Dorma. This was the best TV all Christmas. Thank you so much! Thank God I taped it. I have seen it four times.
George
George again. So good to have Barrie Davies there. In the Factotum, shirt Number three! So very clever!
I have to watch again! It'll be a late night. Have you a clue how much good-hearted laughter this has created? Utterly glorious!
George
Brilliant from what i saw, when is the repeat?
This show was like a breath of fresh air.
What a brilliant show. Well done BBC you can be proud and hold your head up high.
Can you please send me an invite to any future shows. Im sure it must of been electric to of been there and seen it live.
PLEASE PLEASE do more of these shows.
very good much better than the usual stuff the BBC bore us with at christmas. had me singing afterwards! is there a dvd?
Not an Opera fan but this was absolutely brilliant watched it with the whole family on boxing day. Please repeat - will it be released on DVD?
Well done and congratulations to the BBC and to all of those who were involved in creating this programme. I loved it asdid my girlfriend. We were grinning from ear to ear (with delight) during the whole show, and laughing/enjoying at the great humour it displayed.
Congratulations on being brave (to take a risk on something so different), innovative, creative, raising the tone of TV and introducing so many (such as myself) to the delights of Opera. It really was awsome!
Thanks and hope you will do another one.
Flashmob the Opera.
An outstanding piece of television.
An example of how, on some very rare occasions (even more rare these days), the BBC is still capable of being involved in programme making which is truely innovative, original, entertaining and educational.
The programme was rough around the edges: in some places it appeared that the programme makers didn’t know what was going to happen next and the advanced publicity did not generate sufficient momentum to ensure a large turn-out of supporters . However, the apparent confusion and the fact that many of the onlookers who participated appeared to have done so on the spur of the moment only added to the sense of spontaneity.
The finale was an emotional moment, and the fact that a number of the onlookers joined in the singing despite the confusion was a testament to the sense of occasion which was generated by the event.
A great success!
Hi, not about anything in particular, just wondering if the David Hammond on here knows me? From Kouphovouno?
David e-mail me! laurieannedwards@hotmail.com
Bravo!