Wanted: 18,000 classical music fans for O2 big, brash gig
By Ben Hoyle
There will be naked dancing girls, bungee ropes, a four-storey tower wreathed in fireworks and the theme from the Old Spice adverts amplified so that 18,000 people can hear it.
Puritannical music lovers should probably run for the hills: the stadium classical music gig is coming to Britain. O2 , the concert venue in the former Millennium Dome, announced yesterday that it will stage a monumental production of Carmina Burana next January.
It plans to follow Carl Orff’s frenetic and instantly recognisable work with productions of Carmen, Aida and The Nutcracker. A musical adaptation of Ben-Hur has also been mooted.
Read more about this at The Times Online website:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3842732.ece
