George Michael launches his first European tour in three years at Prague’s State Opera House tonight facing some technical hurdles to his new orchestral format.
The British pop idol’s Symphonica tour has some of his biggest hits over the last 30 years and favourites from other artists, all adapted for orchestra. But the new orchestral version has apparently caused some headaches for the 700-seat Czech theatre, which in the past hosted the likes of Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss and Enrico Caruso.
Most of the whole shebang I’ve put together for you doesn’t fit on the tiny stage.”
he wrote on Twitter,
But hopefully what we lose in terms of staging we’ll gain in terms of intimacy.”
Other venues include the massive O2 World hall in Berlin, Florence’s large Piazza Santa Croce, and London’s Royal Albert Hall.
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