Royal Opera House features contrabass trombone

The website of the Royal Opera House has an interesting feature on the Thein contrabass trombone it has recently acquired for Keith McNicoll. Says Keith:

Some time ago, I became aware that I would be required to play a contrabass trombone in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen opera cycle at the ROH. I was immediately excited at the prospect, but it soon dawned on me that my old Alexander contra wouldn't last five minutes in the orchestra pit - it is far too cumbersome and frail. After some discussion with the management it was agreed that the Royal Opera House should, ideally, own its own contrabass trombone.

Follow Keith McNicoll's exploits in obtaining a new Thein contrabass trombone for the Royal Opera House in Featured Instruments: The Contrabass Trombone. While you're about it, don't forget that you can see Keith in action on the new ROH contrabass trombone in performances of G??tterd??mmerung on 17, 22, 27, 30 April and 3, 6 May 2006.

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