The Mystic Gulf
type: Item
label: De mystieke golf @nl
label: Der mystische Abgrund @de
label: Mystická propast @cs
label: Il Golfo Mistico @it
label: El foso místico @es
label: Det mystiska diket @sv
description: The invisible orchestra
description: het onzichtbare orkest @nl
description: Das unsichtbare Orchester @de
description: Neviditelný orchestr @cs
description: L'Orchestra invisibile @it
description: La orquesta invisible @es
description: Den osynliga orkestern @sv
alternative label: Fossa dell'Orchestra @it
Canon story number: 44
Canon story code: D.05
time frame: Industrial Age
Canon story topic: Sound
Field: sound, music and amplification
Link to internal Canonbase page: The_Mystic_Gulf
Link to internal Canonbase page: De_mystieke_golf
Instance of: Canon stories
Canon story description: Wagner termed the space between the 1st and 2nd proscenium in the Bayreuth Festival Theatre the ‘mystic gulf’. The sound cover hides the orchestra, making it invisible to reinforce the stage illusion by removing a visual distraction.
Canon story refers to: The Artwork of the Future
Canon story refers to: Bayreuth
Canon story refers to: Opera Garnier (FR) [Paris]
Canon story refers to: Teatro alla Scala [Milan]
Canon story refers to: Under the Sign of Saturn