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2022-02-05 15:34:05
Femi Elufowoju jr’s imaginative reinvention of Verdi's Rigoletto features some strong, compelling performances
[…] misogyny and treatment of disability.Femi Elufowoju jr’s new production of Verdi’s Rigolettoat Opera North (seen 4 February 2022 at the Grand Theatre, Leeds) takes a dramatic and remarkably compelling approach. Roman Arndt was the Duke with EricGreene as Rigoletto and Jasmine Habersham as Gilda, plus Sir Willard White as Monterone and Callum Thorpe as Sparafucile. Garry Walker conducted, and designs were by Rae Smith. Verdi: Rigoletto - Callum Thorpe, Alyona Abramova, Roman Arndt, Jasmine Habersham, Eric Greene - Opera North (Photo Clive Barda) Elufowoju had moved the action to the present day with Arndt’s Duke as more of a high-end gangland boss, though the setting was unspecific. Smith’s stunning designs, with visuals channelling artists such as Kehinde Wiley and Yinka Shonobare, created their own strong atmosphere. Both scenes in Act One and that in Act Three were each like a picture, and each had […]
2020-11-26 13:23:54
A theatrical family & a damaged dancer: Christoph Loy's new production of Rusalka at the Teatro Real, Madrid
[…] a mute Asmik Grigorian, never had any end in doubt and Mattila toyed with Cutler's prince beautifully. It wasn't subtle, but it made riveting theatre. [It is a shame that the tessituras don't match, because I have always thought that it would make for a rather interesting drama if the Foreign Princess was Jezibaba in disguise. But that is another production!] Dvorak: Rusalka - The Nymphs: Julietta Aleksanyan, Rachel Kelly and Alyona AbramovaTeatro Real, Madrid Photo Monika Rittershaus The other characters suffered somewhat, it was not quite clear exactly who the Vodnik and Jezibaba where, and what their back-story was. The advantage of fairy-story is that is comes with a large back-history which can be tapped into. But both Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev and Katarina Dalayman gave strong performances. Kuzmin-Karavaev seemed to be younger than many who take the role, and sang it very finely indeed. Perhaps […]
2020-03-08 18:24:00
Carmen, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 7 March 2020
Images: Monika RittershausMicaëla (Christiana Karg) and chorus members Carmen – Anita Rachvelishvili Don José – Michael Fabiano Escamillo – Lucio Gallo Dancaïro – Jaka Mihelač Remendado – Ziad Nehme Moralès – Adam Kutny Zuniga – Jan Martiník Micaëla – Christiane Karg Frasquita – Alyona Abramova Mercédès – Serena Sáenz Lillas Pastia – Klaus Christian Schreiber Martin Kušej (director) Herbert Stöger (revival director) Jens Kilian (set designs) Heidi Hackl (costumes) Reinhard Traub (lighting) Children's Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (chorus director: Vincenz Weissenburger) Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Martin Wright) Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Like stagings of any opera – Elektra almost an exception – Carmens vary, though perhaps not so much as they ought. I have seen a few: from those that do not even to try (Francesca Zambello and her donkey, Aletta Collins for the […]
2020-03-08 18:24:00
Carmen, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 7 March 2020
Images: Monika RittershausMicaëla (Christiana Karg) and chorus members Carmen – Anita Rachvelishvili Don José – Michael Fabiano Escamillo – Lucio Gallo Dancaïro – Jaka Mihelač Remendado – Ziad Nehme Moralès – Adam Kutny Zuniga – Jan Martiník Micaëla – Christiane Karg Frasquita – Alyona Abramova Mercédès – Serena Sáenz Lillas Pastia – Klaus Christian Schreiber Martin Kušej (director) Herbert Stöger (revival director) Jens Kilian (set designs) Heidi Hackl (costumes) Reinhard Traub (lighting) Children's Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (chorus director: Vincenz Weissenburger) Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Martin Wright) Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Like stagings of any opera – Elektra almost an exception – Carmens vary, though perhaps not so much as they ought. I have seen a few: from those that do not even to try (Francesca Zambello and her donkey, Aletta Collins for the […]
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