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Bulgarian opera singer
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- soprano
- chamber music, opera
- Bulgaria, Italy
- opera singer
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2018-12-28 08:26:31
That old thing: remembering Covent Garden's revivals of historic 1950s productions
Gwyneth Jones as Elektra In 1988 I attended a performance of Richard Strauss' Elektra at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. I had seen the opera before in Welsh National Opera's Joachim Hertz production with Pauline Tinsley in the title role, but this performance was rather different.It had a strong cast, with Gwyneth Jones in the title role, Helga Dernesch as Klytemnestra and conducted by Gerd Albrecht, and in fact they opened up some of the traditional cuts in the opera. But unlike WNO's modish production Covent Garden's staging dated from 1953 and had not been seen since 1977. Directed originally by Rudolf Hartman the production featured sets by Isabel Lambert which were not unlike those at the opera's first performance. It could have been a damp squib, but thanks to an incandescent performance from Gwynneth Jones, it was riveting. I got the impression that it was very much […]
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