In the spotlight of global media coverage, the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovanni in a professional opera, makes her historic debut in one of the reddest states in the U.S.
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Brett Dean's multi-award-winning opera received its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. The world premiere recording of Brett Deans new opera based on Shakespeares best-known tragedy: To be, or not to be. This is Hamlets dilemma, and the essence of Shakespeares most famous and arguably greatest work, given new life in operatic form in this original Glyndebourne commission. Thoughts of murder and revenge drive Hamlet when he learns that it was his uncle Claudius who killed his father, the King of Denmark, then seized his fathers crown and wife. But Hamlets vengeance vies with the question: is suicide a morally valid deed in an unbearably painful world?
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Visually this is a gripping production which captures the drama of this opera perfectly. It's downright exciting! and I found the singing, acting, and orchestral playing reasonably fine. I found only one major problem with it, a problem that kept Puccini for quite a few years. Turandot has been looking for an opportunity to kill Calif and Calif has singlemindedly tried to get Turandot to love and wed him focusing on her and ignoring a better looking girl who loves him truly. The problem is how to get the audience to applaud the match once Calif gets his wish. Puccini couldn't figure out how to do it. The traditional quick ending doesn't do it, and Berio's attempt is longer , tries its best, but ends up making it plain this is one wierd couple.
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In October 2013, the Mariinsky label releases a DVD & Blu-ray of Strauss most Wagnerian of operas, Die Frau ohne Schatten. Filmed in the historic Mariinsky Theatre in 2011, it stars Russian tenor Avgust Amonov as The Emperor, Mlada Khudoley as The Empress, Olga Savova as The Nurse, and is conducted by Valery Gergiev. The Mariinsky Theatre is one of the few opera houses capable of staging Die Frau ohne Schatten, due to the demanding soloist roles, elaborate sets and large orchestral forces required. This epic production, premiered in 2009, is a collaboration between two British artists, director Jonathan Kent and designer Paul Brown, and has become a regular fixture in the opera company s schedule.
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ユングが提唱した「エレクトラ・コンプレックス」(女児が父親に対し強い愛情を抱き、母親を敵対視すること)の由来となったギリシャ神話に登場する王女の葛藤の物語にシュトラウスは極めて暴力的で陶酔的な音楽を付けています。エレクトラは100分を越える全曲にほとんど出ずっぱり。息詰まるような歌を歌いながら体中から憎しみを発散させなくてはいけません。ここではテオリンが独特のメイクと眼力、そして蛇のような動きでこの難役を文句なく演じています。彼女に対峙する母親クリテムネストラは、それ以上に海千山千の女。名歌手マイヤーが持てる底力をとくと見せ付けてくれます。純情な妹クリソテミスもなかなかの食わせ者。ウェストブロークが良い味だしています。パーペを始めとした男声陣もなかなかです。レーンホフの演出は、あからさまで、動き一つ一つが台詞に沿っており、また、幕切れの場面は決して結末をぼかすことなく全てを白日の下に晒し出します。
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George Gershwin miraculously melded classical idioms, jazz, blues, and spirituals in this quintessentially American masterpiece about a crippled beggar, the headstrong woman he loves, and the community that sustains them both; presented here in an acclaimed productions from San Francisco Opera
