Set Designer
Nabucco, King of Babylon, takes Jerusalem in his war with the Israelites – but his daughter Fenena loves the Israelite Ismaele. She releases their prisoners, leading her vengeful half-sister Abigaille to plot to take power. Nabucco declares himself a god and is struck by a bolt of lightning. Abigaille tricks the now feeble king into signing a death warrant for the Israelites, including Fenena and Ismaele. Nabucco prays to the God of Israel for forgiveness; his sanity is restored and he saves the prisoners from death. He converts himself and his people, while Abigaille commits suicide.
Production Design
NABUCCO may be Verdi's first masterpiece, and not just because of that amazing Chorus of Hebrews which is justly beloved by everyone who hears it. Dramatically, this opera is tightly constructed, with believable characters in an intense conflict over values and beliefs. And Verdi's music, however early in his career, however distant from triumphs like LA FORSA DEL DESTINO or AIDA, is highly animated, revealing inner turmoil and outer passions with beauty and economy. The ensembles are especially impressive, building to satisfying heights of emotional release for the singers and the audience. And Placido Domingo is a wonder to behold and hear. Even though his original voice was baritone, which he managed to transform into a tenor voice, he doesn't SOUND like a baritone to me. B-U-T his performance is so committed, so deeply interfused with Verdi's music, so generously integrated to the younger singers around him, that the waters part.
Costume Design
The oratorio concerns the Christian martyr Theodora and her Christian-converted Roman lover, Didymus.
Production Design
The oratorio concerns the Christian martyr Theodora and her Christian-converted Roman lover, Didymus.
Art Designer
A young man ignorant of everything, including his own name, arrives at the Kingdom of the Holy Grail. Is he the ‘pure fool, enlightened by compassion’, who, it has been prophesied, will purify the kingdom?
Production Designer
The operatic version of the famous story about a governess who fears her two charges are possessed.
Production Design
Após a morte da mãe adotiva, Hortense, uma jovem negra de 27 anos, decide encontrar a sua mãe biológica. Quando finalmente se encontram, Hortense fica espantada ao descobrir que a mãe, Cynthia, é branca e tem uma filha de 20 anos. No início, Cynthia fica perturbada ao ver a filha que havia esquecido há muito tempo. Contudo, mais tarde, decide desenvolver um relacionamento profundo. Cynthia depara-se então com a tarefa de fazer a sua família aceitar o facto de ter uma filha negra...
Production Design
O filme é uma obra em movimento. David Thewlis interpreta um homem sem lar e sem perspectivas que estupra uma mulher e foge, invadindo e mudando os rumos das vidas de várias pessoas que encontra. Thewlis vira carrasco, bálsamo, incitador, vítima, dependendo de quem cruza seu caminho. Parece um anjo/demônio boêmio que vem para provocar reações. Sua rudeza com uma mulher de meia-idade que se exibe na janela contrasta com seus conselhos metafísicos para o vigilante que a olha. Nu despe o espectador de qualquer procura por coerência narrativa. O que importa aqui é investigar almas.
Production Design
Jim Broadbent wrote and starred in this short film directed by none other than Mike Leigh. As a member of the landed gentry, the 23rd Earl of Leete has a duty to maintain and expand his lands. Shot in the style and manner of a BBC documentary, Broadbent tells his family history to the crew, who slowly come to realise - as do we - that things are not what they seem.
Production Design
Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.
