If you want to know what walking on air sounds like, turn your attention to Giuseppe Verdi's last opera, Falstaff (1893), a thoroughly entertaining, satisfying, and uplifting voyage at Houston Grand Opera. A hot air balloon ride has nothing on the King of Opera's final masterpiece. In structure, musical inventiveness,...
, a thoroughly entertaining, satisfying, and uplifting voyage at Houston Grand Opera.In structure, musical inventiveness, story structure, and ravishing orchestration, this sublime work sounds like nothing else in the Verdi canon, but could only have been composed by none other. Written 22 years afterstill does, 130 years after its tumultuously praised premiere at Milan's famous Teatro alla Scala., which failed miserably and turned him off comedy for 50 years.
Though briskly conducted by maestro Patrick Summers, these interludes slap Verdi in the face and utterly mash Falstaff's momentum. Whoever thought of this should follow Falstaff into the Thames or at least be banished from the opera stage. There's no excuse. But if you can make it through these disruptions, the subsequent scenes are quickly redeemed by the work itself. Miraculously, Verdi takes over and all is swiftly forgotten – but not forgiven.
The merry wives romp through the work with command and intelligence. Soprano Nicole Heaston, as wife Alice Ford, is elegant in Adrian Linford's Elizabethan-inspired gowns, and brings steely resolve and a nice sense of play to this woman who always knows best. Her creamy voice gets a bit lost when the orchestra blasts forth, but you always know where she is on stage.
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
The superb stage version of 'Frozen' makes the Opera House sizzle'Frozen' captures all the elements that made the movie so memorable while also shining through as a terrific stage musical says theater critic Terry Byrne, who salutes the entire creative team.
Weiterlesen »
Songs in English and Opera GalaThe Cleveland Opera. Songs in English and Opera Gala. The program will include a selection of songs, spirituals, arias and duets in English, as well as music by W.A. Mozart, Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Puccini, George Gershwin, and William Grant Still. Dorota Sobieska, Amy Yekel, and Alexandra Wiebe (soprano), Matthew Jones (tenor), Brian K.
Weiterlesen »
Long-Awaited Opera 'Grounded' Finally PremieresNearly 10 years after it was first imagined as an opera, 'Grounded' is ready to take flight.With music by Jeanine Tesori and a libretto adapted by George Brant from his own play, 'Grounded' tells the story of an F-16 fighter pilot who becomes pregnant and leaves the...
Weiterlesen »
‘Grounded’ never takes off in Washington National Opera premiereMezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo stars in Jeanine Tesori’s adaptation of George Brandt’s 2013 one-woman show
Weiterlesen »
‘The Gilded Age’: Inside the Dramatic Socialite Feud Over the Metropolitan Opera HouseLike much of ‘The Gilded Age,’ the conflict at the heart of the second season’s first episode was very much rooted in history. Here, find the real story behind the Metropolitan Opera House feud.
Weiterlesen »
Houston Texans vs. Carolina Panthers live stream: watch the NFL for freeIt's No. 1 versus No. 2 as Bryce Young and the Carolina Panthers face C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans. Find out how to watch a free live stream of the game.
Weiterlesen »