Sometimes you may come across a treasure when you least expect it.
I booked my tickets to Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" thinking that i would get totally bored but i convinced myself that I should give it a try, mainly for Robert Carsen's mise-en-scene and for Lawrence Zazzo' s Oberon.
What I actually watched was one of the best opera productions I 've ever witnessed!
Poetry on stage!
Kudos to Robert Carsen for the direction, to Michael Levine for the sets and costumes, to Matthew Bourne for the choreography and to Davy Cunningham for the lighting (the production opened in Aix-en-Provence in 1991)
Complimenti for the whole cast:
Oberon : Lawrence Zazzo
Tytania: Hélène Le Corre
Puck: Miltos Yerolemou (i 'm still laughing)
Theseus: Simon Kirkbride
Hippolyta: Elodie Méchain
Lysander: Ed Lyon
Demetrius: Ivan Ludlow
Hermia: Deanne Meek
Helena: Sinéad Mulhern
Bottom: Jonathan Lemalu
Quince: Lynton Black
Flute: Iain Paton
Snout: Stuart Patterson
Starveling: Marc Callahan
Snug: Konstantin Wolff
Fairy chorus: Choir school of the Opéra National de Lyon
Orchestra of the Opéra National de Lyon
conducted by Constantinos Carydis
The curtain calls were triumphant! Of course the audience's biggest cheer went to Miltos Yerolemou' Puck and my bravos went to Zazzo and Lemalu.
I booked my tickets to Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" thinking that i would get totally bored but i convinced myself that I should give it a try, mainly for Robert Carsen's mise-en-scene and for Lawrence Zazzo' s Oberon.
What I actually watched was one of the best opera productions I 've ever witnessed!
Poetry on stage!
Kudos to Robert Carsen for the direction, to Michael Levine for the sets and costumes, to Matthew Bourne for the choreography and to Davy Cunningham for the lighting (the production opened in Aix-en-Provence in 1991)
Complimenti for the whole cast:
Oberon : Lawrence Zazzo
Tytania: Hélène Le Corre
Puck: Miltos Yerolemou (i 'm still laughing)
Theseus: Simon Kirkbride
Hippolyta: Elodie Méchain
Lysander: Ed Lyon
Demetrius: Ivan Ludlow
Hermia: Deanne Meek
Helena: Sinéad Mulhern
Bottom: Jonathan Lemalu
Quince: Lynton Black
Flute: Iain Paton
Snout: Stuart Patterson
Starveling: Marc Callahan
Snug: Konstantin Wolff
Fairy chorus: Choir school of the Opéra National de Lyon
Orchestra of the Opéra National de Lyon
conducted by Constantinos Carydis
The curtain calls were triumphant! Of course the audience's biggest cheer went to Miltos Yerolemou' Puck and my bravos went to Zazzo and Lemalu.
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15 comments:
Στο είπα ότι είναι εξαιρετική δεν στο είπα? Μακάρι να είναι έτσι και ο Μπόρις.
Εξαιρετικές φωτογραφίες! Αλήθεια, τι προσέλευση είχατε χτες;
Treli proseleush....Oute to miso den htan gemato, peripou 600-800 atoma alla kanane to 8oryvo gia 2000 atoma...
einai krima na gemizei se kathe m*****ia tis lirikis k edw na einai adeio!ti ftaiei?...oti o britten einai agnwstos sto elliniko koino?
An ws malakia ths Lyrikis ennoeis ton Boccanegra de tha symfwnhsw, an pali ennoeis ton Prwtomastora, tote indeed super malakia. Mhpws ftaiei oti to koino exei gonatisei na plhrwnei ton teleutaio mhna gia parastaseis kai synaulies? Posa lefta pia na xalaseis otan yparxei tetoia yperprosfora! O 8eos Loukos epelekse kai efere tis kalyteres parastaseis men alla se diasthma 2 mhnwn thes to budget enos oloklirou etous! An se auta ypologisoume oti o mesos theatis tou Festival mporei na paei k stis synaulies ths Kylie, ths Roisin Murphy, tou Glass, tou Leonard Cohen, ths Bjork, tou Lenny Kravitz, twn Massive Attack, tou Manu Chao ktl ktl, tote milame gia trelo budget...(an evlepa osa pragmatika ithela na dw sto Festival tote eprepe na eimai kathe mera ekei me thn karta mou na kanei overdraft).
Ναι, έχεις δίκιο ότι πέσανε μαζί όλα μέσα σε δύο μήνες (βάλε και την προπώληση της Μαντόνα...) αλλά είναι κρίμα το αθηναικό κοινό της όπερας να μην κατορθώνει να γεμίζει τις 2 μόνο παραστάσεις του Ονείρου. (Και δεν είναι και προχωρημένο καλοκαίρι ακόμα!) Η τελευταία όπερα που είδα εγώ στην Αθήνα ήταν η Ιταλίδα με την Αγνή. Όλος εκείνος ο κόσμος των 4 παραστάσεων ήταν εκεί τελικά μόνο για την Αγνή και δεν νοιάζεται για άλλες όπερες; (αφελής ίσως η σκέψη, αλλά μου βγήκε!)
E den einai to idio o Rossini k h Baltsa me ton periergo Britten en mesw kalokairiou.....nai, ksexasa thn Madonna k to katostari pou ths katethesa....
Ax de mporw poli tin agni, tha psifisw britten! Ws malakia tis lirikis thimithika kati katamestes traviates me drivala!...o boccanegra m arese(an deis kai sto blog mou)!
PS. na pate kai sto curlew river!itan exairetiko:D:D:D:D!
PS2. aftoi p pernoun ta eisitiria ta vgazoun k sti tixi...simera peristixizomoun apo tous delfinarites, opws leei k o mahler:P
Αχ, τί όμορφο που είναι!!!!! Το χασα :(((
Α, εγώ ψηφίζω και Αγνή και Μπρίττεν!
I envy you so much seeing this I've heard such good things about this production ever since it priemered at Aix - when Carsen gets it right he gets it right! I believe this is the production La Scala will be using next season so I may get to see it yet.
Did you read the posting about Padmâvatî - it was a hoot!
Άδειο όντως! Νομίζω πως το concept είναι "που θα πάμε να κλειστούμε τώρα καλοκαιριάτικα". Από την άλλη βέβαια είναι από τα πιο δροσερά μέρη στη κόλαση των ημερών :-)))
(Ωραίες φώτογραφίες!!)
Επίσης αν προσέξεις τον μέσο όρο της ηλικίας των θεατών των αθηναϊκών οπερών είναι εμφανές γιατί ήταν λίγος κόσμος (ποιός συνταξιούχος κάθετε με τέτοια ζέστη καλοκαιριάτικα στην Αθηνα)
@ Will
I read the Padmavati review and still wonder how you made it sane to the end! But it looks like a nice spettacolo. I want an elephant on stage dammit! (i' m sure that next year's Scotto Aida will also have a Yeti on stage)
@ Spiretos
To concept auto yparxei k to akousa me ta autia mou sto Curlew River. Καλλίπυγος νεανίας την ώρα που έβγαινα έλεγε "μωρεεεεεέ, που να είσαι τώρα στην παραλία κ να φεύγεις κ να έρχεσαι να δεις αυτοοοοοό" (τραβηγμένες συλλαβές ξανθιάς bimbo). Οπότε μην αναρωτιόμαστε γιατί δεν είχε κόσμο...
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