I've been at the opera performance yesterday... Its a re-premiere of Verdi's La traviata and this season, the Danish Opera presented La traviata in a staging full of charm, compare to what I've seen last season at the same place.
Well... first of all I need to say that La traviata has everything - a love story filed with scandals! And it is quite straightforward for a my first written opera "review" :-)
I’ll make it short.
Anne Margrethe Dahl was brilliant as Violetta. Delivering arias with clarity and moving across the stage smoothly and perfectly. Niels Jørgen Riis as Alfredo has some technical problems and harsh tones (I guess this is part of his vocal vocabulary). Anders Larsson as Giorgio Germont was bit unusual and not very appalling in the 2nd act, but excellent in the 3rd act.
Christina, laughing... but not for long :p This is a couple of minutes before Violeta start singing Addio Del Passato in the 3rd act. An aria of exquisite sadness… almost surreal...
The opera is with great costumes, magnificent ballroom scenes, and beautiful people from Paris. Not to mention, it has the most important ingredient; a tragically broken-heart lover, and a classic female heroine – a sinner hooker with a heart of gold.
In short, something-for-everybody… highly recommended.
Copenhagen, Operaen, Store Scene
Period: 03. Oct. - 15. Jan. 2009
Well... first of all I need to say that La traviata has everything - a love story filed with scandals! And it is quite straightforward for a my first written opera "review" :-)
I’ll make it short.
Anne Margrethe Dahl was brilliant as Violetta. Delivering arias with clarity and moving across the stage smoothly and perfectly. Niels Jørgen Riis as Alfredo has some technical problems and harsh tones (I guess this is part of his vocal vocabulary). Anders Larsson as Giorgio Germont was bit unusual and not very appalling in the 2nd act, but excellent in the 3rd act.
Christina, laughing... but not for long :p This is a couple of minutes before Violeta start singing Addio Del Passato in the 3rd act. An aria of exquisite sadness… almost surreal...
The opera is with great costumes, magnificent ballroom scenes, and beautiful people from Paris. Not to mention, it has the most important ingredient; a tragically broken-heart lover, and a classic female heroine – a sinner hooker with a heart of gold.
In short, something-for-everybody… highly recommended.
Copenhagen, Operaen, Store Scene
Period: 03. Oct. - 15. Jan. 2009
2 comments:
I need to say that, for me, Traviata that night succeeded solely due to Violetta's performance. She was the only singer who really shone through. If not for her, the performance as a whole would not have made it past the mark. I think Zoran is adding extra optimism because he loves Traviata so much, and still cherishes previous, great performances. /Christina aka the weepy woman ;-)
The great lighting in the opera house (see picture) is the work of Olafur Eliasson. Check out his stuff, it's really cool. /CM
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