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The ENO Orchestra is excellent in a well-sung Traviata and Konwitschny's concept is an interesting one – Seen and Heard International seenandheard-international.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from seenandheard-international.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
So, just for complete disclosure here, Traviata was the first opera I ever saw, and I saw it at the Coliseum with the ENO. No surprise then (given I was hooked by the end of that first overture) this is one that holds a special place in my heart. Last night's revival of the 2013 production by Peter Konwitschny was very different from that first version. Gone were the sumptuous costumes and sets, gone were the Spanish dancers at the party – even gone were the intervals. Instead, this is a production that runs straight through from start to finish and its sets consist mostly of scarlet curtains and a lone chair. Such a setting by its nature contracts the action, highlighting the isolation of the high-class courtesan, Violetta – even in the midst of her own party she is alone. Her "friends" (the ENO Chorus as brilliant as ever) grow increasingly venomous as the parties go on, while the relationship with her protector, Baron Douphol (Freddie Tong) is as transactional as ....
Review: L'Orfeo – classy stuff and precisely what's expected from Longborough stratford-herald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stratford-herald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Longborough's successful season continues with a dissonant interpretation of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo – Seen and Heard International seenandheard-international.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from seenandheard-international.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
L'Orfeo, Longborough Festival Opera review - landmark opera survives rock-star wedding and hospital soap theartsdesk.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theartsdesk.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.