Massenet’s Manon opened triumphantly

Claudio Vellutini

viernes, 17 de octubre de 2008

Chicago, sábado, 4 de octubre de 2008.

The Civic Opera House. Jules Massenet, Manon. David McVicar, director. Tanya McCallin, set and costume designer. Paule Constable, original lighting designer. Kevin Sleep, lighting designer. Michael Keegan-Dolan, original choreographer. Ben Ash, revival choreographer. Natalie Dessay (Manon), Jonas Kaufmann (Des Grieux), Christopher Feigum (Lescaut), Raymon Aceto (Count Des Grieux), David Cangelosi (Guillaume de Morfontaine), Jake Gardner (De Brétigny), Andriana Chuchman (Poussette), Kathryn Leemhuis (Javotte), Katherine Lerner (Rosette), Sam Handley (Innkeeper), Edward Mout (First Guard), David Portillo (Second Guard), Angela Mannino (Maid), Rodell Rosel (Croupier), Paul Corona (Archer), Craig Irvin (Sergeant). Orchestra and Chorus of the Lyiric Opera of Chicago. Donald Nally, chorus master. Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

The 2008-2009 season of the Lyric Opera of Chicago opened triumphantly with one of the most compelling productions of Massenet’s Manon mounted in recent years. The event had been eagerly awaited as the collaboration of three of the most beloved opera artists making their return to the Chicagoan stage: French soprano Natalie Dessay, sensational in the title role of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor during the 2003-’04 season; German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, acclaimed as Alfredo in the 2002-’03 production of La traviata; and Scottish director David McVicar, whose Giulio Cesare was highly praised last year.Unlike what we have seen in other recent productions, McVicar and his team (set and costume designer Tanya McCallin, light designers Paul Constable and Kevin Sleep, and coreographer Michael Keegan-Kelly) do not abandon the original setting of…

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