A Death in the Family

Ditlev Rindom

jueves, 13 de octubre de 2011

London, sábado, 17 de septiembre de 2011.

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Giacomo Puccini, Il trittico. Richard Jones, director. Il tabarro. Ultz, set designs. Nicky Gillibrand, costume designs. D. M. Wood, lighting design. Sarah Fahie, movement. Natalie Dakin, fight director. Lucio Gallo (Michele), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Giorgetta), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Luigi), Alan Oke (Tinca), Jeremy White (Talpa), Irina Mishura (Frugola), Ji-Min Park (Song seller), Anna Devin and Robert Anthony Gardiner (Lovers). Suor Angelica. Miriam Buether, set designs. Nicky Gillibrand, costume designs. D. M. Wood, lighting design. Sarah Fahie, movement. Elena Zilio (Monitress), Melissa Alder and Kate McCarney (Two lay sisters), Elizabeth Sikora (Mistress of the novices), Eryl Royle (Sister Osmina), Anna Devin (Sister Genovieffa), Katy Batho (Novice), Ermonela Jaho (Sister Angelica), Elizabeth Key (Sister Dolcina), Elizabeth Woollett (Nursing sister), Gillian Webster and Kathleen Wilder (Two alms sisters), Irina Mishura (Abbess), Anna Larsson (The Princess), Tamsin Coombs, Kiera Lyness, Renata Skarelyte and Amy Catt (Nuns). Gianni Schicchi, Benjamin Davis, associate director. John MacFarlane, set designs. Nicky Gillibrand, costume designs. Mimi Jordan Sherin, Original lighting design. D. M. Wood, revival lighting design. Lucy Burge, choreography. Sarah Fahie, revival choreography. Peter Curtis (Buoso Donati), Gwynne Howell (Simone), Elena Zilioi (Zita), Francesco Demuro (Rinuccio), Jeremy White (Betto di Signa), Robert Poulton (Marco), Marie McLaughlin (La Ciesca), Alan Oke (Gherardo), Lisa Anne Robinson (Nella), Filippo Turkheimer (Gherardino), Lucio Gallo (Gianni Schicchi), Anna Devin (Lauretta), Henry Waddington (Maestro Spinelloccio), Enrico Fissore (Ser Amantio di Nicolao), Daniel Grice (Pinellino), John Molloy (Guccio). Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Antonio Pappano, conductor

Staging Il Trittico is a difficult proposition for any opera house. Although united by themes of bereavement and its legacy of emotional, physical and financial entrapment, the operas themselves range widely, offering a kaleidoscope of musical styles which can be tricky to present as a coherent evening’s entertainment. Other challenges are more prosaic: with a preponderance of small roles, casting these three one-act operas satisfactorily can be taxing without using the budget of three larger productions. On CD, Angela Gheorghiu might be perfect as Lauretta, but who can afford the luxury in the theatre? In its first new production of the Olympic Season, the Royal Opera House tackled these problems head-on through a combination of A-list stars, rising hopefuls and canny double-casting. Building upon his acclaimed 2007 staging of Gianni…

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