Santa Fe Opera 2: High Entertainment

Jesse Simon

miércoles, 8 de agosto de 2018

Albery: Ariadne auf Naxos © Ken Howard/Santa Fe Opera, 2018

Santa Fe, sábado, 28 de julio de 2018.

Santa Fe Opera. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos. Tim Albery, director. Amanda Echalaz (Prima Donna / Ariadne), Amanda Majeski (Composer), Liv Redpath (Zerbinetta), Bruce Sledge (Tenor / Bacchus), Rod Gilfry (Music Master), Kevin Burdette (Major-Domo), Meryl Dominguez (Naiad), Samantha Gossard (Dryad), Sarah Tucker (Echo), Jarrett Ott (Harlequin), Anthony Robin Schneider (Truffaldino), Matthew DiBattista (Scaramuccio), Terrence Chin-Loy (Brighella), Brent Michael Smith (Footman), Jesse Darden (Officer), Jarrett Logan Porter (Wigmaker), and Brenton Ryan (Dancing Master). Orchestra of the Santa Fe Opera. James Gaffigan, conductor

Ariadne auf Naxos is a work of unresolved opposites: in the course of one prologue and one act, Strauss and von Hofmannsthal gave us classical tragedy and backstage intrigue, high art and burlesque spectacle, heroic individualism and collaborative compromise, all while refusing to take sides or pass judgement. The Santa Fe Opera’s new production – the fifth and final opera of their 2018 season – managed to observe the opera’s myriad ambiguities and hold its opposing forces in an almost perfect equilibrium. Between the intelligent staging of Tim Albery and superb musical direction from James Gaffigan, this Ariadne was both an effortless entertainment and a considerable dramatic success.

Admittedly, Mr Albery – who achieved a similar balancing act in his excellent Santa Fe production of Capriccio a few years ago – did not stray too far from…

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