Mais uma vez tive oportunidade de ver o Rigoletto de Verdi, numa
deslocação à Suiça. Das três óperas que vi em Zurique, esta era aquela
que me despertava menor interesse e vi-a apenas porque estava em cena na
altura. Mal imaginava a surpresa que iria ter.
Foi uma Volksvorstellung,
uma récita popular, com preços muito abaixo do habitual, mas com elenco
idêntico ao das récitas “normais”.
A encenação de Tatjana
Gürbaca foi caricata. Do início ao fim do espectáculo o palco tinha no
centro uma grande mesa rectangular, coberta por uma toalha branca e rodeada por
cadeiras. Toda a acção se passou à volta, em cima ou por baixo da mesa e das
cadeiras, com os cantores em trajos informais actuais. O Rigoletto não é
corcunda, o Duque aparece inicialmente de calções e ténis, e os outros todos
vestidos de forma semelhante. Penso que não é necessário descrever mais nada.
Rigoletto foi cantado
pelo barítono polaco Andrzej Dobber.
Tem uma voz belíssima, muito expressiva, emotiva e de uma potência
avassaladora. É um papel em que já o tinha ouvido, mas nesta récita achei a sua
interpretação superlativa.
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Rigoletto Zurich
Opera, February 2014
Again I had the opportunity to see Verdi's Rigoletto during a recent trip toSwitzerland From the three operas I attended in Zurich , this was the one in
which I had less interest. I saw it just because it was on at the time. I could
not anticipate the surprise I would have.
Again I had the opportunity to see Verdi's Rigoletto during a recent trip to
It was a Volksvorstellung, a performance with prices far below the usual but with the cast identical to the " normal " performances..
The staging by Tatjana Gürbaca was ridiculous. From start to finish the stage had in the center a large rectangular table covered with a white cloth and surrounded by chairs. All the action happened around, over, or under the table and chairs, with the singers in current informal costumes. Rigoletto was not hunchback, the Duke appears initially in shorts and tennis shoes, and all others dressed similarly. I think it is not necessary to describe anything else
Musical direction of conductor Stefan Blunier has not been free of small flaws but, on the whole, it was good.
Truly sensational was the quality of all singers! This was perhaps the best Rigoletto I've heard live, and this is an opera that I have already seen many many times.
As my companion said, with this interpretive level, we even do not notice what is happening on stage. I do not fully share her view but, this night, I confess I also felt that.
Rigoletto was sung by the Polish baritone Andrzej Dobber He has a very expressive, emotive and with an overwhelming powerful and beautiful voice. It's a role in which I had already heard him, but in this performance I found his interpretation superlative.
Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu that I finally could hear live after the two operas he sung in
Gilda was interpreted by Russian soprano Olesya Golovneva a last minute replacement. The singer has a thin, small, frail figure, looks like a 15 year old adolescent, but her voice is overwhelming. She sings fabulously in all registers, must have been hear even outside the theatre and yet, whenever necessary, she was of a touching softness.
Italian bass Andrea Mastroni was Sparafucile, with a booming voice “to shake the ground” and with an unusually pleasant timbre.
Another voice of much higher quality than usual was Ukrainian baritone´s Valery Murga as Count Monterone.
Swiss mezzo Judith Schmid was Maddalena, vocally the less spectacular but still very good.
A final word of appreciation for the good performances of the other singers, Julia Riley as Giovanna, Cheyne Davidson as Marullo, Yuriy Tsiple as Count Ceprano, and Deanna Breiwick as Countess Ceprano .
A deplorable staging but luxury Rigoletto at the Zurich Opera, to see eyes wide shut!
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