(review in english below)
Como referi recentemente, assisti em San Francisco a duas
récitas do Rigoletto, com cantores
distintos. É de assinalar que a War
Memorial Opera House apresentou uma distribuição por solistas de elevada
categoria nos dois elencos. Disseram-me que é habitual por aqui.
Como acontece frequentemente em muitos teatros de ópera, as
récitas foram precedidas de uma conversa sobre a ópera e o seu enquadramento
(aqui chamada Pre-Opera Talk). Quem
quis assistir sentou-se na plateia da sala principal e aí ouviu as explicações
dadas, ilustradas com excertos áudio gravados.
O maestro Nicola
Luisotti dirigiu com qualidade a orquestra e, nesta noite, não houve
falhas. O coro foi, de novo, excelente.
Na segunda récita os três papéis principais foram
interpretados por cantores mais jovens e menos conhecidos. Proporcionaram-nos
um espectáculo melhor que o elenco anterior.
O barítono italiano Marco
Vratogna foi um Rigoletto de voz forte e bem timbrada, muito agradável de
ouvir. Ofereceu-nos uma interpretação sentida e muito credível. Se no primeiro
acto não foi muito expressivo quando troçou dos outros, transfigurou-se com a
maldição de Monterone, foi ingénuo na cena do rapto da filha, desesperado
quando a procurou no palácio e visceral quando jurou vingança.
O Duque de Mântua foi o jovem tenor mexicano Arturo Chacón-Cruz. Não começou bem mas
foi melhorando ao longo da récita, acabando por ter tido uma interpretação de
qualidade. O seu timbre não é dos mais bonitos e foi, por vezes, frágil no
registo médio, mas alcançou com facilidade as notas mais agudas que soaram
sempre afinadas e melodiosas. Cenicamente teve uma boa presença, a figura jovem
ajudou, mas esteve pouco à vontade em alguns momentos, nomeadamente nas cenas
com Maddalena.
A grande surpresa da noite foi a Gilda do soprano russo Albina Shagimuratova. Uma interpretação
fabulosa da jovem soprano de coloratura que não deixou ninguém indiferente. A
voz é invulgarmente bela e potente. Os pianissimi
são de uma qualidade raramente ouvida e a musicalidade da cantora é
notável. Na ária Caro nome foi
arrasadora e não me recordo de alguma vez ter ouvido melhor. E os momentos
superlativos continuaram no 2º acto no diálogo com o pai após o reencontro em Tutte le feste al tempio e no dueto
final da ópera.
Um nome a acompanhar com atenção. Foi um privilégio ouvir
uma cantora desta qualidade que, só ela, teria valido a récita.
Andrea Silvestrelli
como Sparafucile, Kendall Gladen como
Maddalena e Robert Pomakov como
Conde Monterone repetiram as boas interpretações, bem como os restantes
cantores com papéis mais secundários.
O público, como é hábito nos EUA, foi muito efusivo, aplaudindo tudo, o bom e o menos bom e, sempre muito precocemente, não deixando ouvir a música até ao fim. Mas por estas paragens é sempre assim.
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Rigoletto,
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco ,
September 2012 - Cast 2
As I mentioned recently, I attended two performances of Rigoletto inSan Francisco , with
different singers. It should be noted that the War Memorial Opera House offered
a distribution of high class soloists in two casts. I was told that it is
customary here.
As often happens in many opera houses, the performances were preceded by a talk about the opera and its environment (Pre-Opera Talk). Who wanted to attend sat in the main room and heard the explanations, illustrated with excerpts from recorded audio.
Conductor Nicola Luisotti directed the orchestra with quality and, this night, no flaws. The chorus was, again, excellent.
As I mentioned recently, I attended two performances of Rigoletto in
As often happens in many opera houses, the performances were preceded by a talk about the opera and its environment (Pre-Opera Talk). Who wanted to attend sat in the main room and heard the explanations, illustrated with excerpts from recorded audio.
Conductor Nicola Luisotti directed the orchestra with quality and, this night, no flaws. The chorus was, again, excellent.
In this
second performance the three main roles were interpreted by less known and
younger singers. They gave us a better show than the previous cast.
Italian baritone Marco Vratogna was a Rigoletto with a strong voice and appealing timbre, very nice to hear. He offered us an emotive and very credible interpretation. If in the first act he was not very expressive when he mocked the other, he transfigured with the curse of Monterone, he was naive at the scene of the abduction of his daughter, he was desperate when he looked for her in the palace and he was visceral when he swore revenge.
The Duke of Mantua was the young Mexican tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz. He did not start well but he improved along the recitation, ending up with an interpretation of quality. His timbre is not one of the the most beautiful and he was, sometimes, weak in the middle register, but he easily reached the highest notes that always sounded refined and melodious. Artistically he had a good presence, his youth helped, but he was uncomfortable at times, especially in scenes with Maddalena.
Italian baritone Marco Vratogna was a Rigoletto with a strong voice and appealing timbre, very nice to hear. He offered us an emotive and very credible interpretation. If in the first act he was not very expressive when he mocked the other, he transfigured with the curse of Monterone, he was naive at the scene of the abduction of his daughter, he was desperate when he looked for her in the palace and he was visceral when he swore revenge.
The Duke of Mantua was the young Mexican tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz. He did not start well but he improved along the recitation, ending up with an interpretation of quality. His timbre is not one of the the most beautiful and he was, sometimes, weak in the middle register, but he easily reached the highest notes that always sounded refined and melodious. Artistically he had a good presence, his youth helped, but he was uncomfortable at times, especially in scenes with Maddalena.
The great
surprise of the evening was Russian soprano Albina Shagimuratova’s Gilda. A fabulous interpretation of this
young coloratura soprano who did not leave anyone indifferent. The voice
is unusually beautiful and powerful. The pianissimi are of a
quality rarely heard and the musicality of the singer is remarkable. In the
aria Caro nome she was overwhelming
and I do not recall ever having heard better. And the superlative moments
continued in the 2nd act in dialogue with her father in Tutte le feste at al tempio, and in the final duet from the opera.
A name to follow closely. It was a privilege to hear such a quality singer that, by herself, would have been worth the performance.
Andrea Silvestrelli as Sparafucile, Kendall Gladen as Maddalena and Robert Pomakov as Count Monterone repeated their good performances, as well as the other singers with more minor roles.
The public, as usually in theU.S. ,
was very effusive, applauding everything, the good and the less good, always
very early, not letting one hear the music until the end. But here is always
this way.
A name to follow closely. It was a privilege to hear such a quality singer that, by herself, would have been worth the performance.
Andrea Silvestrelli as Sparafucile, Kendall Gladen as Maddalena and Robert Pomakov as Count Monterone repeated their good performances, as well as the other singers with more minor roles.
The public, as usually in the
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caro fanático,
ResponderEliminareu pensava que era só no Brasil que as pessoas aplaudiam antes do fim!
Como sempre a sua crônica é precisa e enriquecedora.
Um grande abraço