| EXTERMINATING ANGEL last night |
| Last Edit: singleticket 12:57 pm EDT 10/27/17 |
| Posted by: singleticket 12:56 pm EDT 10/27/17 |
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| A very successful evening. Tom Cairn's text sticks very closely to Bunuel's film. Elements of the production design quote the Metropolitan Opera House's architectural elements, the chandeliers, the mid-century modern wood veneer. We are looking through a glass darkly at ourselves. Ades conducts his own music which I found intermittently abrasive and beautiful but always theatrical and suited to the text. What's different about Ades' opera rather than Bunuel's vision of the cultural elite stuck in the agony of hell is that when music is added it tends to humanize the characters. When a mother sings about the child that she has been separated from it's heart wrenching. All in all, a rich and troubling night at the opera and an exciting one. There was the pro forma standing ovation at the end for Ades, the singers and the production designers which felt, at least to me, as genuinely appreciative. Highly recommended. |
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