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| Posted by: Chromolume 11:44 pm EDT 05/29/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Disagree (spoilers) - singleticket 08:43 pm EDT 05/29/23 | |
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| But to respond to some of the things above, both Don Ottavio and Masetto are packing guns in Da Ponte's libretto (pistols and a musket). So the substitution of drawn guns for swordplay isn't that far of a distance from one era to another. But to Stan's apt point, the MUSIC is not gunfight music. It's more active and sweeping, like a sword duel would be. The music is suggesting certain kinds of action that a gunfight doesn't readily fulfill. |
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| re: Disagree (spoilers) | |
| Last Edit: StanS 10:09 am EDT 05/30/23 | |
| Posted by: StanS 09:57 am EDT 05/30/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Disagree (spoilers) - Chromolume 11:44 pm EDT 05/29/23 | |
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| Exactly. And if you're not going to have a sword fight, do SOME action during that music. They were just standing there staring at each other which made nonsense of the music. Another point is that it wasn't a gun "fight", the Commendatore was unarmed and the Don just pulls out a gun and shoots him. This to me violates a certain quality of the Don's character. As bad as he is in most ways, there is a certain code that he doesn't cross. But I guess this was by design. Van Hove wanted to make him totally unredeemable which to me makes him less interesting. As for the seduction scene, it is no novelty to have the recitative precede and segue into the duet. That's the way it's always done. There are still ways to stage it so that the musical plan of the duet itself is reflected in the action. This production failed to do that. |
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| re: Disagree (spoilers) | |
| Posted by: singleticket 01:27 pm EDT 05/30/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Disagree (spoilers) - StanS 09:57 am EDT 05/30/23 | |
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| Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree. For me, an opera production is the sum of its parts and this production is not only successful on all levels but serves the opera honestly. I would love to see it again. | |
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