There are elements of Eurotrash in this outdoor Aix-en-Provence summer opera production. Nevertheless, the splendid singing and acting transform the story, normally treated as farce, into something considerably more serious. As many other critics have noted, the young lovers have not yet sorted everything out as this performance ends. Act One begins with the principal characters running around in the outdoor theater -- while the audience takes it in as if they had been advised to sit back and enjoy the novelty. Very likely they were also asked to refrain from applauding at the end of arias and ensemble pieces, in which the three-hour opera abounds.
Release Date : Jun 06, 2006
Genres : Music
Production Company : Decca
Production Countries : Austria
Original Language : Italiano
Casts : Sophie Koch, Ana María Martínez, Stephanie Degout, Shawn Mathey, Helen Donath, Thomas Allen, Manfred Honeck, Vienna Philharmonic
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Status : Released
Budget : 0
Revenue : 0
