who want to experience again, how to make a three hundred year old opera absolutely fresh and at ease on stage brings, without the viewer to allow even a moment of boredom, which is the latest musical theater production at the Mainz Staatstheater down urgently to my heart. Granted, "Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell already takes an hour and is built together with the additional benefits of early-music expert and director Michael Schneider Arila Siegert have installed no longer than a television drama. But the very compact form could indeed quite tempted to take the design to be taken lightly.
Not in Mainz. Arila Siegert manages an uncommonly vivid example of skillful, exciting people management and relationship-rich interactions. The story itself is quite simple, yet offers many possibilities for dramatization, which have been used almost exclusively by the director. To avoid misunderstanding: the production has no activist paint. On the contrary: each of the scene is illuminated exactly Arila Siegert even begrudge each section its own pace, so that just this evening an intense immersion takes place, like a fast-paced action in Above and sweeping manner. A perfect fit will be geared to well-defined costumes by Susan Maier-Staufen. The same black-white-consequence Hans Dieter Schaal is on a stage set, which does away with a few, but effective elements. Ten boats could if necessary easily and effectively in an enchanted wood and walk back.
Purcell's "Masque" in three acts is based on an episode from the fourth book of Virgil's "Aeneid" back. The textbook has provided the English poet Nahum Tate. Dido, Queen of Carthage, has fallen in love with the Trojan War Lord Aeneas. But as she promised her husband on his death bed has to get married anymore, but to care only about the welfare of the city, created for them the internal conflict. By a trick Aeneas is sent back at sea, Dido feels betrayed and dies of a broken heart, so to speak.
in Mainz will be displayed at the beginning of Claudio Monteverdi's "Lamento d'Arianna" as a cautionary example of Dido. Regina Paetz of "Young Ensemble" is a full-bodied as empathetic narrator, who are given by the scene a very intimate effect. In the role of Dido Tatjana Charalgina convinced from the beginning with equally finely sung piano agencies such as the increase to a whopping passionate appeal. In Patrick Popeschin her a throaty, agile and versatile emerging Dido is there to help. Sharp contours and brilliant vocalization are the Altus Dmitry Egorov (Young Ensemble) from a thoroughly demonic witch figure. Anne Full Müller acts as Belinda sometimes a bit reserved. Another member of the Young Ensemble "but it can certainly expand its pleasant timbre and acting talent in the future even more confident. Her colleague Aurora Perry, however, shows a sparkling stage presence, her voice is tremendous presence and enrich the scenes where she is involved in quite an extraordinary way.
brings Especially the chorus of students from the Conservatory of Mainz again additional Momentum into the action. Sonically always very precise and sophisticated comments on the nine-member ensemble of the events, fills the vital scenes. The selection of the national orchestra, which receives for its crystal clear interpretation of great applause, is a great compliment for the dedicated performance of this extraordinary task to pronounce. appeared
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