kathryn lewek queen of the night lyric opera chicago

At first I thought this meant the dialogues would be suppressed, but that was not the case: the narrator explained what was happening on stage.

In a surprising and capricious turn, there is a priest who narrates in Catalan. The soloists appeared to have been abandoned, and the chorus of priests sang in a totally static way. The costumes are very simple – the priests wear a kind of cassock and the others are in comfortable street clothes. On the stage itself, there are a few tall sticks that represent doors and a handful of chairs. His concept is very minimalist, and one might say it’s almost nonexistent: there are no sets, just a bare stage with a screen in the back where some rather uninteresting images are projected. The Festival has commissioned a new production by the Catalan theater director Oriol Broggi, who is making his opera debut with this work. Ferrerģ Ladies – Anaïs Constans, Mercedes Gancedo and Anna Alás (JMI) Festival Castell Peralada 2018’s Die Zauberflöte © T. Spain Festival Castell Peralada 2018 – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte:Liceu Chorus and Orchestra/Josep Pons (conductor), Castle Gardens Auditorium, Peralada.

Kathryn lewek queen of the night lyric opera chicago