Opponents have disagreed about the Hvorostovsky in Covent garden
Maria Tobacco. One of the most famous Premier year - Opera " a masked Ball " by Giuseppe Verdi at London's Royal Opera and ballet caused a very quick negative reaction from critics regarding the quality performance of Dmitri Hvorostovsky party Renato theatrical observers disagree.
The role of Ricardo and Amelia in the Opera belongs to a native of Malta Joseph, Kallai and Ukrainian Lyudmila Monastery. Creator Productions - German Director Katharina Volume, conductor - Israelite Daniel Oren. Premiere of this Production took place In prosesi Thursday.
The original concept of the " masquerade " was based on real events - the murder in Stockholm on the masquerade of the Swedish king Gustav III. But shortly before the premiere was the assassination attempt on Napoleon III, after which the authorities, fearing unrest, demanded to be adjusted in the plot.
Verdi took the action in Boston in the 17th century. Catarina Volume, for its part, reinterpreted the work, placing the characters in the Central European context and in the period preceding the First world war.
Setting Covent garden rarely receive from critics so low scores, But in this case, the opponents did not hesitate in expressions, calling the Opera " masquerade ", which is often defined as " the most melodramatic of melodramas ", " the biggest failure of the year ".
" It seems that this is One of the most disappointing new productions, " says the reviewer theatre Ferris mark Valencia.
for reviews of Valencia, a failure in the production of everything: the characters were very primitive, the main character, noble, Ricardo, in a key scene of the ball behaves with Amelia too forwardly, the idea of moving the scene from Boston in the 17th century European country the beginning of the 20th century is not justified, and even the orchestra under the direction of Israeli conductor Daniel Oren plays poorly.
" Liudmyla Monastyrska, the executing party Amelia, often excellent, But in this case there was something strange in lowercase
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