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Lucia di Lammermoor
Feb. 7th, 2009 06:19 pmWe'll forget the plot, which has more holes in it than the Italian defence at Twickenham, and get straight on to the singing. It was wonderful. My pick would be the Snidely Whiplash Enrico of Mariusz Kwiecien. He has a marvelous baritone and is a really good actor both vocally and physically. I'd love to see him in something like Don Giovanni where he could be a bit less one dimensional. Piotr Beczala as Edgardo was a late replacement for Juan Villazon. It was his Met debut in the part and he was really good too. Maybe he was tiring just a little towards the end but the last act is really hard on this part. Anna Netrebko was, surprise, surprise, wonderful. Her mad scene was note perfect and managed to stay in the difficult ground between over acting and not making the most of it. All the lesser parts were well done.
The sets were pretty good though so elaborate that the intermissions were very long to accommodate the changes. I'm not convinced about moving the action up to the late Victorian period. The plot is dodgy enough without sticking two hundred years worth of anachronisms on to it. All in all though very entertaining if not one of the best things I've seen in this series.
The sets were pretty good though so elaborate that the intermissions were very long to accommodate the changes. I'm not convinced about moving the action up to the late Victorian period. The plot is dodgy enough without sticking two hundred years worth of anachronisms on to it. All in all though very entertaining if not one of the best things I've seen in this series.
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