Bengtsson/Futral/Maltman/Petrenko/Concerto Copenhagen/Mortensen
(Axiom Films)
Released on DVD under the opera's original title, this is actually Kasper Holten's film Juan, aimed at the European and Us arthouse circuit, though UK showings have been rare. Based on Don Giovanni rather than interpreting it, it's a striking, piece of work. It's not for purists: insisting on cinematic cogency, Holten cuts and reorders the score in ways no one would find acceptable in the theatre. Transforming the opera into an erotic thriller, the film was shot in Budapest, with the performers singing live on set rather than lip-synching to a pre-recorded soundtrack. There are acknowledged debts to the Bourne trilogy and Steven Soderbergh's Traffic. But hooded figures lurking in doorways remind us of Don't Look Now, and there are inevitable, if unintentional, parallels with Shame.
Holten offers variants on Mozart's narrative. Juan/Giovanni (Christopher Maltman) is an artist-pornographer,...
(Axiom Films)
Released on DVD under the opera's original title, this is actually Kasper Holten's film Juan, aimed at the European and Us arthouse circuit, though UK showings have been rare. Based on Don Giovanni rather than interpreting it, it's a striking, piece of work. It's not for purists: insisting on cinematic cogency, Holten cuts and reorders the score in ways no one would find acceptable in the theatre. Transforming the opera into an erotic thriller, the film was shot in Budapest, with the performers singing live on set rather than lip-synching to a pre-recorded soundtrack. There are acknowledged debts to the Bourne trilogy and Steven Soderbergh's Traffic. But hooded figures lurking in doorways remind us of Don't Look Now, and there are inevitable, if unintentional, parallels with Shame.
Holten offers variants on Mozart's narrative. Juan/Giovanni (Christopher Maltman) is an artist-pornographer,...
- 12/12/2012
- by Tim Ashley
- The Guardian - Film News
San Francisco — The San Francisco Opera will present the world premiere of Tobias Picker's "Dolores Claiborne" on Sept. 18 next year.
The company said Monday that the opera, with a libretto by J.D. McClatchy, will be based on Stephen King's 1992 novel about a character who denies killing her employer but admits murdering her husband almost three decades earlier after learning he sexually molested their 14-year-old daughter.
Mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick will sing the title character, soprano Elizabeth Futral will perform the elderly employer Vera Donovan, Susannah Biller the daughter Selena St. George, Wayne Tigges the husband Joe St. George, and Greg Fedderly will be Detective Thibodeau.
George Manahan conducts and James Robinson directs. There will be six performances through Oct. 4 of the staging, a co-production with the Opera Company of St. Louis.
This will be the fifth opera for Picker following "Emmeline" (1996), "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (1998), "Therese Raquin" (2001) and "An American Tragedy...
The company said Monday that the opera, with a libretto by J.D. McClatchy, will be based on Stephen King's 1992 novel about a character who denies killing her employer but admits murdering her husband almost three decades earlier after learning he sexually molested their 14-year-old daughter.
Mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick will sing the title character, soprano Elizabeth Futral will perform the elderly employer Vera Donovan, Susannah Biller the daughter Selena St. George, Wayne Tigges the husband Joe St. George, and Greg Fedderly will be Detective Thibodeau.
George Manahan conducts and James Robinson directs. There will be six performances through Oct. 4 of the staging, a co-production with the Opera Company of St. Louis.
This will be the fifth opera for Picker following "Emmeline" (1996), "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (1998), "Therese Raquin" (2001) and "An American Tragedy...
- 12/4/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
New York -- Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cate Blanchett and Alan Cumming will be among the stars in this summer's Lincoln Center Festival.
The festival announced Wednesday that the offerings will include Baryshnikov in the new play "In Paris" and Blanchett in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of "Uncle Vanya." Cumming will star in the National Theatre of Scotland's one-person "Macbeth."
There will be a total of 72 performances by artists and ensembles from seven countries, running from July 5 through Aug. 5. The shows will be held in seven venues on and off the Lincoln Center campus.
Kaija Saariaho's "Emile," an 80-minute opera starring soprano Elizabeth Futral, will be given three performances in July. The monodrama, which premiered at the Opera de Lyon in France two years ago, is based on Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire's mistress.
A one-night-only event on July 20 will pay tribute to Curtis Mayfield, who would have been 70 this year.
The festival announced Wednesday that the offerings will include Baryshnikov in the new play "In Paris" and Blanchett in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of "Uncle Vanya." Cumming will star in the National Theatre of Scotland's one-person "Macbeth."
There will be a total of 72 performances by artists and ensembles from seven countries, running from July 5 through Aug. 5. The shows will be held in seven venues on and off the Lincoln Center campus.
Kaija Saariaho's "Emile," an 80-minute opera starring soprano Elizabeth Futral, will be given three performances in July. The monodrama, which premiered at the Opera de Lyon in France two years ago, is based on Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire's mistress.
A one-night-only event on July 20 will pay tribute to Curtis Mayfield, who would have been 70 this year.
- 3/22/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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