Great news from Seville: it is represented for the first time in the capital of Andalusia A real night’s dream by Benjamin Britten, a work I saw lit in 1960 at Aldeburgh, which shows the quality, naturalness, consistency and expressiveness of the composer’s language.
Ya entonces the Británico was dueño de very personal calligraphythe result of progressive purification of forms and restyling of classical-romantic structures.
More than serialism or atonalism, the English musician in the context of creative eclecticism, I will try to process the text as clearly as possible.In order to be understood phonetically and semantically, a part of maximum purity is sought so that the vocals come out with clarity.
It will be best to ask your composer: “One of my chief aims is to try to transfer to the musicality of the English language the brillo, the freedom and vitality of which they have been entirely deprived since Purcell’s death.”
Britten explored the difference between groups of characters through appropriate vocal and instrumental layouts and through specific texture and color.
Laurent Pelly’s production of the opera in Lille is a story of imagination, plot and humor
The feérico characters are characterized by sweet voices: choral and children’s voices, countertenor, coloratura soprano; and for magical instruments: rare combinations of sounds, harp, clave, celesta, xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone… and writing that supports speech effects, inversion or reinversion. The result is euphony with an unusual sound color.
All obvious implementation issues: there are many useful elements that can be given shape. In these Sevillanas performances (this Sunday 12th, Saturday 14th and Monday 16th February at the Maestranza) we present a production of Opera Lille conceived by the ever-imaginative Laurent Pelly, who is also involved in the set design and costumes.
in your hands the dream turns into a story of imagination, fantasy and humorwith hadas on the trapezoid, i hope they play on the sidelines, the elves that shine like lights illuminating the magical night where there is nadie duerme and anything possible.
The entire department, the Sevilla Sinfónica Orchestra and the Palacios School will be directed by a veteran as old as them Corrado Rovariswhich does not appear for the first time in this light. Among the many intervening voices, we can highlight the welcome and experienced Spanish singer Xavier Sabata (Oberon).
On the other hand, Rocío Pérez’s light soprano Titania will always be safe and drunk. Lysander will be played by tenor David Portillo. We meet other talented Spanish singers: baritone Joan Martín-Royo (Demetrius) and tenor Juan Sancho (Flute).
Let’s record it This opera will have six performances at the Teatro Real de Madrid between March 10 and 22in a production directed in the musical by Ivor Bolton and staged by Deborah Warner, two authentic Britten specialists.
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