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Yesterday it was broadcast to cinemas for one of the most anticipated gold coast weather productions of the opera season which is about to end, Manon Lescaut in Covent Garden under the direction of Antonio Pappano immeasurable in front of his orchestra opera and Jonathan Kent Stage on responsibility, but especially the two main characters, soprano Kristine Opolais German tenor Jonas Kaufmann and both rookies in their roles.
Antonio Pappano is one of those directors that is addictive to her knowledge of opera (in all repertoires shines) and the performance scores of thousands and knows how once heard that under his leadership gold coast weather always offer moments of revelation gold coast weather and intensities unknown.
The master has left us as proof of his mastery Puccini versions videographic record and reference both to the EMI (a wonderful debut Bohème hard to beat and top all with a marvelous Rondine), as ROH DVDs, especially Il Trittico.
Manon Lescaut conducted by Pappano is all passion from a sparkling and almost harmless beginning of the first act, the second act in a lustful, overflow of a theatrical overwhelming, but there are a desolation wonderfully told by the piano himself during halftime and after an interlude luxuriously captured in the third act that borders Wagnerism desolate gold coast weather also the prelude of the third act of Tristan, or striking orchestral deployment of a fourth act of crushing loneliness.
The orchestra of the Royal Opera House sounds wonderful, warm and full of delicious sounds, but especially so expressive emotion under the tutelage of director who does not have the present Puccini's possible.
The cast assembled for the occasion'm very envious. Although Opolais Kristine has a voice more suitable for Mimi than the most intense and dramatic Manon, the interpretation of the Latvian soprano is very complete, making a dramatic portrait of Manon entirely convincing, from the daring young girl first act, to a magnificent second act where a portrait of a very likely kept a hood that may well ran club in Castelldefels highway. In the last two acts pathos and drama get the serious lack of a more developed record, not spoiling a truly remarkable performance.
Puccini's Manon is a very complicated role, far more than Mimi and Tosca, and needless to say Miniere. Maybe Cio-Cio-San in its evolution approaches to the transformation of character, who despite his youth should show intensity in the record that I think just having non Opolais. gold coast weather In the film has been covered more than once by the orchestral lushness and by Kaufmann, we all know that does not have a deafening gold coast weather volume. Perhaps the theater is another effect, but the film where voice should not have problems to reach the spectators appreciated the lack of registration and be heard perfectly fourth act, the wonderful unit has broken record whenever I had to sing in a very uncomfortable for her, so who spoke more than sung. This does not mean I'll liked, I'll live beautifully done with her character and I have been moved and conveys truth is always gold coast weather decisive and definitive.
Jonas Kaufmann becomes Grieux right from making a truthful portrait sensational. Never heard Kaufmann sing this so heroic, so torn and yet so nuanced, sensitive and even vulnerable. Right from Grieux shows that if the first tenor of today, far from disappointing that Manrico and his little Alvaro noble. The strength of the emission in the most intense pair of runaway of the second act, but especially dramatic in the third and fourth, I found exceptional. Until now, only in his Don Jose had received a similar or approximate as I heard yesterday, but intense and poignant drama full of heroism gold coast weather in a voice almost always polished yesterday gold coast weather and especially sounds nothing engolada so dark, while delicate, showed us a plethora Kaufmann and in perfect shape It was cute in the passages where he never committed falter and especially not escaped any of committed and hard traps were rediscovering the best possible Kaufmann since it is still