Post by Snciole on Jun 30, 2016 12:27:20 GMT
Anyone else seen this? This was my first opera and I have mixed feelings. I thought the performances were fantastic but I am not sure I enjoyed a lot of the odd lyrics against the stunning music. The issue I have with the ENO is that it mixes the lavish with the basic and doesn't do it well. You have a stunning venue, perhaps more than half empty, and then a stunning stage with the minimal of set design. I suppose I was hoping for something intimate (even from the upper circle of G6) but it just felt very distant and cold. The Soviet Union setting felt more like a reason to justify the basics rather than an art
It is a good production but summed up all the woes of the ENO for me.
It is a good production but summed up all the woes of the ENO for me.
