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...greater the image, the greater the character you associate with it. You see J. Lo's bag in Times Square or on the Avenue Montaigne, and if you have the same one, you feel special, part of the gang. That's when the image works." --By Camilla Morton...
This week, Harvard’s Early Music Society will attempt to resuscitate the art of Baroque opera with its presentation of The Triumph of Camilla. Harvard’s production will mark the show’s Boston premiere and its third appearance in North America. 12 students from Harvard, Boston University and the New England Conservatory of Music comprise the cast, and they are accompanied by eight strings, two harpsichords and a small organ...
...opera, probably first performed for Queen Anne’s birthday, made its London debut in 1706. The plot concerns Camilla, the rightful queen of the Volscians, and is a sexy tale of usurpation, mistaken identities, love, war and imprisonment. Sung in English and replete with what Griesbach deems “conspicuous melodies,” Camilla became the second most popular opera in eighteenth-century England, trailing only the Beggar’s Opera. Neil F. Davidson ’03, president of the Early Music Society and producer of Camilla, maintains that the opera?...
...reach out to those who may not have ever seen an opera,” Davidson says. “The genre is admittedly obscure but The Triumph of Camilla plays well to modern audiences with obvious melodies, plots are fun and intricate and always end with revelation. It is a totally satisfying experience...
...also Ken Pierce’s choreography. Pierce, who last year directed the Early Music Society’s rendition of Giasone, is a professional choreographer regarded as one of the most famous professionals of Baroque dance. Three professional dancers studying in his studio will make an appearance in Camilla. What is more, the opera will be performed in the courtyard space of the Fogg Museum. Modelled on the interior of a Tuscan church in Montepulciano, the intimate interior space will be lit by soft candlelit and complement the aesthetic experience of an opera designed to be performed...