Word: operatice
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The two operas were composed within two years of each other toward the end of Puccini's career, and both exemplify his talent for making characters and emotions emerge from a complex musical tissue of motivic patterns. These pieces show Puccini at his most delicate, working with subjects that demand...
The limits of translation appear, however, inthe decision to leave Lauretta's famous aria inGianni Schicchi, the vocal gem of theevening, "O mio babbino caro" in Italian.Understandably, the translators have balked at therisk of mangling an operatic favorite, but thisentails a sacrifice of clarity and dramatic unity.As a result, the...
Wallace has furnished eclectic, listener-friendly music (allusions to Puccini's Tosca, which Milk attended the night before his death, abound), but he lacks the skill in building ensembles that would have made the end of Act I (the 1969 Stonewall riot) or Act II (a high-camp, dikes-on...
Director Ann-Margret Pettersson's frankly erotic production is terrific. Designer John Conklin's images of overstuffed divans, lipstick applicators, dromedary-branded cigarettes and filling stations with Pegasus insignias effectively evoke 1950s America. And the uninhibited, vocally exemplary performance of the title role by soprano Lisa Gustafsson, 25, partly redeems...
Clad in tacky ball gowns, they make their entrance with Wagner's ride of the Valkyries, wielding spears and boas with imperious belligerence as they battle for the spotlight. The performance is presided over by a folksy/bitchy hostess, ``Miss Sylvia Bills,'' a Kewpie-doll look-alike of ``America's Most...