Word: rosenkavalierã
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...Sarah S. Eggleston ’07, the Lowell House Opera (LHO)—music-directed by Channing Yu ’93 and stage-directed by Edward Eaton—runs through March 17 in the Lowell Dining Hall. Considering its massive scope, “Der Rosenkavalier?? is a success—primarily because of the outstanding voices of a few main characters, which make the production impressive instead of merely decent...
...Hofmannsthal and Straus’ most popular opera, is rarely performed due to its demanding size and musical difficulty. Drawing upon over 150 performers frolkm across the Boston area as well as Harvard students to form a rotating cast whose members often alternate performance dates, “Der Rosenkavalier?? has been an ambitious endeavor from the start...
...soap opera among operas, the artistic aspirations of the Lowell House Opera are also high, and “Der Rosenkavalier?? fills the stage with four hours of romance, intrigue, and deception. The performance—sung in German, with projected English subtitles—opens on the affair of the Marschallin, Princess Marie Therese von Werdenberg (Annette Betanski), with her young lover, Octavian (Emily Marvosh...
...Woolf and Betanski’s outstanding serenades and Marvosh’s strong theatrical performance do the most to make the production memorable. Some will enjoy the deceptions and plot twists of “Der Rosenkavalier?? and others will find them a bit over-the-top, but if nothing else, the compelling melodies and heart-wrenching harmonies of a few vocalists make the four hours worth...
...stage director, Eaton makes excellent use of space and blocking throughout the opera, but his directing could also do much more to unify the ensemble—and cast—as a whole. Much of the size of “Der Rosenkavalier?? lies in the ensemble; while they should add to each scene, they are more often clutter than anything else. They do not aid in directing attention to a certain character or dialogue, but rather serve as a source of confusion. It often seems as though even the members of the ensemble themselves are uncertain...