RODELINDA
Bolshoy Theatre in
Moscow is now doing as a joint production with English National Opera Georg
Friedrich Handel’s opera Rodelinda. The production itself can wake mixed
feelings, since it is a modernized version. I wasn’t personally overly fond of
it.
But who cares about
the production, when the music is as enchanting as in Rodelinda. I have always
liked Handel and this piece is full of beautiful music. And when the singers
are as fantastic as in this production, you can only enjoy the performance.
I liked very much the
singer of Rondelinda – Dina Kuznetsova. She had a lovely, agile but full-bodied
voice, which was a pleasure to listen to. But the absolute star of the evening
was the American countertenor Gerald Thompson, who sang the role of Bertarido.
Unbelievably great technique and unspeakably gorgeous voice. The duet of
Rodelinda and Bertarido in the second act already made you speechless, but the
aria “Vivi, tiranno!” by Bertarido in the third act made you breathless, too. I
can only wonder, how anybody can sing such a difficult aria with such ease.
This opera I could go
and see many many times without problems! Wonderful evening.
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