Outback Writer

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Opera updating


Is it wrong to move an opera into more modern times?

No - as long as the theme is timeless. I've seen brilliant modern productions and really appalling ones. Carmen set with racing cars instead of a bull ring was terrible. Boheme set in modern times was brilliant as was Rigoletto. I saw the ballet Romeo and Juliet set in the 50's, which worked well and was more shocking than having it set much earlier.

In Vissi d'arte I wrote about a student production of scenes from famous operas.

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