The Nightingale and Other Short Fables
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 1, 2011
Closed Mar 6, 2011
Opened Mar 1, 2011
Closed Mar 6, 2011
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Running Time:
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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The centerpiece of this work is Stravinsky's ingenious take on Hans Christian Andersen's tale of an emperor's curiously songful bird, The Nightingale. Robert Lepage reimagines the opera as an aquatic fantasy, transforming the orchestra pit into a luminescent lagoon teeming with half-submerged singers, puppet-piloted boats, and lashing dragons. All the while, impervious to the commotion, the diminutive protagonist soars.
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Mixing elegance and whimsy, director Robert Lepage's production of The Nightingale and Other Short Fables, at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, is both a visual and an aural treat. This collection of short works from composer Igor Stravinsky is sung in Russian by the Canadian Opera Company (with English surtitles), with conductor Johannes Debus presiding over a rather large and impressive orchestra.
Three pieces within the first act are not simply a showcase for singers Wallis Giunta, Teiya Kasahara, and Meredith Arwady, they're also an amazing vehicle for a small troupe of actors who create wonderful -- and often hilarious -- hand shadows. A rabbit begging for a hit of moonshine, a cat p[...]