Shadow. Eurydice says (Núria Giménez-Comas) Barcelona 2022 OH!PERA
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Shadow. Eurydice says
- Composer: Giménez-Comas Nuria
- Libretto: Elfriede Jelinek, transalted by Gitta Honegge, based on a text by Núria Giménez-Comas and Anne Monfor Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Foyer, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain
- Recorded: July 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Helena Ressurreição, Marc Antolí
- Conductor: Nestor Bayona
- Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble
- Stage Director: Alicia Serrat
- Costume Designer:
- Lighting Designer: Sergio Garcia
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Liceu+
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- Video Recording from: Liceu+ FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
It has been an ambitious project to want to cover the work Schatten by Elfriede Jelinek in a reduced format of 30 minutes. Núria Giménez-Comas , who could be an heir to Fausto Romitelli because of what she makes of the world of sound (but not with respect to his idiosyncrasies), is a composer and co-author of this adaptation of the work, Shadow. Eurydice says, in a production in which music, text and stage fight to coexist. In this case, the script, of an enormous level, could not be linked to the sound, which also provided a great personality.
On stage, the conflict between words and music was appreciated, personified in the protagonist of the piece, a very dedicated Helena Ressurreição as Eurydice, in this case almost approaching the musical mezzo-soprano register , which is the backbone as a correcting element, but also subjected to the excesses of Orpheus ( Marc Antolí, who showed his record as a rock singer). The staging was also subjugated by the conflict between text and music, sometimes deciding to project fragments of the work on stage, others to build an acting climax (always counting on the remarkable work of Ressurreição) and other times to complement the music. , as was achieved with that female figure projected at the end of the show, with the empowering words “I’m no longer there, I am” recited by the protagonist.
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