Sim Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 I have never seen it but I have heard great things about it in the past. I see it's coming to the ROH in the spring.. Would you recommend it? Any general opinions? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Yes, I'd highly recommend it, generally and in this production! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 My recommendation comes with a qualification: in my view there is no doubt that it's a brilliant, thrilling opera but, having seen a number of productions, I won't be seeing it again, probably ever. The relentlessly sordid plot and unsympathetic characters have worn me down. I'd definitely recommend going at least once though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Certainly a tough evening, although this production is a lot less hard going than the famous ENO one with Josephine Barstow. If you like Shostakovich in his darkest mood -go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 It is a dark opera, but in an era when Russians had to be depicted as heroic Shostakovich was courageous enough to defy the party line and present a story that is indeed sordid, but for me the score is superlative and I still think Pappano conducts it so well it must be one of the finest achievements of his career. I second ninamargaret - GO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 16 hours ago, ninamargaret said: Certainly a tough evening, although this production is a lot less hard going than the famous ENO one with Josephine Barstow. If you like Shostakovich in his darkest mood -go! Are we talking about the old David Pountney one that they last did in about 2003 with Vivian Tierney in the title role? There was a new Dmitri Tcherniakov one a couple of years ago which had some great moments but was ultimately less successful overall - I was pleased to bump into David Pountney afterwards (they were still using his translation) so I could tell him how much I missed his, which was one of my all-time favourite ENO productions. I do like the ROH/Richard Jones one, however - especially that moment when Katerina transforms her bedroom instantaneously into a seductive boudoir. But it can't beat Pountney's meat carcasses, or the red-uniformed police literally bashing their way in through the wall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 yes, RuthE, I definitely meant the David Pountney one, meat carcasses and all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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