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Something completely different this week: Opera. Well . . .not the four hour kind. Nobody goes insane, murders family members or has consumption. Two one-act operas by Ravel. One; something of a surreal bedroom farce (without the bedroom, in this case a clock) and the other a surreal exposè about a kid who is just trying to get a nights sleep.
It’s a bit more complicated that that -but those are the broad strokes and, at less than an hour each, pretty painless if you are less than enthusiastic about Opera, but like Ravel. It’s all done by the extremely capable Teatro Massimo di Palermo and was broadcast live from the stage on October 18, 2012 by the venerable RAI Radio 3.
So, with all that said – here is the rundown on the players.
TEATRO MASSIMO DI PALERMO
1. L’HEURE ESPAGNOLE
Commedia musicale in un atto di Franc-Nohain
Musica di Maurice Ravel
Concepcion, Marina Comparato
Gonzalve, Filippo Adami
Torquemada, Aldo Orsolini
Ramiro, Alessandro Luongo
Don Inigo Gomez, Andrea Concetti
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2. L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES
Fantaisie lyrique in due parti di Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
Musica di Maurice Ravel
L’Enfant, Marina Comparato
Maman, La Tasse chinoise, La Libellule, Sonia Prina
La Bergère, La Chatte, L’Ecureuil, Un Pâtre, Cristina Melis
Le Feu, La Princesse, Le Rossignol, Maria Grazia Schiavo
La Chauve-Souris, La Chouette, Une Pastourelle, Maria Chiara Pavone
Le Fauteuil, Un Arbre, Andrea Concetti
L’Horloge Comtoise, Le Chat, Alessandro Luongo
La Théière (Wedgwood noir), Le Petit Vieillard, La Rainette, Filippo Adami
Orchestra, Coro, Coro di voci bianche e Corpo di Ballo del Teatro Massimo
direttore, Yves Abel
regia e coreografia, Luciano Cannito
scene e costumi, Altan
Registrato il 18 ottobre 2012 al Teatro Massimo di Palermo
The announcements are in Italian and the opera is in French. But don’t let that bother you if you aren’t fluent in either.
It’s the music that matters anyway.
Enjoy.
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