Thursday, January 28, 2010
'Lucretia' tells tale of legendary Roman figure
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Central to the improved quality of Pittsburgh Opera over the past decade has been expansion of the repertoire. Under Artistic Director (and now-General Director) Christopher Hahn, the company has made modern operas part of the mix."
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Seeing the rehearsal thursday night was a different process then actually seeing the show. Notes were being fixed but I saw a majority of the show. The problem with it was that the story can be summed up in one or two sentances. It had nothing in it but Lucretia is faithful so a guy rapes her. The end. To make it two hours long though it is filled with filler, for example twenty minutes of saying goodbyes and goodnights. Now the performers or show wasn't bad- it just lacked plot, and action, which is where my problem of opera begins. It seems, of the operas I have seen, that the lack of dialogue with no music creates an empty space filled with discussions of Christ, death and other things that act as symbols rather then propelling the story foward- like that of a greek chorus. Filler that becomes boring. The opera was beautiful, as was the performance, just the plot lacked action.
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