Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Behind the inventive, sustainable set of 'Coraline' opera, a U.S. premiere of Neil Gaiman's beloved work
Datebook: Oakland’s West Edge Opera is days away from opening night of its production of “Coraline,” which will run along with two other operas as part of the company’s annual festival. The festival will mark “Coraline’s” U.S. premiere, but this production will be unlike anything most audiences have seen for another reason, too.
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This production sounds REALLY interesting. As one of the biggest fans of the Coraline film, I personally have never asked for a Coraline stage play or musical or opera. Ever. the movie lives quite perfectly as is, in my opinion. I have seen it countless times, and I genuinely am giggling and kicking my feet upon each watch. That being said, the music and storytelling is SO good, I don’t know why there is such a high demand to try to recreate it. However, here it is. Or was, rather. This production does sound creative and interesting. I liked how this article described the scenic design to give the reader more of a picture of what the stage looked like. I know that this movie/opera is based on the book, but I would find it so hard to detach the story from the iconic imagery of the movie. I also think it is interesting and exciting that the company made it a mission to use recycled materials in many aspects of the production’s creation and design process.
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