longing for the theater and emotions-the audience quickly sold out all 50 percent of tickets permitted by the CPS. To avoid conflicts, the leadership of the “New Opera” family and friends, unlike other theatres and concert halls, allowed to sit at the play, but then in the row remained empty from not one but several seats. And as everywhere, at the entrance all measured the temperature and asked not to leave the mask. “The Barber of Seville” – the veteran of the repertoire of the “New Opera”. Staged by the renowned British Director Elijah Moshinsky and artist Anne Tilby for nearly 12 years. But the action moved to the era of silent, but in this case, of course, colored with light humor movie, but without much directorial innovation, looks cute today. In principle, such a spectacle is a joy for singers: play and sing what is called for fun and for the enjoyment of the public.
But it was felt that singers, entertained at the quarantine only selfie genre, very worried, and to overcome this stress is managed, by and large, only after the intermission and achieve ensemble interaction is very important for this Opera. But the picture of the play there is no “remote” adjustment has not suffered. Only Rosina (Victoria Yarovaya) as if the curse suddenly in the Italian dialogue in Russian says “coronavirus” and extras that simulates the game of the brass gang on stage “blowing” in the pipe through a medical mask. In response, the room filled with laughter. Are suddenly shifted and the personal and musical accents in the play. Its leaders are not Rosina, not tenor ducky count Almaviva (Yaroslav Abaimov) and not even the cheerful Barber Figaro (Paul Jankowski), and a cool bass Duo Bartolo (Evgeny Stavinsky) and don Basilio (Alexey Tikhomirov), staged on the stage of real vocal battle in which he won the friendship and good mood. In the final, the artists, as it is now on any other site do not, brought armfuls of flowers. And everyone was satisfied and happy: artists opportunities to work, and the audience – spend an evening at the theatre, albeit without a glass of champagne, as the buffet is sold only water.
the Next performance of “the rape of Lucretia” by Britten will take place on August 26. He also claims to be deferred award “Golden mask” that he plans to resume in March, the competition in September. But before the theatre invites to a concert, including the evening of Italian song (August 13), French chanson and Russian romance (15 and 16 August).
Dmitry Sibirtsev, Director of the theater “New Opera”:
We’ve worked that this, unfortunately, could not be reflected at the professional level artists. And now we have to catch up. The artist as athlete, he constantly needs to keep the shape. And the assumption that it was possible to do at home, usually false, so the neighbors are not always pleased with the concert behind the wall. And no webcast will not replace live communication with the audience. And I hope your August cycle we will get great use. I belong to those people who everything try to look as optimistic as possible, and as Stierlitz spoke: “Failure is a hidden success.” And for theatre is very important and responsible that we are the only ones in Moscow are now working.
On December 3 we have already appointed the first full-scale premiere of the season – “Carmen” by Bizet. However, because of the closed borders, this show will not be able to deliver, as was originally intended, the Frenchman Arnaud Bernard. And we are very grateful to the Director Yuri Alexandrov, who has agreed to help us out without any resentment. Then we hope to fully implement the traditional “Epiphany festival” and the anniversary celebrations on the occasion of the anniversary of our 30th season and the 75th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the “Novaya Opera” of Evgeny Kolobov Putin.
