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G. Verdi -Falstaff, new production by Oscar-winning director Jiří Mentzel, State Theater Košice

 

 If the debt was left in the production of Falstaff due to the stage direction, then was offset by the musical staging of conductor Martin Leginus. From the very first notes one could hear the extraordinary attention that was paid to the preparation. In working with phrasing, tempo and dynamics, he seemed to draw on Gioacchino Rossini's earlier comic operas regarding a character of sharpness, even outright mathematical precision, yet he was able to construct the monumental architecture of the Verdi score. The orchestra adopted the conception of the conductor perfectly and played with real ease, in the best tradition of opera buffa.

January 2018, Jozef Červenka, CODE


G. Verdi -Falstaff, new production by Oscar-winning director Jiří Mentzel, State Theater Košice

 

 If the debt was left in the production of Falstaff due to the stage direction, then was offset by the musical staging of conductor Martin Leginus. From the very first notes one could hear the extraordinary attention that was paid to the preparation. In working with phrasing, tempo and dynamics, he seemed to draw on Gioacchino Rossini's earlier comic operas regarding a character of sharpness, even outright mathematical precision, yet he was able to construct the monumental architecture of the Verdi score. The orchestra adopted the conception of the conductor perfectly and played with real ease, in the best tradition of opera buffa.

January 2018, Jozef Červenka, CODE