This week,
Milton Keynes Theatre is graced with the Glyndebourne Tour 2017. We had the
pleasure of attending Il Barbiere Di Siviiglia last night and will be attending
Hamlet on Friday evening. A second performance of Cosi Fan Tutte is on tonight and
another of Il Barbiere Di Siviglia on Saturday.
‘Founded
in 1934 by John Christie and his opera singer wife, Audrey Mildmay, Glyndebourne
is committed to presenting opera of the highest quality, commissioning new
work, developing new talent and reaching new audiences’.
The group includes the
usual Sopranos, Baritones and Tenors as well as the Glyndebourne Chorus and an
outstanding Orchestra. You’re entering another world when you go to the Opera,
they are classical, elegant, sophisticated and worlds apart from our modern-day
musicals (which are fantastic in their own rights!) Of course, a lot of theatre
productions and musicals today will have originated or taken influences from
the classical shows, plays and music from throughout history and it’s wonderful
to see and appreciate such talent in this particular discipline today.
The singers/actors
and musicians have such refined skills, voices and talents, there were
certainly a few goose-pimples when the amazing Soprano, Laura Verrecchia hit
the high and very loud notes. The stage set was magical as were the sound and
costumes.
The stories
in Operas are usually quite simple and split between two acts, often with light
humour and hints of tragedy in the form of heartache, a death or misfortunes. Cosi
Fan Tutti (all women are like that) is a love story of sorts with young men
playing games with their fiancés to see if they will be unfaithful as women are
‘fickle’. Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Barber of Seville) is another tale of love
with star-crossed lovers trying to find a way to be together and of course
Hamlet is adapted from Shakespeare’s classic play.
If you love
Opera, theatre or have never seen an Opera, we would highly recommend heading
to MK Theatre this week and see for yourselves, the appreciation and applause
from the audience is unlike anything else you will experience. Tickets from
www.atgtickets.com
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