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"Aida": bright, stylish, stylistically accurate, atmospheric
03.02.2020
Premiere screenings of Aida will continue on our stage <...> Reviews and opinions of experts that appeared after the November premiere testify that the first use of Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece in the history of the Mikhailovsky Theater was a great creative success.
Ekaterina Kretova, music reviewer for Moskovsky Komsomolets, highly appreciates the work of the musical director and conductor of the performance, Alexander Vedernikov, who “chooses a very noble and intellectual tone to interpret the score.” The orchestra manages to play “smartly, with restrained passion: no provocations, which are very much in Verdi’s music, and this bribed from the first bars of the overture,” writes MK. “Well, the surprise that Vedernikov prepared in the scene of the famous march from the second act turned out to be a truly musical masterpiece: real Egyptian natural pipes appeared on the stage, which brilliantly performed the famous theme.” The author of Novaya Gazeta, Maria Babalova, agrees with her colleague, noting “the sound of the orchestra is stylistically accurate, emotional, and varied in nuances.”
According to the music columnist for Radio Russia, Olga Rusanova, Aida at the Mikhailovsky Theater is an "atmospheric performance" that "undoubtedly makes a strong impression." “At the premiere, it was felt that the maestro put his whole soul into it, carefully worked with musicians, singers, director, artist.” The Music in Events program emphasized the leading role of the musical director of the production, Alexander Vedernikov, in the overall success and called the stage performance of the Verdi score "bright and stylish."
Musicologist Vladimir Dudin, in a review published in St. Petersburg Vedomosti, noted the special "sensitivity to musical structures" shown by production designer Marius Nyakroshyus. "In the new performance, attention is drawn to the "slowness of the action, the emphasized rituality of the costumes, the whimsical shimmer of black and gold," the reviewer notes, adding that "the design message of the new Aida" became even more obvious after the performance, when behind the scenes one could see near the dress of Amneris or Aida.” Thus, the outstanding work of costume designer Nadezhda Gultyaeva was paid tribute to.
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"Aida": bright, stylish, stylistically accurate, atmospheric
03.02.2020
Premiere screenings of Aida will continue on our stage <...> Reviews and opinions of experts that appeared after the November premiere testify that the first use of Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece in the history of the Mikhailovsky Theater was a great creative success.
Ekaterina Kretova, music reviewer for Moskovsky Komsomolets, highly appreciates the work of the musical director and conductor of the performance, Alexander Vedernikov, who “chooses a very noble and intellectual tone to interpret the score.” The orchestra manages to play “smartly, with restrained passion: no provocations, which are very much in Verdi’s music, and this bribed from the first bars of the overture,” writes MK. “Well, the surprise that Vedernikov prepared in the scene of the famous march from the second act turned out to be a truly musical masterpiece: real Egyptian natural pipes appeared on the stage, which brilliantly performed the famous theme.” The author of Novaya Gazeta, Maria Babalova, agrees with her colleague, noting “the sound of the orchestra is stylistically accurate, emotional, and varied in nuances.”
According to the music columnist for Radio Russia, Olga Rusanova, Aida at the Mikhailovsky Theater is an "atmospheric performance" that "undoubtedly makes a strong impression." “At the premiere, it was felt that the maestro put his whole soul into it, carefully worked with musicians, singers, director, artist.” The Music in Events program emphasized the leading role of the musical director of the production, Alexander Vedernikov, in the overall success and called the stage performance of the Verdi score "bright and stylish."
Musicologist Vladimir Dudin, in a review published in St. Petersburg Vedomosti, noted the special "sensitivity to musical structures" shown by production designer Marius Nyakroshyus. "In the new performance, attention is drawn to the "slowness of the action, the emphasized rituality of the costumes, the whimsical shimmer of black and gold," the reviewer notes, adding that "the design message of the new Aida" became even more obvious after the performance, when behind the scenes one could see near the dress of Amneris or Aida.” Thus, the outstanding work of costume designer Nadezhda Gultyaeva was paid tribute to.
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Mikhailovsky Theatre
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
