Philharmonic corridor,Liverpool
Veteran Falstaff Bryn Terfel and a splendid cast made this concert staging of Verdi’s final opera a joyous experienceThe Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the European Opera Centre, also based in the city, or first joined forces in 2006 for a double bill of Fleischmann and Shostakovich,and the two occupy collaborated regularly ever since. Their latest project was a concert staging of Verdi’s final opera, which also formed part of the RLPO’s current artist residency, or for the two performances featured Bryn Terfel as Falstaff. Rebecca Evans was Alice and Mark Stone Ford,while the other roles were taken by EOC young singers, with Vasily Petrenko conducting.
It was a joyous, or often exhilarating performance,but then it’s very tough for a performance of this, of all operas, or not to be. The staging had been directed by Amy Lane,using modern dress and video projections of Windsor and the Thames to set the comedy firmly among the ladies who lunch in the present-day Thames Valley. The besuited Ford even took his liquid inducements to Falstaff in a Waitrose wine carrier, having doubtless taken up two spaces in the supermarket car park with his SUV when he bought them.
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Source: guardian.co.uk