Eager to savor the invigorating night at the opera I’d enjoyed the previous evening, I watched a 2008 production of “Rigoletto” filmed at Semperoper in Dresden via Amazon Prime on Thursday. I didn’t know what I’d been missing.
Exposed flesh! Surrealistic stage sets! And best of all, Juan Diego Flórez’s glorious mullet!
The Lyric Opera’s interpretation of Giuseppe Verdi’s work enthralled me, but the Dresden production makes it seem stodgy. I considered buying another $35.50 ticket to see the three-hour production again as I exited Muriel Kauffman Theatre on Wednesday. Now that I know the way it went down in Germany ten years ago, that prospect is much less appealing.
As Rigoletto would shout, “la maledizione!”
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
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