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Arts Calendar / March 3 / Opera
19:00 Il Viaggio a Reims
Opera in one act by Gioacchino Rossini. 165 min (with one interval). Libretto by Luigi Balocchi based on the novel "Corinne, ou L'Italie" by Germaine de Staël. Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev. Stage Director: Damiano Michieletto. Sung in Italian. A group of aristocratic travellers are stranded together on the way to Reims, where they’re heading to celebrate the coronation of King Charles X. Fortunately, the unlikely bunch create plenty of their own entertainment. This is an ensemble opera, which means it’s a big cast with lots of important roles. We could introduce them all, but it gets confusing! There’s a hostess, some eligible young widows, a poetess, a multinational assortment of army and navy officers, a doctor, a scholar and of course, the help: a housekeeper, courier and valet. There’s not much plot, but there’s plenty of intrigue about who is in love with who, some sentimental moments and a whole lot of comedy. No one heard this opera between 1825 and 1984, when famous conductor Claudio Abbado resurrected it for a Deutsche Grammophon recording. So there isn’t a famous aria, but there’s a brilliant ensemble written for 14 voices (!) that you can listen out for. In fact, every number in the opera is a show-stopper. It’s a musical feast.
Bolshoi Theater 
19:00 Otello. Opera in Concert Form
Opera in concert form performed by Helikon-Opera musical theatre. Opera in four acts by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito) premiered at La Scala opera house in Milan on February 5, 1887. Based on William Shakespeare’s play Othello, the opera was Verdi’s next-to-last and brought the composer to the peak of his dramatic power. The action takes place on the island of Cyprus. During a storm, the Moorish general Otello returns home victorious to his young wife Desdemona. But once he is home he becomes ensnared in a diabolical plot laid by ensign Iago, the very incarnation of evil, who is ready to do anything to destroy his master. Slowly, Iago takes advantage of his close relationship with Otello to sow the seeds of jealousy and persuade him that Desdemona is having and affair with Cassio. Iago provides false evidence of Desdemona’s guilt, stoking the Moor’s rage. Otello is devoured by jealousy, caught in the web of Iago’s lies. AlthoughDesdemona insists she has been unjustly accused, Otello publicly repudiates her and throws her to the ground. Later he strangles her in her bed and then stabs himself to death when he discovers the terrible truth.
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall 
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