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Post by zsazsa on Aug 11, 2022 21:02:56 GMT
This evening I had the absolute joy and pleasure of seeing Scottish Opera’s new immersive production of Candide.
It is the first time I have seen this piece and was blown away by the production and the music is divine.
If you happen to be in Glasgow this month then this is a must see.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 11, 2022 21:56:00 GMT
That's great to hear as I'm travelling up next week especially for it.
I love this show.
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Post by crabtree on Aug 12, 2022 8:16:32 GMT
Didn't Scottish Opera have a great success with Candide in the 80's with stunning designs, direction by Jonathan Miller and Patricia routledge as the Old woman with one buttock?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 12, 2022 8:36:12 GMT
Didn't Scottish Opera have a great success with Candide in the 80's with stunning designs, direction by Jonathan Miller and Patricia routledge as the Old woman with one buttock? Yup. Candide is going home - The wonderful professionally filmed Johanthan Miller production is on YouTube Interesting article here about it. www.scottishopera.org.uk/discover-opera/candide-programme/ |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 12, 2022 9:59:09 GMT
That production was my introduction to the piece. A brilliant piece of stagecraft with a top notch cast and strong version of the script.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 21, 2022 8:18:10 GMT
Absolutely fantastic and totally worth 400+ mile journey.
Huge praise to all involved. Watching the 3 conductors, stage managers and 80 piece chorus was theatre within itself.
This Candide is set in the social media age complete with the theme of immigration. It totally works as its in the text.
The one difference is the narration is told by the many chorus members serving as TV anchor reporters. This totally reduces the role of Pangloss but it makes Candide the star.
Now the run is complete here are a few spoilers
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The set is a series of shipping containers and lorries.
The best of possible worlds is complete with a buzzer from tv game show. When Candide leaves the schloss he is 'Evicted from the house'. Maximillion and Cungegonde are obsessed by selfies.
Dear Boy is set in a clap clinic.
The archbishop is strangled by anal beads.
Act 1 finale consists of people been crammed into a lorry.
Quiet is very funny as the woman disturb the Governor's S&M practices.
The jungle is a cannabis factory complete with machine gun waving grannies.
The final tableau is a similar schloss from the opening scene and we see C&C's children - is the drama about to start again ?
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Post by jek on Aug 21, 2022 9:18:19 GMT
I'm really thrilled to read how well this has been received - and gutted it wasn't possible for me to make the trip to go and see it. I am so pleased that Jack Furness (the director) is having such success. We loved his production of Where The Wild Things Are at the Ally Pally and my daughter (a music graduate) who has had some involvement with his company Shadwell Opera says that he is a really nice man. So that's a bonus!
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