Past Production Reviews
2Of course, one cannot compete on the same level with the Upper Italian “home” of this opera since 1913 and the luxurious, museum-like staging that has been established there over the last few decades. Hence the production team (staging by Sabine Hartmannshenn , stage by Stefan Heinrichs , costumes by Edith Kollath , light by Herbert Sachsenhofer , dramaturgy by Christoph Blitt) on the certainly not new idea of letting the evening pass in the guise of a theater rehearsal. The emotions and role identification of the performers become more intense and direct from act to act - in any case an expression of careful personal direction. This is framed by parts of the scenery that are eagerly pushed back and forth, only rarely showing their front side, which then gives clear references to the Veronese production mentioned. But here, too, the following applies: the further the evening progresses, the more the scenarios immerse themselves in the reality of the piece; the invocation of Ptah at the end of the first act is still a party, perhaps on the occasion of the first dress rehearsal, where the actress serving Amneris canapèes and the pharaoh's throne is decorated with colorful balloons, the triumphal march, at least its second half, much more serious to the point. Finally, the exit scene is kept in extreme reduction - black curtain border, no Egyptian folklore, Radames on the left, Aida on the right back on the stage, two downlights, and Amneris crouches desperately listening at the front of the ramp - but this again results in maximum concentration on the emotions the immured.
Dabei lotet Anna Alàs i Jové die sehr unterschiedlichen Wendungen der Musik unglaublich fein aus und pendelt faszinierend zwischen "männlicher" Dramatik und liebender Lyrik.
