Italy
TEATRO CARLO FELICE GENOA
Music ****
Staging ****
Review by Juliet Giraldi Photography by Marcello Orselli
The Prelude begins with the descending sad, premonitory, mourning notes of the violins. Gallione seizes on this musical idea to create a symbolic, visionary re-evocation of Violetta’s tragic solitude, a flashback to the vicissitudes of the protagonist. The spirit of Death is present from the start and the curtain rises on an icy waste in which an illuminated, wintry, white tree is the only element. Ghostly figures contort themselves and a shrouded bloodstained corpse is dragged across the stage. Black mourners wielding open umbrellas encircle the stage. Violetta herself appears in a sparkling white ball gown, stretching out her hands towards her doctor, Grenvil (Maurizio Signorini), who appears as a background figure, or perhaps psychological support, throughout the opera.
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