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2019-11-14 14:20:00
Review of Opera North's Giulio Cesare
[…] angles, so it can evoke inside and outside, battles and bedrooms (including Cleopatra’s famous bath, in an interior that, if not a burnished throne, looks like a highly burnished boudoir). And the design concept gives the warring nations (Romans and Egyptians) colour-coding and vivid symbolic accessories, such as the Scissorhands-style nail extensions worn by Tolomeo. Credit Leslie Travers for those effects. The singing, which is for virtuosic performers on all sides, is what counts. Maria Sanner as Cesare (one of two trouser roles for female singers here) is at her best in the more mellow numbers, and though she can hold her own for power when placed front-of-stage, isn’t always given that advantage. James Laing is icily nasty and sustains his energy even when his voice occasionally tires. But the star of the show in many ways is Lucie Chartin, as Cleopatra. She turns on the sex appeal so much […]
2019-09-30 08:09:35
Vicious scheming and visual splendour, but seduction too: Opera North's revival of Handel's Giulio Cesare
Handel: Giulio Cesare - Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Heather Lowe, Catherine Hopper, Lucie Chartin, Maria Sanner, Dean Robinson, and (top) Darren Jeffery and James LaingOpera North 2019 (Photo Alastair Muir) Handel Giulio Cesare; Maria Sanner, Lucie Chartin, Catherine Hopper, Heather Lowe, James Laing, dir: Tim Albery, cond: Christian Curnyn; Opera North at the Grand Theatre Leeds Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 28 September 2019 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Imaginative designs and a strong ensemble performance make this an engaging and dramatic evening, with some very fine singing Handel: Giulio Cesare - Maria Sanner, Lucie ChartinOpera North 2019 (Photo Alastair Muir) On Saturday 28 September 2019 at Leeds Grand Theare, Opera North has revived Tim Albery's 2012 production of George Frideric Handel's Giulio Cesare which features Leslie Travers striking designs. Swedish contralto Maria Sanner was Giulio Cesare with Lucie Chartin as Cleopatra [last seen as Ophélie in Opera2Day's […]
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2019-02-22 22:04:11
A Jiffy Lube Owner Talks About His Business’s Relationship With The Arts
Steve Sanner: “Small business owners like me don’t often view the arts as an area in which we can make a real difference. Even our “stretch” sponsorship levels are overshadowed by the huge dollar amounts that wealthy individuals, banks, law firms, and insurance companies can generate. For us, philanthropy is difficult to plan for, so […]
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