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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2015-07-31 18:57:17
Midsummer Martha Delights
Joanna Mongiardo as Martha. (BMO photo) An enthusiastic and packed house at the Tsai Center at Boston University on Wednesday enjoyed Boston Midsummer Opera’s Opening Night of a condensed, English-language presentation of Friedrich von Flotow’s charming Romantic opera Martha, or the Fair at Richmond. The libretto for this production was adapted by Stage Director James O’Leary from the well-known contemporary English translation by Donald Pippin. Repeat performances, featuring the same cast, will follow on Friday and Sunday. This light-hearted comic work combines the conventions of early 19th-century farce (represented through a variety of roles for tenors, baritones, and basses) with demanding coloratura roles for the two upper-class leading ladies (soprano Harriet/Martha and contralto Nancy/Julia). It is the first German comic opera to abandon spoken dialogue and employ continuous music, so the nuanced conducting of Susan Davenny Wyner of her own scaled-down orchestration (1.1.2.1, 2.0.1.0, 11 strings, harp, and percussion) […]
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