Tingles...I still get tingles when I think about last nights opening show of Romeo and Juliet. If anyone reading this ever gets the opportunity to see Gounod's Romeo and Juliet, don't you dare pass it up. You will never regret it. Gounod sets Shakespeare's timeless classic to a french style of music that will take your breath away, almost quite literally. The staging and blocking that Michael has done as well as the work with colours and costumes has taken this story to an entirely new level. It is beyond Leo and Clare on the Hollywood screen. I would go as far to say, and my judgement is a little naive, only because I have only really been slashing in the shallow end of the opera world. However, I would go as far to say that this version, here at NUOVA, is beyond what the world stage could create. The story of R and J is of young lovers. Somewhere between 13 and 16. So the fact that it is being played by young growing artists, gives it an entirely different feel. The emotion is raw, real, and reveals so much about the youthfulness of the story.
I had a significant musical experience at the end of act 3, before intermission. We are all staring each other down, Montegue's vs. Capulet's, walking backwards as we stare at each other basically screaming the words of the song towards each other like fire arrows. I couldn't physical feel anyone, we weren't actually fighting, but the energy around us was fuming with anger. The sparks were flying, and no one was actually fighting. Our connection was so strong, that I could feel my whole body tingling as I left the stage. Every cell was buzzing with energy and shooting it across the stage. It was something I have never experience in such high magnitude. WOWSA!
So if you ever get the chance, go see Romeo and Juliet at the Opera, you will never look back!!
OVER AND OUT!
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