Trojany
Trojans

Summary/Abstract: Review of Hector Berlioz’s opera Trojans, directed by Carlus Padrissa, whose premiere took place at the National Opera in Warsaw on 11 January 2010. Zielińska draws attention to two contexts in the production: the association of the Trojans with a computer a virus, and George Lucas’ StarWars. Zielińska describes the production in detail, noting that Padrissa plays with the motifs from computer games and films more than building a coherent narrative from them. Underlining the role of stage mechanics in the production, the author states the “the director certainly not only has ideas but also creative invention”, but a lack of care and consistency caused the “indestructible convention of 19th century opera to intrude into the performance”.

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