Dziedzictwo Sinobrodego
The Legacy of Bluebeard
Author(s): Marcin BoguckiSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Keywords: Review; Iolanta; Bluebeard's Castle; Diptych; Wielki Theater – National Opera in Warsaw; Mariusz Treliński; Pyotr Tchaikovsky; Béla Bartók; A Noir Cinema Aesthetic; Boris Kudlička; Opera
Summary/Abstract: A review of the Iolanta / Bluebeard's Castle diptych (Wielki Theater – National Opera in Warsaw, premiere: 13.12.2013), directed by Mariusz Treliński. Based on a contrast between the optimism of Pyotr Tchaikovsky and the gloom of Béla Bartók's fairy tale, the artists have arranged these two one-acts, bring a noir cinema aesthetic to the opera space. Bogucki remarks that a lack of critical verfiication of the numerous plots and interpretive tropes used by the director blurs the meaning of the play somewhat. According to the reviewer, Boris Kudlička's set design is the strongest aspect of the performance.
Journal: Didaskalia. Gazeta Teatralna
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 119
- Page Range: 134-137
- Page Count: 4
- Language: Polish