Silenzio
Festspielhaus Hellerau
foto: Maurycy Stankievicz
Polish choreographer Ramona Nagabczyńska delves into the genre of opera to tell a story of femininity constrained by convention. With great humor, she uses all the elements that have accompanied opera for centuries – the tragicomedy of the plots, the opulence of the costumes, and the power of the (female) voice. With an unerring sense of humor, the dancers and singers repeatedly subvert the audience’s expectations. When the moment for the dance seems to have arrived, they freeze; when the moving text is supposed to begin, a patchwork of abstract Italian phrases follows. Nothing is as it seems in this production, and least of all is it “just” a stroll through opera history. Quite the opposite: the melodramatic genre creates the perfect backdrop for an ultra-modern, feminist performance about resistance to the ossified rules and expectations to which women are subjected all over the
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