La Boheme (Giacomo Puccini), Arena di Verona
ore 21.15
Direttore Lü Jia
Regia Arnaud Bernard
Scenografia William Orlandi
Costumi William Orlandi
Maestro del coro Marco Faelli
Lighting Designer Paolo Mazzon
Dir. Allestimenti scenici Giuseppe De Filippi Venezia
Interpreti
Rodolfo = Marcello Giordani
Schaunard = Fabio Previati
Benoit = Graziano Polidori
Mimì = Tamar Iveri
Marcello = Gabriele Viviani
Colline = Marco Spotti
Alcindoro = Angelo Nardinocchi
Musetta = Donata D'Annunzio Lombardi
Parpignol = Carlo Bosi
A customs official = Federico Longhi
Coro di voci bianche "Benjamin Britten" diretto da Antonella Bertoni
Orchestra, Coro e tecnici
dell'Arena di Verona
Another fine day in Verona, Italy. Problem with Arena di Verona and La Boheme, is that the stage is huge, and that this opera is more of a intimate romance. Of course act 2 is a great, big scene with lots of people. But this problem was a Zeffirelli-like production, huge and the little people got lost. Not being able to find out right a way Rodolfo and Mimi was a disappointment. Zeffirelli would not have made that fault, I believe. he would have a way to highlight the important people in the opera. Act 1 + 4, all action in a tiny bit of the stage, in the middle. But the Arena is so big why did the director not make the attic of the artists, Marcello and Rodolfo, huge using most of the arena stage area.
Other problems was for me all the circus of act2, people blowing fires from their mouth. Just a show that made it difficult to get the real operatic action... And act 3, very bad, hated the bicycles thing. Here we are supposed to see peasant woman at the customs controlling their bread, milk cans etc. The bicycling was just a circus thing... And act 4, when the guys are pretending to be at a ball. Here they were not dancing, they were drying up laundry and playing with that, Gavotta, Pavanella, Fandango... no dance.
The singers, orchestra was all great and the production was not all bad, just not quite right and Arena was not the right place.
Waited backstage for a while, nothing. But how often do the conductor Daniel Oren drive around the Arena, I wonder. I saw him yesterday and now today.
Day 4: Sunday July 1, Verona-Oslo
Flight back home.
Was supposed to be easy. Just eating breakfast at the hotel, relax, try to take the curtesy bus to the station, airportbus to the airport. But I got nervous, I got talked into taking a taxi directly to the Arena. Result long wait in the airport, just waiting to find where to check in, getting a gate, and 30 Euros for the ride. 30... Even if there was not room for me in the curtesy bus so that I would have to pay for that too, 15-18 euros, and aiport-bus 4,50 Euros. Cheaper and no wait.
That was, of course, not the worst of the day. Norway has in many years neglected to educate enough airport controllers. And they have a stressfull job, and in the past often felt neglected and distrusted by their bosses. During last conflict, 2 out of 10 was suffering a break in family (divorce etc.) So naturally now, it is summer, a lot of plane, and people who have holidays, then 6 persons get sick. (Would you want you aiport controller to be sick when looking after your plane, now).
From Verona to Munich, no problem and free food and drink. In Munich walking briskly to your gate. And everything looked normal and then, 1 hour to wait for take-off. The Lufthansa pilot tells us why. But this is a nice airplane, good air, your feet have some space. Free drinks while we wait (non-alcoholic, of course). That meant having little time to catch my plane back home. Walking briskly, waiting for my luggage a long time, walking briskly, getting my air ticket from a machine. Security line, and walking as fast as my life depend upon it, since the monitors that are showing many delays, my not my flight. My legs burns with ache, and no, this is not good. 1920 becomes 2115. I have 2 hours. I could have relaxed. Eaten. Sent my heavy bags, and not still carrying it.
Being hungry, 2 hours to relax and have something to eat is not too bad. 2130 the sign no says. The plane must be in the air by that time, slot time. We are 1 minute late, some other plane to their fuel before us when it was our time. TIME'S OUT. Lovely... Then our captein says 2320 but says he hopes that since we are all already inside, maybe we get a earlier time, maybe it will only be a few minutes to wait and not almost another 2 hours. 2 hours became 20 minutes, 2150 off we go. I am almost home 2240 at the airport.
Airportbus, just for me? Alone?Finally, at home. 2320.
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