Janáček: Diary of One Who Disappeared | Sydney Chamber Opera | Digital Season
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- Опубликовано: 9 окт 2020
- A man meets a woman by chance. They share a fleeting moment of connection. A brief fleeting moment. She then leaves and goes on with her life. He does not... Sydney Chamber Opera perform Janáček's hauntingly beautiful song cycle, 'Diary of One Who Disappeared', exclusive to our Digital Season.
This is a Sydney Chamber Opera production commissioned by Sydney Opera House, enabled by Prof Ross Steele AM.
Artists
Janik - Andrew Goodwin
Zefka & Chorus - Jessica O'Donoghue
Piano - Jack Symonds
Director & Lighting Designer - Alexander Berlage
Set & Costume Designer - Jeremy Allen
Dramaturg - Bernadette Fam
Musical Assistant - Huw Belling
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This is a brilliant perfomance; creative staging/production; singers act the drama with great intensity; Janacek never disappoints; thank you
Thanks for watching!
Andrew Goodwin is outstanding.....
gran experiencia oírla en su idioma original y tan bien cantada y escenificada! excelente!
Wonderful!
I know this work very well and I have seen two staged performances in London, the first at the English National Opera with Philip Langridge no less. I thought Andrew Goodwin sang with great sensitivity and expression, dramatic and with reasonable pronunciation of that tongue-twisting language (to my non-native ears). A big thank you to Sydney Opera House for streaming a beautiful performance of this cycle, which will linger long in my memory.
Why does Janik disappear? - because he has had a relationship with a gypsy girl (the Czech word "ciganka" occurs frequently throughout the text), a social outcast, who will never be accepted by his family. He steals clothes off his sister's washing line for his girl, Zefka, and ultimately he sneaks away from home for a new life with Zefka and his son - unable to admit to his family that he has become entangled with a gypsy girl. The work ends on a note of optimism that he will be able to create a new life and find happiness with Zefka - notwithstanding the shame with which society will view the relationship.
So why do the English surtitles of this video excise all mention of her gypsy status? This is integral to the work written by Janacek and it does not make sense to suggest that he has been seduced by a "girl". If you cannot accept the work written by Janacek in 1916, in the context of the social attitudes of that time, you should not perform it.
Andrew Goodwin has given a committed and honest performance, but the director, Alexander Berlage, has rewritten the story in a foolish programme note, glossing over the real tragedy of this masterpiece and watering down the acute drama presented by Janacek. Shame on you, Alexander Berlage, for defiling Janacek. Will your next production present Aida and excise all references to her status as a slave?
May we know who are performing?!
See the notes above
This staging makes no sense. What are the oxen? They are just ignored because they don’t fit the concept. What about the trees? The axle for the plough? No sense of the outdoors, which bursts through in virtually every song. This guy looks so clean cut that he’s never done a day’s manual labour in his life. It’s a man and a woman like every other opera but other than that the libretto is completely ignored as an irritating irrelevance.
Yes, you're right, I fully agree. This is about a farm boy and a gypsy girl. But he's wearing a tuxedo and she an evening dress with a glass of champagne. It doesn't make any sense.