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It’s not really that okay. Orchestra and singers should work in synergy. Moreover this is a habanera, so its rhythm is similar to tango and should be played with more precision. If you want to make a rallentando you do that at the end of the piece, not every time, otherwise it’s singing Puccini.
@@LCWMI this isnt entirely true all the time. I play in a pit orchestra and the number one thing our director always tells us is to watch him. the singers usually get their tempo from the pit before the piece and the director chooses the best cues for the orchestra. a lot of singers like to add grace notes and allowances in their singing to add more "drama" and if the orchestra followed all of those flourishes (which is impossible anyway) the song would have no beat at all
Ana Darko ya I noticed that too. I think either they didn’t go over what the tempo was the soloist wanted to take during rehearsal or the soloist just chose her own tempo that she was feeling for that performance. The orchestra made the right move by adjusting to her tempo tho, she is the soloist.
Just imagine, you are cast as Carmen and you are really excited to be playing one of the most famous characters in opera history and you got to see your beautiful Spanish inspired costumes and a flipping gorila suit is hanging there......
Something tells me that it'll be a one-sided conversation, and the director will have a lot to say about themselves, while not listening to a thing you say. Or, anything you say will be turned into why they matter more.
I once saw a production of "Nathan the Wise" were they just stopped midway and started anew. After ten minutes of confusion in the audience a bunch of actors with big Papier-mâché heads of politicians jumped across the stage at which point the show completely derailed. Since none of this stood in the Programme you could pretty much hear the people in the high ranks overthinking their subscription.
I saw this production in Frankfurt, Germany and it is actually a lot better than I thought. I normally don't like the modern take of any opera. This particular scene might seem odd, but the whole production as a whole was very well executed and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
A beautiful performance. But this choice of costume reminds me of reading the history of opera: How nobles were allowed to walk on stage whenever they wanted, and would just stick out like sore thumbs simply because they could. This is what that director did: designed and planned this oddity and man is it distracting and annoying in hopes of being unique. Instead: this sort of direction has become a new cliche. It seems the real experimental and rebellious production is one that actually matches the score. This worst part is: this director HAS creativity. I think it should instead be used to promote NEW operas, and encourage NEW composers and playwrites to make a wonderful, whole new show that the world has never seen. Here, I feel like I'm brushing my teeth and chugging orange juice afterward.
Jaydoggy531 I feel like you shouldnt change a great opera just because you can, I totally agree that the modern generation needa to write more if modern opera is what they want
I saw MacBeth at Stratford, Canada many years ago and the different characters wore different military uniforms from every period in history. It was only confusing and distracting, not creative or interesting. I wish people would just try to do things *better and more interesting*, rather than just different.
Sunshine Sunshine I live near Stratford and actually saw the same play. I disagree with your point. Macbeth is meant to be a timeless play and the anachronism was an interesting choice. Beyond that, the characters and the play are so well known that I don’t understand how that could be confusing to you. A gorilla costume is one thing, but anachronism?
@@moonfish3638 I have to disagree on that point as even though Macbeth is a timeless classic, there were circumstances about it. Macbeth is loosely based on a real figure from history, and Shakespeare's primary sponsor was obsessed with the occult (hence the frequent appearance of witches or other occultists in his plays). It had a particular place and people in mind. There's tasteful timelessness and then there's distracting ones.
Well, in Europe, this is the issue, they make these aimlessly strange productions under the guise of “art” and being unique. In America, many of them are doing what you’ve suggested - trying out new composers. The problem is, they all royally suck. They have no tonality, the score doesn’t even come close to matching the emotions of the scene, everything sounds like a broadway hackjob converted to an opera, and the contemporary topics they choose are typically very ill-suited for a dramatic music performance like opera.
i’m all for reinterpreting old operas and old art in general, but my problem with this is that it doesn’t seem to be fully integrated with the score and the lyricism of the habanera. i’m not trying to be negative, because i do like how daring this is, but it seems like it wasn’t fully thought out. and also, i’m not sure about other people, but part of the reason why i listen to opera is because it transports me to different and beautiful places. carmen was one of the operas where i listened to it and i could hear the heat and sensuality. when i see directors try to reinterpret operas to make it more modern or “relatable” i think they sometimes forget the atmosphere that the opera embodies, and it creates a jarring performance. i think this dilemma happened here. tl;dr i like the idea of this performance in theory, but i don’t think it was thought out enough or executed well enough.
This has to be the most constructive comment on this video. I 100% agree! I’d honestly find a modernized, maybe even gorill-ized version of Carmen, really fresh and entertaining if it was executed half decently. This is not.
It is a daring take on a classic for sure. Visually stimulating too. Maybe it misses the Mark but attempts like this is worthwhile. Maybe someone will come along and better integrate the modern take with traditional opera.
This was the first opera I went to see as I decided to get tickets for my birthday to spend on my own (it's actually a lot better than you think haha). I'm definitely young (early 20s) and most people my age don't like opera. But this, despite not sticking to the original, was a very good production in introducing younger audiences to opera. It's clever in it's own way! I really want to watch an original next time! Thank you :)
Isabel Park watch elinca garanca with the metropolitan, and listen to maria callas live sing the habanera. their performances are a lot more cohesive than this one. anna caterina annotacci also did a credible performance with the royal opera house a few years back.
If you've seen too many "traditional" Carmens, this one is a great change. The production is excellent despite lacking some of the grate passions. Good dancing! and yes, a great way to attract young people to the opera.
It really is unfortunate that THIS was the first opera you've seen, because it really is an absolutely absurd production that is all to typical of the modern-day world of opera. What is also typical of modern-day opera is really atrocious singers in the great opera houses of the world, with the singer featured in this clip being an all to typical example.
What a lousy production, and Carmen has a wobble on her top notes and the tempo is too slow, the ROH needs to up it's game and spend money on decent productions that it's audience can understand.What's with the ape costume? what has that to do with Carmen, modern productions suck!
You just sound like a bitter, old woman from an entitled generation that wants everyone and everything to revolve around themselves, where all things old must remain old and stuck in their ways rather than try daring, controversial and risky things even if they do fail, at least it was attempted. I’m sorry if that offends your senses but human beings are inherently a free species, we have freedom of speech and freedom of creativity, people are allowed to do whatever the hell they want with whatever work of art is presented to them. Modern productions do not suck, many have actually succeeded in what they’ve set out to accomplish whilst others have explored new avenues and done risky things with risky directors and have either soared or came crashing back down to Earth in a blaze of fire. The point remains that at least they did something different and tried. Just because you can’t seem to grasp that and prefer things done how you’d like them to be done, doesn’t mean others didn’t enjoy this production, even if it was a minority. People all have different tastes, modern productions don’t “suck” (a child’s description) it’s simply that you can’t seem to take your black and white tinted glasses off and see things within a shade of grey as they really are. Deal with change, this world doesn’t belong in the past anymore, you must handle the future with grace.
@@haydendutton6916 Simply doing something to *try* and be different is so incredibly stupid. Carmen was a controversial opera in its days and received a lot of negative criticism. Yet, it is a widely loved opera today and contains some of the most familiar music from an opera. But that's not just because it was different - it was different with meaning to it. This production is just senseless garbage. At least it distracts from the horrible singing and crawling tempo. Dare to be different, yes, but do it for a reason.
@@haydendutton6916 there is no point in being different if there is no meaning behind what is shown. Art changes, but this change theyve done on Carmen is too nonsensical. So many ppl literally do not see the meaning behind this choice of costume at all. Could you? Im not much of an Opera person tbh, but if there are modern directors out there tryna make pieces like this different on stage, they should create something totally new instead of making something that does not make any sense to the music written. Not everyone is just upset here cuz they only want something to remain traditional, tho i don't blame u for assuming cuz i know there r ppl who r crazy about keeping the old ways...but some genuinely want a production to be presented the best way possible. The main person who commented seems to be very passionate about Opera, and understandably, this production of Carmen mightve ruined it for some potential audiences cuz it made no sense to them. Essentially, things can be modern or modified, be different but also make sense once on the stage. This whole bit seems like it was just done to be different. That does not bode well with something like Carmen which is highly regarded in the Opera world.
I'm all for experimentation with classic source materials that have been done countless times, it helps introduce the material to newer audiences in a way that helps them understand it better. However, I judge these changes on whether they actually help or serve the story and characters and whether these changes can help bring a new perspective to the story. With that in mind I really do want to know why they chose the suit for story telling reasons or if it was a "let's put Carmen in a gorilla suit cause we're quirky and camp 😜" kind of moment.
I love gorillas and I love opera Carmen but I hate this "gorillized" production. The director Kosky who is responsible for this atrocity should be on medication.
Yes the tempo is too slow but for me it also doesn't portray the same emotion as Id imagine Carmen would she's also not as stable on those high notes as Antonacci my personal opinion Edit: Dont get me started on that gorilla suit
Ok. Everyone is saying this looks terrible but honestly I feel like this actually looks interesting. I don’t know how the rest of the production looks like but I enjoy the absurdity of it. Honestly, Bizet had never been when he wrote this opera and I feel like there is some mockery of the genre that can make it more interesting. There are modern productions that miss the mark with their absurdity but in my opinion this is an idea that looks interesting. But of course keep criticizing everyone working hard on these productions, even though no one gets payed enough at this point to even do this. 👌
Ask Bizet, Meilhac and Halévy how interesting it looks. We live in times of stupidity beyond words. Not to mention the pathetic singing level which is horrendous and amplified with microphones. It is quite interesting if you like POPERA.
Can people stop bashing their hard work? You say it’s awful, and disgusting but it’s a new approach and you can’t just wreck it. Honestly the gorilla suit is funny and random and I love it.
If people don't like it, they're allowed to voice their opinions on it. At the end of the day, minimalism is just not what most people want from opera, and, from a technical perspective, this piece is kind of poorly done. The girl has a nice voice, but the tempo of the song is slow and inconsistent- there are points you can hear the orchestra slow down to match her.
To be new and modern doesnt necessarily mean to be unpleasant and off-putting... i think people are losing grip of the fact that to be different is not necessarily to be unpleasantly different.
Opera companies are bored sick of staging the favorites audiences will pay to see, so they tamper with them, to make their ordeal bearable. When the SF Opera calls me for a donation thanking me for being "an opera supporter," I say, "I'm not. Spielberg doesn't ask me to be his supporter, he makes movies I want to see." When you donate, you free them from satisfying the audience, to do edgy recent stuff they're dying to do. If they must do Carmen, they'll put her in a gorilla suit.
😨 горилла? Прошу объяснить (если кто-нибудь вообще может это объяснить) глубокий смысл этой концепции😂. Бедняга Бизе🙁! Мои искренние соболезнования. Ну хорошо уже то, что Кармен не с бородой. Впрочем, все впереди. Не останавливайтесь на достигнутом
I Persive that is an the antonym of a popular opinion, but i really relish this version of L'amour est un oiseau rebelle(I guess that this is my favorite version). It's really Marlene Dietrichish.
beautifully sung and played! I would be okay with the gorilla concept if she'd been allowed to interact and flirt with other animals throughout the aria.. keep that flirtation and push and pull with Carmen's beloved followers and admirers all around her in the market square to show the warning she is giving to beware of not loving her!
Великолепные голоса. Восхитительная музыка. По поводу всего остального - думаю, «старым» операм надо оставить «старое» исполнение. Мир изменился, и пришло время для «новых» опер, которые будут исполняться «по-новому».
wow, this is creative and i really get the satire. bunch of sticks up everyone’s a$$ here who comments tho, yikes. i don’t think any of you are real artists here who comment. you have no focus on moving forward in any productive direction and if your pleasure centers aren’t stimulated immediately in the way you expect you feel you have authority now somehow? you never had any authority, being a robot is simple and safe.
Intriguing, particularly in light of the clip about the set, but I think ROH does this a huge disservice by omitting any context to the visuals or the performance.
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I'm pretty new to opera, but I feel as if I have missed some very important information as to context.
ME AF RN
if you're new to opera, then try to avoid the royal opera house if you can. they are really hated by veteran opera goers these days
C O that’s a bold claim.
This is POPERA with microphones. Don't bother trying to understand anything here.
C I why?
Can hear the orchestra slowing down a lot to match her.
It’s not really that okay. Orchestra and singers should work in synergy. Moreover this is a habanera, so its rhythm is similar to tango and should be played with more precision. If you want to make a rallentando you do that at the end of the piece, not every time, otherwise it’s singing Puccini.
@@LCWMI this isnt entirely true all the time. I play in a pit orchestra and the number one thing our director always tells us is to watch him. the singers usually get their tempo from the pit before the piece and the director chooses the best cues for the orchestra. a lot of singers like to add grace notes and allowances in their singing to add more "drama" and if the orchestra followed all of those flourishes (which is impossible anyway) the song would have no beat at all
Ana Darko ya I noticed that too. I think either they didn’t go over what the tempo was the soloist wanted to take during rehearsal or the soloist just chose her own tempo that she was feeling for that performance. The orchestra made the right move by adjusting to her tempo tho, she is the soloist.
Yeah the orchestra really sets out a good tempo with the tango beat and I feel like she ignores it a bit
You can't open your mouth so wide, and contort it so comically, and also do it at the written tempo, it appears.
I think the Tempo is too slow. I can hear how the orchestra slowing down the tempo just to match her tempo
Just imagine, you are cast as Carmen and you are really excited to be playing one of the most famous characters in opera history and you got to see your beautiful Spanish inspired costumes and a flipping gorila suit is hanging there......
This is incredibly odd. I want to have a long talk with the director
Something tells me that it'll be a one-sided conversation, and the director will have a lot to say about themselves, while not listening to a thing you say. Or, anything you say will be turned into why they matter more.
@@Jaydoggy531 He's actually quite nice tbh lol
I once saw a production of "Nathan the Wise" were they just stopped midway and started anew. After ten minutes of confusion in the audience a bunch of actors with big Papier-mâché heads of politicians jumped across the stage at which point the show completely derailed.
Since none of this stood in the Programme you could pretty much hear the people in the high ranks overthinking their subscription.
@@nataliegilbert7132 Nice people don't have an ego as big as the stage and stop new talented people from expressing themselves.
A short talk with the director would suffice. You're fired!
therapist: gorilla suit carmen isn't real; she can't hurt you
gorilla suit carmen:
Lol
Gay
@@macmonahan8070 SAME
Imagine finding out you were playing Carmen and then finding out you’re in a gorilla suit during Habanera . . . smh
What happens when they just have to innovate, without any good ideas. And the office outfit wasn't much better.
@@wh5254 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 "office outfit" though! The concept is so annoying. "innovate without any good ideas" so true!
Marlene Dietrich already did it, and did it better.
@@Shahrdad Please Shahrdad from 7 days ago, send a video clip of Miss Dietrich in her monkey suit as I am intrigued. Thank you Love from England
@@Shahrdad Good point!
I love Carmen but call me a philistine - I don't get the Gorilla suit? It just seems ridiculous!?!?
@@ella7741 Great observation!
I saw this production in Frankfurt, Germany and it is actually a lot better than I thought. I normally don't like the modern take of any opera. This particular scene might seem odd, but the whole production as a whole was very well executed and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
A beautiful performance. But this choice of costume reminds me of reading the history of opera: How nobles were allowed to walk on stage whenever they wanted, and would just stick out like sore thumbs simply because they could. This is what that director did: designed and planned this oddity and man is it distracting and annoying in hopes of being unique. Instead: this sort of direction has become a new cliche. It seems the real experimental and rebellious production is one that actually matches the score. This worst part is: this director HAS creativity. I think it should instead be used to promote NEW operas, and encourage NEW composers and playwrites to make a wonderful, whole new show that the world has never seen. Here, I feel like I'm brushing my teeth and chugging orange juice afterward.
Jaydoggy531 I feel like you shouldnt change a great opera just because you can, I totally agree that the modern generation needa to write more if modern opera is what they want
I saw MacBeth at Stratford, Canada many years ago and the different characters wore different military uniforms from every period in history. It was only confusing and distracting, not creative or interesting. I wish people would just try to do things *better and more interesting*, rather than just different.
Sunshine Sunshine I live near Stratford and actually saw the same play. I disagree with your point. Macbeth is meant to be a timeless play and the anachronism was an interesting choice. Beyond that, the characters and the play are so well known that I don’t understand how that could be confusing to you. A gorilla costume is one thing, but anachronism?
@@moonfish3638 I have to disagree on that point as even though Macbeth is a timeless classic, there were circumstances about it. Macbeth is loosely based on a real figure from history, and Shakespeare's primary sponsor was obsessed with the occult (hence the frequent appearance of witches or other occultists in his plays). It had a particular place and people in mind. There's tasteful timelessness and then there's distracting ones.
Well, in Europe, this is the issue, they make these aimlessly strange productions under the guise of “art” and being unique. In America, many of them are doing what you’ve suggested - trying out new composers. The problem is, they all royally suck. They have no tonality, the score doesn’t even come close to matching the emotions of the scene, everything sounds like a broadway hackjob converted to an opera, and the contemporary topics they choose are typically very ill-suited for a dramatic music performance like opera.
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i’m all for reinterpreting old operas and old art in general, but my problem with this is that it doesn’t seem to be fully integrated with the score and the lyricism of the habanera. i’m not trying to be negative, because i do like how daring this is, but it seems like it wasn’t fully thought out.
and also, i’m not sure about other people, but part of the reason why i listen to opera is because it transports me to different and beautiful places. carmen was one of the operas where i listened to it and i could hear the heat and sensuality. when i see directors try to reinterpret operas to make it more modern or “relatable” i think they sometimes forget the atmosphere that the opera embodies, and it creates a jarring performance. i think this dilemma happened here.
tl;dr i like the idea of this performance in theory, but i don’t think it was thought out enough or executed well enough.
This has to be the most constructive comment on this video. I 100% agree!
I’d honestly find a modernized, maybe even gorill-ized version of Carmen, really fresh and entertaining if it was executed half decently. This is not.
YES. Thank you.
It is a daring take on a classic for sure.
Visually stimulating too.
Maybe it misses the Mark but attempts like this is worthwhile. Maybe someone will come along and better integrate the modern take with traditional opera.
Worst staging EVER.
Ok but like why
the last thing i want when i go to the opera is minimalism
Same. So many plays and operas start to adopt that style. I'm glad ballet is still not going towards that direction.
When did Bizet's Carmen turn into the Spongebob indoors episode?
This was the first opera I went to see as I decided to get tickets for my birthday to spend on my own (it's actually a lot better than you think haha). I'm definitely young (early 20s) and most people my age don't like opera. But this, despite not sticking to the original, was a very good production in introducing younger audiences to opera. It's clever in it's own way!
I really want to watch an original next time! Thank you :)
Isabel Park watch elinca garanca with the metropolitan, and listen to maria callas live sing the habanera. their performances are a lot more cohesive than this one. anna caterina annotacci also did a credible performance with the royal opera house a few years back.
If you've seen too many "traditional" Carmens, this one is a great change. The production is excellent despite lacking some of the grate passions. Good dancing! and yes, a great way to attract young people to the opera.
It really is unfortunate that THIS was the first opera you've seen, because it really is an absolutely absurd production that is all to typical of the modern-day world of opera. What is also typical of modern-day opera is really atrocious singers in the great opera houses of the world, with the singer featured in this clip being an all to typical example.
no i think younger audiences would be turned off by this and more attracted to the original version...
i genuinely thought this was like, a fever dream, but nope, here we are.
I just recently started liking opera and sis was not ready for 1:19
😂
This feels like a weird dream i would intentionally forget upon waking up
I really like this type of dreams.
I went to the primer of Anna Goryachova's Carmen at ROH in 2018. I was very impressed by her performance.
o my god, what did they do? the gorila ate the gypsy or what? I'm shocked
As well as she can sing, surely this is too slow.
What a lousy production, and Carmen has a wobble on her top notes and the tempo is too slow, the ROH needs to up it's game and spend money on decent productions that it's audience can understand.What's with the ape costume? what has that to do with Carmen, modern productions suck!
Absolutely!!! Where are the days of Zeffirelli and Pavarotti??
But can you do that tho😂🤔
You just sound like a bitter, old woman from an entitled generation that wants everyone and everything to revolve around themselves, where all things old must remain old and stuck in their ways rather than try daring, controversial and risky things even if they do fail, at least it was attempted. I’m sorry if that offends your senses but human beings are inherently a free species, we have freedom of speech and freedom of creativity, people are allowed to do whatever the hell they want with whatever work of art is presented to them. Modern productions do not suck, many have actually succeeded in what they’ve set out to accomplish whilst others have explored new avenues and done risky things with risky directors and have either soared or came crashing back down to Earth in a blaze of fire. The point remains that at least they did something different and tried.
Just because you can’t seem to grasp that and prefer things done how you’d like them to be done, doesn’t mean others didn’t enjoy this production, even if it was a minority. People all have different tastes, modern productions don’t “suck” (a child’s description) it’s simply that you can’t seem to take your black and white tinted glasses off and see things within a shade of grey as they really are. Deal with change, this world doesn’t belong in the past anymore, you must handle the future with grace.
@@haydendutton6916 Simply doing something to *try* and be different is so incredibly stupid. Carmen was a controversial opera in its days and received a lot of negative criticism. Yet, it is a widely loved opera today and contains some of the most familiar music from an opera. But that's not just because it was different - it was different with meaning to it. This production is just senseless garbage. At least it distracts from the horrible singing and crawling tempo. Dare to be different, yes, but do it for a reason.
@@haydendutton6916 there is no point in being different if there is no meaning behind what is shown. Art changes, but this change theyve done on Carmen is too nonsensical. So many ppl literally do not see the meaning behind this choice of costume at all. Could you? Im not much of an Opera person tbh, but if there are modern directors out there tryna make pieces like this different on stage, they should create something totally new instead of making something that does not make any sense to the music written. Not everyone is just upset here cuz they only want something to remain traditional, tho i don't blame u for assuming cuz i know there r ppl who r crazy about keeping the old ways...but some genuinely want a production to be presented the best way possible. The main person who commented seems to be very passionate about Opera, and understandably, this production of Carmen mightve ruined it for some potential audiences cuz it made no sense to them. Essentially, things can be modern or modified, be different but also make sense once on the stage. This whole bit seems like it was just done to be different. That does not bode well with something like Carmen which is highly regarded in the Opera world.
I'm all for experimentation with classic source materials that have been done countless times, it helps introduce the material to newer audiences in a way that helps them understand it better. However, I judge these changes on whether they actually help or serve the story and characters and whether these changes can help bring a new perspective to the story.
With that in mind I really do want to know why they chose the suit for story telling reasons or if it was a "let's put Carmen in a gorilla suit cause we're quirky and camp 😜" kind of moment.
Anna Caterina Antonacci is perfect, that woman in the video, damn, she´s good, but Anna its SO BETTER
You can feel how anne goryachova practice for this beautiful moment
I think this is a tribute to ''Harambe'' - The Gorilla, now everything makes sense. ''Habanera'' is quite close to ''Harambe'' MUST BE! 🤣
I still prefer the old version.
That was a wild ride and I was not ready for it.
Is bizet trying to say that my "relationship" with my crush is not gonna work
I DEEPLY REGRET THAT MOST UNFORTUNATE MOMENT I CLICKED ON THIS VIDEO - I JUST CAN'T GET OVER THIS REVULSIVE SPECTACLE.
I love gorillas and I love opera Carmen but I hate this "gorillized" production. The director Kosky who is responsible for this atrocity should be on medication.
I think it’s fun that she has a gorilla suit lol
I’m interested, how does this compare to the ENO production in people’s opinions?
What the Hell?!?🤔
I saw this live, really very odd. You could also hear constant banging as the actors ran up the steps
I loved this production. Breath of fresh air - hope to see a dvd of it...!
Beautiful
Can we also talk about how the person working the spot light can’t hold it still?
Yes the tempo is too slow but for me it also doesn't portray the same emotion as Id imagine Carmen would she's also not as stable on those high notes as Antonacci my personal opinion
Edit: Dont get me started on that gorilla suit
Not loving this performance! Anna Goryachova doesn't sound right, and the chorus and orchestra are trying, but can't make up for her.
Ok. Everyone is saying this looks terrible but honestly I feel like this actually looks interesting. I don’t know how the rest of the production looks like but I enjoy the absurdity of it. Honestly, Bizet had never been when he wrote this opera and I feel like there is some mockery of the genre that can make it more interesting.
There are modern productions that miss the mark with their absurdity but in my opinion this is an idea that looks interesting.
But of course keep criticizing everyone working hard on these productions, even though no one gets payed enough at this point to even do this. 👌
Ask Bizet, Meilhac and Halévy how interesting it looks. We live in times of stupidity beyond words.
Not to mention the pathetic singing level which is horrendous and amplified with microphones.
It is quite interesting if you like POPERA.
This is so odd and her singing is so off even the 1.25 video speed sound better.
Her tempo is the same pace it takes for your girlfriend to get ready to leave the apartment
All that and a gorilla striptease. Now, that’s entertainment!
Can people stop bashing their hard work? You say it’s awful, and disgusting but it’s a new approach and you can’t just wreck it. Honestly the gorilla suit is funny and random and I love it.
If people don't like it, they're allowed to voice their opinions on it. At the end of the day, minimalism is just not what most people want from opera, and, from a technical perspective, this piece is kind of poorly done. The girl has a nice voice, but the tempo of the song is slow and inconsistent- there are points you can hear the orchestra slow down to match her.
To be new and modern doesnt necessarily mean to be unpleasant and off-putting... i think people are losing grip of the fact that to be different is not necessarily to be unpleasantly different.
The costume she had on after she took of that gorilla suit was strangely remeniscent of the missionaries’ costumes from the Book of Mormon
Opera companies are bored sick of staging the favorites audiences will pay to see, so they tamper with them, to make their ordeal bearable. When the SF Opera calls me for a donation thanking me for being "an opera supporter," I say, "I'm not. Spielberg doesn't ask me to be his supporter, he makes movies I want to see." When you donate, you free them from satisfying the audience, to do edgy recent stuff they're dying to do. If they must do Carmen, they'll put her in a gorilla suit.
WTF?
😨 горилла? Прошу объяснить (если кто-нибудь вообще может это объяснить) глубокий смысл этой концепции😂. Бедняга Бизе🙁! Мои искренние соболезнования. Ну хорошо уже то, что Кармен не с бородой. Впрочем, все впереди. Не останавливайтесь на достигнутом
Fabulous all the way, a big thanks, Darling
Maybe they wanted to pay a tribute to Stanley Kubrick
I like it. Opera is not some holy sacred unchangeable institution; have some fun.
Wanna change it? Do it with your own opera.
Whenener you're in a situation you think it can't get worse, there's always a singing gorilla to revere... .
I feel like the original is better ? Like the one when the bizet is Anna Caterina antonacci ?
Wow performance was kind of weird lol but what an amazing voice!❤💙
I love this, the odd costume choice adds some flare to it.
J'adore la chanson et l'interpretation! Bravo!
I wasn’t ready.
I Persive that is an the antonym of a popular opinion, but i really relish this version of L'amour est un oiseau rebelle(I guess that this is my favorite version). It's really Marlene Dietrichish.
Shut up I love the ridiculousness of it
me too I want that gorilla suit
I’m learning this for a school assessment xd
Dommage l'accent anglais est trop prononcé sinon l'orchestre est toujours génialissime
I went there today and saw the exact same thing
I'm a metal head, and I like opera
I... I have no words...
Wtf is up with the costumes
beautifully sung and played! I would be okay with the gorilla concept if she'd been allowed to interact and flirt with other animals throughout the aria.. keep that flirtation and push and pull with Carmen's beloved followers and admirers all around her in the market square to show the warning she is giving to beware of not loving her!
Mi piace! Grazie, Alamanno.
Woooow i love it 🔥💞
It is slowed down for no good reason.
non sense
It this Harambe and not Habanera?
BELLEZA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Да, любовь- это зверь
How i love carmen and this song, but it just gets weirder and weirder each production haha
The orchestra shoulda just played at the correct tempo regardless of how slow she was going.
Lovely, yet...the gorilla. Can someone please explain the context of the gorilla. Fascinating, but completely puzzling.
Великолепные голоса. Восхитительная музыка. По поводу всего остального - думаю, «старым» операм надо оставить «старое» исполнение. Мир изменился, и пришло время для «новых» опер, которые будут исполняться «по-новому».
Wow nice song
Sounds great!
wow, this is creative and i really get the satire. bunch of sticks up everyone’s a$$ here who comments tho, yikes. i don’t think any of you are real artists here who comment. you have no focus on moving forward in any productive direction and if your pleasure centers aren’t stimulated immediately in the way you expect you feel you have authority now somehow? you never had any authority, being a robot is simple and safe.
Draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaging.
The director probably got inspired but the gorilla suit scene in the Batman and Robin movie.
Intriguing, particularly in light of the clip about the set, but I think ROH does this a huge disservice by omitting any context to the visuals or the performance.
Obviously the producers are so bored with the opera that they had to amuse themselves by seeing what silliness they could get away with.
Carmen: Harambe
Can someone PLEASE explain the gorilla costume?
This, I'm afraid has the slightest quality of inducing some form of anxiety and an impending nightmare of sorts to the poor listener.
One of my favourites but this singer is not strong enough for this song it’s done so weak to soft and the gorilla suit. I just can’t.
She’s great but minimalism and opera should never mix
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It’s bizarre but oddly I don’t hate the gorilla.
Ok but WHY IS ANYONE TALKING ABOUT CARMEN ENTERING DRESSED AS A GORILA!? i mean....is that suposed to be normal!?...ok
Is the gorilla suit an omage to cabaret? Because i have no other explanation
She’s a lovely singer, but I have questions...
There is more ballet related posts in this channel ... that’s sad !
4Ok and only 720 likes.SRSLY PEOPLE