This was a recording from the New York Met seen on TV. We started watching towards the end of scene 1, just before Mother arrives home to scold the children, and watched through to the end.
An absorbing and very dark fairytale, with, of course, a happy ending. Great scenery and stage effects - quite Alice in Wonderland in places, especially the fantasy banquet scene with the chefs and the butler-fish. I wasn't sure whether they were evil or good.
Odd to hear opera in English - good to have subtitles even so!
Here's a link to a 2007 review of the production http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/arts/music/26gret.html
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
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