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I was pretty sure we've seen this one before (and we did, back in 2010), but Mom didn't remember it. It's Verdi, and it was pretty lovely. The lead, Violetta, was played by Lisette Oropesa, and she was fantastic as the courtesan who is driven away from her liver by his father and then dies dramatically of tuberculosis. Alek Shrader and Stephen Powell, playing Alfredo the lover and his dad, respectively, were also excellent.
Sets this time had a sort of paneled wall theme. They did a lot with color and light: Violetta was in royal blue in the first act (the party scene) standing out against the other characters in softer hues in the same palette. Second act, when Violetta pretends to return to her courtesan lifestyle, she's in red against a red palette; third act, when she's dying, is all whites and greys and pure light. They would set up a moment and then pause the scene and dim the lights, with a spot on Violetta, for a really dramatic photographic moment. Effective.
In terms of Mom and me, there's not a big story for this one except that she made me keep checking the Eagles score on my phone at intermissions. Also, f did not take a nap, so I got some unhappy texts from F at the intermissions too.
Sets this time had a sort of paneled wall theme. They did a lot with color and light: Violetta was in royal blue in the first act (the party scene) standing out against the other characters in softer hues in the same palette. Second act, when Violetta pretends to return to her courtesan lifestyle, she's in red against a red palette; third act, when she's dying, is all whites and greys and pure light. They would set up a moment and then pause the scene and dim the lights, with a spot on Violetta, for a really dramatic photographic moment. Effective.
In terms of Mom and me, there's not a big story for this one except that she made me keep checking the Eagles score on my phone at intermissions. Also, f did not take a nap, so I got some unhappy texts from F at the intermissions too.
