Concert Critique
Lee
Music 3300
Wheeler
May 1, 2011
Concert Critique: Il Postino
On Saturday April 9, 2011, there was an opera concert Il Postino by Daniel Catan at the Moores Opera Center. In each opera concerts, they have certain dramatic story lines that they try to convey and give the audiences message. The title of this concert, Il Postino is in Italian and means The Postman in English. The story line of this opera was about the famous Chilean poet and communist, Pablo Neruda, who was exile to a small island in Italy for political reasons. From that island, Pablo met and hired a postman named Mario Ruoppolo. Pablo and Mario became friends throughout the time and Pablo influences Mario greatly in his further political views and poetry. Meanwhile, Mario falls in love with a beautiful young lady, Beatrice Russo, who works in her aunt's village café. Mario gets Pablo to teach him poetry so that he can woo Beatrice Russo with his poems. The main characters of this opera were Pablo Neruda, casted by Casey Finnigan, Mario Ruoppolo, casted by Paul Hopper, and Beatrice Russo, casted by Mary Brooke Quarles. Many of the supporting characters in the opera were Di Cosimo, casted by Charles Stanton, Mario's father, casted by Cruz Sanchez, Matilde, casted by Rebecca Heath, Giorgio, casted by Kyle Knappenberger, Donna Rosa, casted by Carrie Reid-Knox, Pablito, casted by Wylie Ward, and Neruda's Secretary and Rally Leader, casted by Cruz Sanchez. Along with the casts who sang throughout opera, the Moores School Symphony Orchestra accompanied with them to make the concert flawless. The orchestra played a very important role of setting the mood of the each scene. There were all kinds of instruments playing during opera from strings to brass and woodwinds. Opera was formed in three acts and there were two intermissions in between. It was based on the novel by Antonio Skarmeta and the film by Michael Radford. I certainly enjoyed the atmosphere of the concert which all the casts played their
Music 3300
Wheeler
May 1, 2011
Concert Critique: Il Postino
On Saturday April 9, 2011, there was an opera concert Il Postino by Daniel Catan at the Moores Opera Center. In each opera concerts, they have certain dramatic story lines that they try to convey and give the audiences message. The title of this concert, Il Postino is in Italian and means The Postman in English. The story line of this opera was about the famous Chilean poet and communist, Pablo Neruda, who was exile to a small island in Italy for political reasons. From that island, Pablo met and hired a postman named Mario Ruoppolo. Pablo and Mario became friends throughout the time and Pablo influences Mario greatly in his further political views and poetry. Meanwhile, Mario falls in love with a beautiful young lady, Beatrice Russo, who works in her aunt's village café. Mario gets Pablo to teach him poetry so that he can woo Beatrice Russo with his poems. The main characters of this opera were Pablo Neruda, casted by Casey Finnigan, Mario Ruoppolo, casted by Paul Hopper, and Beatrice Russo, casted by Mary Brooke Quarles. Many of the supporting characters in the opera were Di Cosimo, casted by Charles Stanton, Mario's father, casted by Cruz Sanchez, Matilde, casted by Rebecca Heath, Giorgio, casted by Kyle Knappenberger, Donna Rosa, casted by Carrie Reid-Knox, Pablito, casted by Wylie Ward, and Neruda's Secretary and Rally Leader, casted by Cruz Sanchez. Along with the casts who sang throughout opera, the Moores School Symphony Orchestra accompanied with them to make the concert flawless. The orchestra played a very important role of setting the mood of the each scene. There were all kinds of instruments playing during opera from strings to brass and woodwinds. Opera was formed in three acts and there were two intermissions in between. It was based on the novel by Antonio Skarmeta and the film by Michael Radford. I certainly enjoyed the atmosphere of the concert which all the casts played their