2/19/2023 0 Comments 5th century verdi operaAbbado's direction of the chorus was particularly uninspired, but at least his staging didn't get in the way of the singing, much of which was terrific. Giant sails rise and fall on occasion, and a huge bell descends for the vital scene where Attila, haunted by a dream, is turned away from the Gates of Rome by Pope Leo I, who denounces him as “the scourge of God”. ![]() ![]() The Huns are supposed to be from 'the East' – Abbado references refugees from Syria and Afghanistan in his programme note – while the Romans, questionably, “could be UN troops”. He sets the action in what seems like the industrial grime of the hull of a large ship, somewhere in the second half of the 20th century. Daniele Abbado's production, previously played in Bologna, is of the nondescript variety – not as bland as his deadly dull Nabucco for the Royal Opera, but with little to say.
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