I'm always shocked at what some directors will do to an opera. This performance of Rossini's Mose in Egitto is no exception. If one were tasked with rubbing down Randal Turner, it wouldn't be with blue body paint! Of course, the ever-popular barihunk still looks incredibly sexy. Tenor Pablo Cameselle, who is actually quite cute looks like Alberto Gonzalez on Halloween in this production(check him out at http://www.pablocameselle.com/ singing an almost campy "O mes amis").
We had this production of Mose here in Roma last year - for some reason most the Egyptians were done up in that blue paint like a gang of smurfs. And the steps on the set were steep, narrow and very high - at one point Michele Petrussi almost feel from about 35 feet above the stage when his costume caught. You really do wonder what the hell some of these directors are thinking!!!
We had this production of Mose here in Roma last year - for some reason most the Egyptians were done up in that blue paint like a gang of smurfs. And the steps on the set were steep, narrow and very high - at one point Michele Petrussi almost feel from about 35 feet above the stage when his costume caught. You really do wonder what the hell some of these directors are thinking!!!
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