I'm sorry but this does THE GRAND DUKE absolutely no favours whatsoever. The principals are lagging behind - the female chorus is totally wrong as another comentator remarks - it upsets the entire balance. Southampton Op should know better.
The Prince and Princess are both very good, but the vocal balance is spoiled completely by having female supernumeraries. I love hearing the Princess's vocal line on the Aahs, but it is masked by so many voices in the same octave.
It's the Grand Duke - the last of the operettas written by Gilbert & Sullivan (at the time Gilbert had apparently taken to putting opium in his pipe and the opera is strange to say the least - it is very rarely performed).
Southampton's production has been updated to the 1930's - it was performed at The Nuffield Theatre, southampton.
I'm sorry but this does THE GRAND DUKE absolutely no favours whatsoever. The principals are lagging behind - the female chorus is totally wrong as another comentator remarks - it upsets the entire balance. Southampton Op should know better.
TauntonSavoyard 6 months ago
The Prince and Princess are both very good, but the vocal balance is spoiled completely by having female supernumeraries. I love hearing the Princess's vocal line on the Aahs, but it is masked by so many voices in the same octave.
butagirluk 2 years ago 2
It's the Grand Duke - the last of the operettas written by Gilbert & Sullivan (at the time Gilbert had apparently taken to putting opium in his pipe and the opera is strange to say the least - it is very rarely performed).
Southampton's production has been updated to the 1930's - it was performed at The Nuffield Theatre, southampton.
bujurpb 2 years ago
I mean what is this performance? Where was it staged?
damianwashere09 2 years ago
It's the entry of The Prince and Princess of Monte Carlo...
Ask me a harder one!
bujurpb 2 years ago
What on earth is this supposed to be?
bergenagain 2 years ago