点评:Operas here used to be among the best in the world, in my opinion – and I have seen many performances all around the world. In the past several year the quality dramatically changed, mostly for the visual component. The orchestra is still superb, and the voices are mostly decent, but the decoration of the set is so minimalistic that one better stays home and listen to mp3 for free and not pay 200$ per ticket. This visual deprivation was done by the Canadian Opera House to even most classic operas that normally bring a great visual impression, in addition to the sound – Aida, Barber of Seville, Carmen, Marriage of Figaro and now Macbeth. All these great operas in their latest production now have the same black&grey & brown decor, simplistic and depressive. Barocco operas are stripped of their visual components entirely; characters are in business suits on semi-empty stages. Macbeth also was economizing on lightning so badly that we barely saw what was happening, and having the whole stage in the dark grey and brown, with all characters dressed in black or dark grey in such poor light doesn’t help. Considering that majority of patrons in the audience have grey-hair age, proper light and color contrasts are important. Late arrivals who were offered to watch the opera on the screen told me that it was so dark picture that it was no point in looking at the screen. Only when it was curtain time, and there was a bit more light, we could see that the characters’ boots looked blue – the color was completely missed during the performance. Plus the female choir and the lead female singer really struggled during the latest performance – I was surprised that this choir was out of synch and power. Normally the COC "delivers" the sound. Male singers were all superb, and so was the orchestra. However, looking at consistently black-grey-brown design that the new director prefers I now wonder if we have to continue our membership there. Yes, Macbeth opera is dark, but it is the responsibility of the director to make sure that the characters are visible, contrasted with each other and from the background, as their behaviour and facial expression in the scene are part of the story. Here not only was colour contrast missing, plus a deficit of light made it difficult to see the details, but the main characters looked alike, had the same beards, hairstyles, and clothing – so it was hard to trace who was who (with exception of the last group in red).
翻译:在我看来,这里的歌剧曾经是世界上最好的歌剧之一——我在世界各地看过很多表演。在过去的几年中,质量发生了巨大变化,主要是视觉组件。管弦乐队仍然很棒,声音大部分都不错,但布景的装饰是如此简约,以至于人们最好呆在家里免费听 mp3,而不是每张门票支付 200 美元。这种视觉剥夺是由加拿大歌剧院对大多数经典歌剧进行的,除了声音之外,这些经典歌剧通常会带来很好的视觉印象——《阿依达》、《塞维利亚的理发师》、《卡门》、《费加罗的婚礼》和现在的《麦克白》。所有这些伟大的歌剧在他们最新的作品中都具有相同的黑色、灰色和棕色的装饰,简单而压抑。巴洛克歌剧完全剥离了视觉元素;人物穿着半空舞台上的西装。麦克白也非常节省闪电,以至于我们几乎看不到发生了什么,而且整个舞台都是深灰色和棕色,所有角色在如此昏暗的光线下都穿着黑色或深灰色,这无济于事。考虑到观众中的大多数顾客都已经白发苍苍,适当的光线和色彩对比非常重要。被邀请在屏幕上观看歌剧的迟到者告诉我,画面太暗了,看屏幕没有意义。只是到了谢幕的时候,光线稍微多了一点,我们才能看到角色的靴子看起来是蓝色的——表演时完全没有看到这种颜色。再加上女合唱团和女主唱在最近的演出中真的很挣扎——我很惊讶这个合唱团不同步和力量。通常 COC“传递”声音。男歌手都很棒,管弦乐队也很棒。然而,看着新主管喜欢的始终如一的黑灰棕色设计,我现在想知道我们是否必须继续在那里成为会员。是的,麦克白歌剧是黑暗的,但导演有责任确保人物是可见的,彼此之间形成对比,并且与背景形成鲜明对比,因为他们在场景中的行为和面部表情是故事的一部分。这里不仅没有色彩对比,加上光线不足难以看清细节,而且主要人物长得很像,胡须、发型和衣服都一样——所以很难看出谁是谁(除了红色的最后一组)。