Prof. Natov

 

I was very impressed by the performances in the opera. I did not think I would enjoy it at first because I imagined something similar to the Capital One commercial where these people get on the bus and start to sing in these amazingly deep voices. I did not know what to expect, but all the characters made the opera enjoyable. I think that the stage was clearly the scene setter. I could see what appeared to be these huge structures of glass or clear plastic. I noticed the color change and mood change through the staging. The holes inside these walls is what set the tone not only to present the characters, but also what the characters felt. If there was a gloomy mood, a tone of blue or green appeared; fearful mood, red and orange, heavenly and divine mood had a lot of blue or white with yellow. The colors were the fuel of life for the performance. Although the stage had an array of props, it was the colors that made the scene have a mood or particular feel. All the characters had amazing voices; it was particularly Tamino, Pamina, and Papageno who made the colors of show flow with his humor. I thought that the way Papageno moved and acted while singing made him funny and charismatic. Also, the Queen of the Nights Voice was superb, I can’t believe she hit all those notes and they were clear. These were the aspects of the stage that made the show pop out to me.