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A new German opera about 9/11 with a naked cast in Mickey Mouse masks
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by samblesj | April 11, 2008 at 06:48 am
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A German opera house is to unveil a provocative new production staged in the ruins of New York's World Trade Centre. It features naked pensioners and Mickey Mouse masks, Hitler salutes and Elvis impersonators.
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at 07:27 on April 11th, 2008
It seems more like exploitation theatre than anything else: throw enough lurid stuff onstage, and eventually people will buy tickets... but is it any good as an adaptation? That's the real question. Rarely do forced reconceptions make for interesting work from an audience's standpoint. Oh, the Hamlets I've seen that must have looked so brilliant on paper...
at 07:43 on April 11th, 2008
I agree. Too much away from the original sense of the opera. If you follow this way, anything is possible, anything is valid. There is no reason for using Verdi's opera as an excuse for the need of stardom of stage directors.