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| Academy of Music, Northampton, MA |
| Xerxes |
| by George Frideric Handel directed by Eve Summer music director Ian Watson lights Michael Wonson , costumes Kathleen Doyle |
The all-purpose set, designed by Julia
Noulin-Mérat and identified as “King
Serse’s Palace,” consisted of a
vegetation-less outdoor blue terrace
(A backdrop of blue sky with clouds
was behind it.) three steps up from
the stage on which were perched a
blue bench left of center and a blue
three-tiered fountain with white interior
and a rim that served as an alternate
seat on the right, with a J-shaped
white pergola draped with grape vines
wrapping around behind, towards the
left. It was simultaneously Italianate,
Mediterranean, and desert-like, with
the colors perhaps intended to
suggest Moorish tiles, practical,
effective, and attractive in its simplicity.
Handel’s Xerxes Updated for 21st Century
by Marvin J. Ward
Summer maintains her ties with
Watson and the Academy and brought
several of the same talented crew to
Xerxes, including accomplished stage
designer Julia Noulin-Merat.
...Irrepressible color, visual and vocal,
made the piece a delight and a
testament to Summer's gift for
banishing stodginess from an art
form too often seen as fossilized and
elitist.
Street-Smart Handel
A gifted director offers a version of Xerxes
that's eye-poppingly contemporary.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
By Stephanie Kraft
Noulin-Mérat and identified as “King
Serse’s Palace,” consisted of a
vegetation-less outdoor blue terrace
(A backdrop of blue sky with clouds
was behind it.) three steps up from
the stage on which were perched a
blue bench left of center and a blue
three-tiered fountain with white interior
and a rim that served as an alternate
seat on the right, with a J-shaped
white pergola draped with grape vines
wrapping around behind, towards the
left. It was simultaneously Italianate,
Mediterranean, and desert-like, with
the colors perhaps intended to
suggest Moorish tiles, practical,
effective, and attractive in its simplicity.
Handel’s Xerxes Updated for 21st Century
by Marvin J. Ward
Summer maintains her ties with
Watson and the Academy and brought
several of the same talented crew to
Xerxes, including accomplished stage
designer Julia Noulin-Merat.
...Irrepressible color, visual and vocal,
made the piece a delight and a
testament to Summer's gift for
banishing stodginess from an art
form too often seen as fossilized and
elitist.
Street-Smart Handel
A gifted director offers a version of Xerxes
that's eye-poppingly contemporary.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
By Stephanie Kraft
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| Connecticut Early Music Festival, New London concert hall, CT |
| by George Frideric Handel directed by Eve Summer music director Ian Watson lights Michael Wonson , costumes Kathleen Doyle |
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made stage movement easy.
Set designer was Julia
Noulin-Mérat.
JOHN DEREDITA:SERSE in New London
Set designer was Julia
Noulin-Mérat.
JOHN DEREDITA:SERSE in New London
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