Roberto Bolle and Beatrice Carbone in Alexei Ratmansky’s Opera
Alexei Ratmansky’s new ballet Opera, created for La Scala in Milan, generally pleased the critics, although elements in the audience were left perplexed judging by the furrowed brows and agitated discussions in the foyer after the first performance of 2014.
Most seemed disturbed by the music, which sits between contemporary and baroque — baroque opera being Ratmansky’s theme for this piece — with three opera singers in the pit with the orchestra. Much music for modern ballets, mounted for repertoire companies, is familiar to our ears: Thom Willems’s music for In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated with its rhythmic, disco-like throbbing, or Joby Talbot’s Chroma which could be used as a film score. … [continue reading]
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