Brides, Beer, and Baseball
May. 3rd, 2009 09:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariOther Kenjari and I went to Opera Boston's production of Smetana's The Bartered Bride. It was delightful. The action had been transplanted from 1860s Bohemia to 1934 Spillville, Iowa. The town has just opened a new brewery, and Marenka and Jenik are dreaming of marrying and building a life together on a farm. Marenka's parents have other marriage plans for her, however, causing Marenka and Jenik to engage in separate schemes to thwart these other plans.
The opera is a clever and tuneful romantic comedy. The performances were overall quite good, although I thought that Dunka Pechstein (Ludmila) and Danute Mileika (Hata) lacked sufficient vocal power compared to the other singers. Jennifer Aylmer as Marenka and Patrick Miller as Jenik were both very good. The latter reminded us a lot of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
viking_cat. This production also included some very fine dancing as choreographed by Danny Pelzig and performed by dancers from The Boston Conservatory.
The opera is a clever and tuneful romantic comedy. The performances were overall quite good, although I thought that Dunka Pechstein (Ludmila) and Danute Mileika (Hata) lacked sufficient vocal power compared to the other singers. Jennifer Aylmer as Marenka and Patrick Miller as Jenik were both very good. The latter reminded us a lot of
viking_cat. This production also included some very fine dancing as choreographed by Danny Pelzig and performed by dancers from The Boston Conservatory.
