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Aida & the ayatollahs - The New Criterion
For its “new” production of Aida this fall, the Paris Opera imported one from the 2017 Salzburg Festival, a choice that will have surprised many who saw it there. The production by the accomplished Iranian visual artist, photographer, and film director Shirin Neshat was created for a starry event: the soprano Anna Netrebko’s role debut as Aida in performances conducted by Riccardo Muti. Yet Neshat had no prior experience directing an opera. It w…
The "Regietheater" (when the director's ideas take precedence over the rest) has been so vilipendated that the opera houses now take refuge in the illustrious. The result is not necessarily better. Shirin Neshat, coming from the photo and the cinema, knows little about the theatre – even less the opera – and [...] The sequel is reserved for subscribers. Already a subscriber? Sign in Would you like to read more? Unlock all the articles of the Inc…
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