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LA CLEMENZA DI TITO
Opening at the King‘s Theatre in the final weekend of the Edinburgh Festival and neatly dovetailing with the start of Scottish Opera‘swinterseason, ‘La Clemenza di Tito’, Mozart‘s last opera,
‘ found an ideal setting. Surprisingly,
this new production marks the first return by Scottish Opera to the Festival
since 1984. Howtitting thatthey should
resurrect this unjustly neglected opera
with a production of touching sincerity.
Costumes and set were refreshingly
,3 simple and remained unchanged
throughout, emphasising the refined
, simplicity of Mozart’s textures and
character delineation. Underthe baton , of Nicholas McGegan, the orchestra
had a clear lead, his expertise in the
clarity of lines unmuddied by excessive
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Scottish Opera‘s La Clemenza di Tito is on at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow on
‘ Sat 14, Thurs 19 and Tue 24.
music of this period evident in the
vibrato.
Some fine singing was enhanced by the acting of the six soloists, most notably Glenn Winslade's deeply moving account of the EmperorTito and Juliana Gondek as the delightful femme fatale, Vitellia. After a somewhat shaky start, Anne Mason proved a notable Sextus, her luscious warmth oftone, especially in the upper-middle register, successfully conveying the generosity of spirit which triumphs overthe duplicitous nature of the character. Robert Poulton was an assured Publius, demonstrating that he continues to grow in stature with each new role.
If this production is in any way flawed, it is in the rushed nature of the recitatives and the insistence on performing the work in English with a ludicrously inadequate translation. However, the overwhelming sense of a performance of profound sensitivity and quality. Let us hope that this production marks the 'coming out' once and for all of one of Mozart’s finest and most pertinent ofoperas. (Janie
' Venue, Edinburgh, 9 Sept.
. from their seats or from the wall to " cavort in front of the stage. But even theirenthusiasm seems slightly ' ? forced. A short set by Pure Blind Panic.
v LIVE . . THE LIBERTY CAGE
Even on a Monday night, The Men They
Couldn’t Hang could have filled this place to the rafters, so word can‘t have
gotten around yet that The Liberty Cage
is the new group formed by the Men’s
2 two main songwriters. Phil Odgers and , g of songs augurs badly forthe rest of the l
set. Not long afterthis begins the slow
Paul Simmonds. Tonight‘s show is sparsely attended, with only a hard core of eight or so peeling themselves
who threw themselves into it so fiercely
thatbitsoftheirsongsarestillstuckto i
7' - theVenuewalls,hadraised l . the set. There IS definitely something
missing, a glaring gap that the fouron stage can’tfill.ltcomes as no surprise
expectations that the headliners are
going to raise the energy level still ,
higher. l The Liberty Cage areafour-piece :
(vocaIS/acoustic guitar. discreet
electric guitar, stand-up bass and
drums) playing, forwanlof a more I
suitable description, an intelligent ; ~ derivative of rockabilly: spartan, but 3
heavily reliant on Odgers’ words and ‘ ; lackingthe urgencythatsuch
bare-bones music needs. That a distracting quarrel by the bar seems far ) more interesting than their first handfqu
but steady trickle towards the exit. In retrospect, the band might have made a mistake by saving theirthree most lively songs until the end.
That isn‘t to say that The Liberty Cage are inherently boring, but something nags like the de-tuned guitar string that rings haplessly away through much of
to find out afterwards that they’d been gigging with a pianist last month. Let me tell you, they need him back. (Alastair Mabbott)