JOSÉ CURA's Production "LA RONDINE" in 2012

In 2012, JOSÉ CURA designed, directed, and conducted Puccini’s La rondine at the Opéra National de Lorraine to international acclaim

. ♦JOSÉ CURA's Production "La Rondine" in Nancy. 2012♦
. May 6,8,10,11,13,15 -- Opéra National de Lorraine
. Produced and Conducted by JOSÉ CURA
. CONDUCTING OF JOSÉ CURA IS A VERITABLE JEWEL -- Resmusica
. 　 "Milestones and Awards"-- 2012
In 2012, JOSÉ CURA tackles a new bar-raising challenge: directing and conducting as well as designing the set and costumes of Puccini's La Rondine at the Opéra de Nancy, France.
◼Concertonet [conducting] --- Argentinean tenor José Cura infuses the magnificent score with great emotion while bringing order in the confrontation of the various aesthetics. The tremendous ovation he received during curtain call was undoubtedly for this talent.

Stage Diector and Set & Costume Designer: JOSÉ CURA
Assistant Director: Silvia Collazuol

Conductor: JOSÉ CURA
Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy.

Magda: Yuree Jang/Gabrielle Philiponet,
Ruggero: Avi Klemberg/Mickael Spadaccini,
Prunier: Abdellah Lasri/Xin Wang,
Lisette: Norma Nahoun/Eva Ganizate,
Rambaldo: Marc Scoffoni/Jean-Vincent Blot,
Bianca: Cristina Pasarolu/Rany Boechat,
le Majordome ; Olivier Trommenschlager.

CONDUCTING OF JOSÉ CURA IS A VERITABLE JEWEL
Resmusica [conducting] --- What was most seductive about this ‘Rondine’ was the conducting of José Cura. He lovingly supported his singers by making sure never to drown them out. He supported them without ever lacking refinement, without a single uncalled-for affectation, without a single wrongly-placed emphasis. This was a veritable jewel of balance and subtlety, the Nancy Symphonic and Opera Orchestra visibly under his spell and rich in finesse, with the Chorus of the Opera National de Lorraine perfectly in tune.　

Resmusica --- In charge of all aspects of the performance, Cura was also in charge of the staging, the sets, and the costumes. His work was most respectable and even appealing, moving the action from the Second Empire to the Fifties and extending the metaphor of the bird cage, where the swallow (la rondine) will return to self-imposed confinement. The direction of the actors led to a perfect naturalness; the costumes were elegant; and the sets, colorful and well lit, constantly appealed to the eye.

ConcertCassic [conducting] --- In caring for the vocal platform, José Cura's conducting breathed with the confidence that seemed connected to the musicians of the Orchestre Symphonique de Nancy and confirmed the relevance of the project that he carried, bringing credit to the institution in Lorraine.

ConcertClassic --- The series of performances of ‘La rondine’ at the National Opera of Lorrain is the culmination of a project that started five years ago with master classes led by José Cura. From among those singers was formed a troupe that would perform in Puccini operatic comedy, directed and conducted by the famous artist. Certainly the ubiquity of the production in general arouses skepticism but it must be acknowledged that the result proved to be a very good performance. Admittedly this Puccini work with its lightness and chatter cannot be compared to ‘Madame Butterfly’ or ‘Tosca,’ but the ending, with the heroine returning to her golden prison just as the swallow returns to her nest reveals an effective intelligence in staging the scene, testifying to a skillful know-how in distilling dramatic tension.

Opera News -- Cura was eager to reveal the seriousness of purpose behind Puccini's work, not as a Viennese-style operetta, but as a work dissecting the female psyche that could stand beside the works of Richard, rather than Johann, Strauss. The composer's well-known penchant for exploring cruelty and female suffering is well served. This complex psychological tussle was directed with skill by Cura, who chose to set the action in designs and costumes of a post-World War II period.

Act I looked like the atrium of a four-star hotel, Chez Bullier featured bistro tables and a Chagall-style backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, and the final act was a Côte d'Azur seaside setting, complete with sand castles and deckchairs. Puccini's much-revised ending was cleverly staged by Cura: as Magda rejected her lover to return to her former life as a kept woman, the marquee on the beach collapsed to reveal Rambaldo, Lisette and Prunier waiting to welcome her back to the stultifying atmosphere of her loveless relationship; Magda fainted, and her inner life died.

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