{"id":6727,"date":"2013-04-05T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=6727"},"modified":"2013-04-08T12:49:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T19:49:20","slug":"tosca-new-challenge-for-local-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2013\/04\/05\/tosca-new-challenge-for-local-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Tosca<\/em> new challenge for Victoria director"},"content":{"rendered":"

After, or during, an opera, singers receive applause from the audience; however, there are many people who work very hard for the show that the audience doesn\u2019t see. In particular, a director of an opera may have a different view and perspective of it from the actors. Amiel Gladstone, the stage director for Tosca,<\/i> is excited about this opera, as it\u2019s a new challenge for him.<\/p>\n

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Amiel Gladstone is tackling opera for the first time (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gladstone, who has a lot of experience directing shows, says his job is \u201cbasically coming up with an overall concept of the opera and the style and working with individuals\u0143the conductor, designers, and singers, and putting it all together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tosca<\/i> is one of the most fabulous operas of all time. In it, Floria Tosca, a singer and main character, is in love with Cavaradossi, an artist. They are in Rome, at the time of the revolution. Rome is under the thumb of Scarpia, the ruthless and evil chief of police.<\/p>\n

\u201cScarpia is ruling maybe not in the most legal and upright of ways,\u201d says Gladstone, \u201cand so the revolutionary, Cavaradossi, who escapes from the castle, hides and Scarpia finds out. So through various methods he tries going after Cavaradossi and Tosca. He gets in the way of their love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like the characters\u2019 journey, Gladstone\u2019s own career-path journey was quite uneasy. Even though opera is a little bit new to him, he decided to come back to Victoria from Vancouver, mostly in order to learn about this new world and to take on a challenge in a new field.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the world that I know nothing about,\u201d he says. \u201cI am learning the opera world. It is important to me to be always learning. It\u2019s also an enormous, much larger, theatre. That\u2019s important to me, because sometimes theatre shows are very small. It\u2019s an opportunity to work big.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although working for opera is new to him, he fully understands what composer Giacomo Puccini wanted to tell though his piece. Conveying the ideas of Puccini to the audience is important for him, as Gladstone wants the audience to feel and experience them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that what we are trying to do with this opera is create a performance that allows the original Puccini to be shown, to be heard, and to be experienced,\u201d says Gladstone, \u201cbut also, that has a contemporary and modern spin on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tosca
\n<\/i>8 pm, April 4, 6, 10
\n2:30 pm, April 14
\nRoyal Theatre
\nrmts.bc.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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