For its duration Runnicles gave attentive support to the large cast of soloists, never overwhelming the mostly exceptional individual performances. Here, the vast resources have been turned into something memorable but mixed results in overall dramatic thrust left it often feeling hollow.įrom the pit, former music director of the San Francisco Opera, Donald Runnicles returned to lend Berlioz's sweeping score a nuanced, handsome and unhurried eloquence. Staggering in scale and numbers, San Francisco Opera's current production of Les Troyens, the third staging since its 2012 première at London's Royal Opera House followed by Milan's Teatro all Scala in 2014, is a mighty spectacle supporting 134 artists on stage and 95 musicians of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. Staging the operatic behemoth that is Berlioz's Les Troyens comes with huge challenges to harness the artistic, technical and dramatic qualities in a work which spans more than four hours.
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