{"id":2447466,"date":"2019-08-12T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T03:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/figaro-conductor-well-versed-in-piece\/"},"modified":"2019-08-12T21:12:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T03:12:00","slug":"figaro-conductor-well-versed-in-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/figaro-conductor-well-versed-in-piece\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Figaro\u2019 conductor well-versed in piece"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jane Glover, who conducts \u201cThe Marriage of Figaro\u201d at the Wheeler Opera House this week, has studied it throughout her career and feels it is a masterpiece with \u201cextraordinary chemistry of Lorenzo da Ponte and Mozart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were two geniuses at work here,\u201d Glover said recently. \u201cThe libretto that da Ponte wrote for \u2018Figaro\u2019 enhanced by Mozart\u2019s insights, making it one of the great partnerships in all of history.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Marriage of Figaro\u201d premiered at Vienna\u2019s Burgtheater on May 1, 1786. It was an instant hit with critics and audiences and it remains one of the most produced operas in the repertoire.<\/p>\n

It was based on a French stage play by Beaumarchais, which had originally been banned by the emperor because it contained a number of angry denounciations of the aristocracy \u2014 not a theme likely to endear itself to the head of the Viennese aristocracy. Da Ponte persuaded him, however, that he would be able to replace the offensive political dialogue against the nobility with an aria, equally furious, against unfaithful wives, and so the emperor agreed to let them proceed.<\/p>\n

As perhaps the most respected Mozart conductor in the world right now, Glover sees more in Figaro each time she works on it. She first conducted it as an Oxford student where it wasn\u2019t part of her academic musical degree.<\/p>\n

To her surprise, it was widely and favorably reviewed outside the university.<\/p>\n

\u201cConducting \u2018Figaro\u2019 at Oxford taught me more than anything else I learned in my undergraduate years,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

This Aspen production is Glover\u2019s 12th production of \u201cFigaro.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve conducted \u2018Figaro\u2019 in a dozen different productions and I learn something new every time,\u201d she said. \u201cEach one is different, and with this wonderful young cast we\u2019re working through every moment, going into the minutae of the score, and there are new insights in every line.\u201d<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s performances, directed by Edward Berkeley, head of the Aspen Music Festival and School\u2019s Aspen Opera Center, are in da Ponte\u2019s original Italian and are in modern dress.<\/p>\n

Glover supports modern dress performances, pointing out that Shakespeare\u2019s plays were performed in the vernacular dress of his time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m all for it as long as it\u2019s in the spirit of the piece. With \u2018Figaro,\u2019 though, you have to maintain the separation of masters and servants because that\u2019s essential to the understanding of the opera,\u201d Glover said. \u201cThere has to be a hierarchical structure for it to work so they can\u2019t all be dressed alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

This collaboration is the fifth for Glover and Berkeley.<\/p>\n

With a schedule of conducting engagements all over the world with top orchestras and opera companies, Glover comes back to Aspen each year to work with singers and musicians who are at the beginning of their careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always loved working with young people, even when I was that age myself,\u201d she said. \u201cI love being around the energy of young talent. And the level of talent here is remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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