PAINTING MOZART WITH LIGHT
Certain stories and artists are timeless. Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is among the pantheon of all-time greats whose works are beloved throughout the world. While his works have remained vital centuries after his death, each generation brings their own presentation of his works with their own perspective. The recent presentation of the opera Cosi Fan Tutte at the Freud Playhouse in Los Angeles under the direction of the acclaimed Peter Kazaras (known for his work with the Metropolitan Opera, the Julliard School, Deutsche Oper Berlin, the San Francisco Opera, Vienna, and UCLA) features the most recent of these and is particularly striking in the visual approach thanks to lighting and projection designer Ning Ji.While it’s obvious that this production borrowed an influence from Downton Abbey (the critical and ratings megahit created by Julian Fellowes), the affect serves the storyline extremely well in the setting of England’s twentieth century society. Presented at the ...