{"id":15975,"date":"2013-11-15T08:20:55","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T13:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=15975"},"modified":"2013-11-15T08:20:55","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T13:20:55","slug":"this-weekend-tryptych-offers-intimate-view-of-oberto-verdis-first-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2013\/11\/15\/this-weekend-tryptych-offers-intimate-view-of-oberto-verdis-first-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"This weekend: Tryptych offers intimate view of Oberto, Verdi&#8217;s first opera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/oberto.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15979\" alt=\"oberto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/oberto.jpg\" width=\"161\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a>Oberto, the Count of St Boniface, visits Toronto for the first time (as far as anyone knows), thanks to Tryptych Concert &amp; Opera. It presents Giuseppe Verdi&#8217;s first opera at Trinity Presbyterian Church (Bayview and the 401) Saturday and Sunday.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Artistic director Edward Franko has adapted the staging &#8212; premiered at La Scala exactly 174 years ago Saturday night &#8212; for the newly renovated, 125-seat West Theatre at Trinity Presbyterian. (The performance will include projected subtitles.)<\/p>\n<p>The singing cast is decent. A piano takes the place of the orchestra. Best of all, this is an opportunity to hear Verdi&#8217;s youthful aesthetic\u00a0 (he was 26 when <em>Oberto<\/em> had its premiere) &#8212; more akin to bel canto opera than the verismo style we associate with him.<\/p>\n<p><em>Oberto<\/em> is not a great opera, but this is a great chance for diehard opera fans to see something rare during this year, which marks the 200th anniversary of Verdi&#8217;s birth.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the final scene of the opera, set in the 13th century, from a 1980 broadcast on Spanish television:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mx481InYTV8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find all the details of TrypTych&#8217;s show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tryptych.org\/homepage.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oberto, the Count of St Boniface, visits Toronto for the first time (as far as anyone knows), thanks to Tryptych Concert &amp; Opera. 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