Past Production Reviews
2Bring your binoculars. Your wide-angled field glasses; your high-powered spyglass; your best mother-of-pearl lorgnette. Because Seattle Opera's new ``Rusalka'' production is likely to be one of the loveliest-looking shows you'll ever see. Gasps and applause greeted the storybook sets, fairy-tale forests, glittering waters and brilliantly subtle lighting effects created by renowned designer Gunther Schneider-Siemssen, who also made his American stage-directing debut with this production.
Patrick Summers conducted with tremendous sweep and subtlety, and Heggie's music registered with turbulence and disarming sweetness; the score is often borne aloft on woodwinds, and San Francisco's section sounded exemplary. So did the men of Ian Robertson's chorus, who sang with hearty, unflagging energy.
