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分享20-May-2022
by Christine Johnstone
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 Veli Kujala (Finland) is the accordionist performing in the Metropolitan Opera’s “Hamlet”, an adaptation of the classic play by Brett Dean (Australia) and Matthew Jocelyn which is both traditional and innovative, elegant and passionate.The first reviews have been published and the accordion is mentioned by the New York Times “So many of Dean’s ideas are inspired, like adding the forlorn country lilt of an accordionist (Veli Kujala) to the scene in which Hamlet corrals a traveling troupe of actors to put on an evocation of his father’s murder” and on Opera Wire “There are experimental passages….such as the entire play sequence wherein an accordion is the main, and sometimes only, musical presence”. The whole production takes place at the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York. Future live performances will be held on May 21st, 26th and 31st as well as June 4th and 9th, 2022. The shows are running until June 9th, with the June 4th performance streamed live on Metropolitan HD cinemas all over the world. |