Three estimable Wagnerian singers joined the Fort Worth Symphony.
Tenor Brandon Jovanovich , soprano Karita Mattila and bass Raymond Aceto in Act 1 of Wagner's 'Die Walküre,' with Robert Spano conducting the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth on April 19. 2024.FORT WORTH — There was some splendid Wagner Friday night at Bass Performance Hall.
A basic staging by James Robinson brought the characters to life, although some Hundings have exuded more physical malice. Siegmund’s great “Winterstürme” aria, hymning love and spring, could have used some light effect that didn’t happen, and retrieving the magic sword Nothung from under a chair seriously shortchanged that dramatic moment.But the siblings’ awkwardness was aptly tangible, and Jovanovich’s heroic tenor rang out through the hall.
Operas intended for singers onstage and orchestras in pits can be a challenge to balance. But, even with singers behind him, Spano never let the orchestra overpower the voices. Siegmund’s flight music at the start could have used a little more desperation, but Spano shaped and balanced the whole score with smarts and sensitivity, and the orchestra played splendidly.
Principal cellist Allan Steele supplied a particularly beautiful solo for the siblings’ meeting, and horns oh so subtly intimated the motif identifying the twins’ father, the god Wotan.Text translations were supplied on a big screen over the stage. But, in an unfortunate misjudgment, said screen was dominated by projection of simultaneous video of the performance, with switching camera angles. So we got larger-than-life singers, players and conductor projected over the real ones.
Violins might have been a little tidier at the first movement’s quickening pace. And the violins’ four-part textures at the beginning would have been clarified if second violins had been seated on the right of the stage, opposite the firsts. The symphony got a fine performance otherwise, carefully plotted and proportioned.Repeats at 7:30 p.m. Saturday April 20 and 2 p.m. Sunday April 21 at Bass Performance Hall, Fourth and Commerce, Fort Worth. $26 to $99. 817-665-6000,, Special Contributor.
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