2/12/2023 0 Comments Royal opera house reviewSimilarly in Part 3, the followers of Baal, usually thought of as an unruly mob, leave the stage in orderly fashion after the opening chorus. When Abigaille, the putative elder daughter of Nabucco, King of Babylon, sweeps away in Part 2 to seize the throne, her followers troop off neatly in single file after her. In the event, the problem with the chorus (who sang superbly despite their facial obstructions) was not the masks but the feeble direction they are given in this revived 2013 production by Daniele Abbado (son of conductor Claudio). A scattering of boos is countered by applause from a largely masked audience, grateful for the risks taken by all the performers. Oliver Mears, Covent Garden’s director of opera, takes the stage not to advise of an indisposition but to announce that the chorus, perfectly understandably, would be wearing masks.
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