Unlike the projections and other high-tech wizardry seen in some recent Lyric productions, the scenery here featured traditional painted drops (including the addition of a striking, newly realized 65-by-56-foot mountain scene for Act 1) with hanging chandeliers and other visual elements that work effectively enough and pair well with Marr’s opulent and no doubt well-researched period costumes.

He retired following Friday’s performance from his current post - wardrobe, wigs and makeup artist director.

The production brought back sets and costumes that were originally used for the company’s 2009-10 presentation of “Ernani.” They were designed by Scott Marr, who has worked at Lyric since 1990. And it could partly be attributed to the opera itself, which for all its musical strengths and fascinating character interactions simply does not have the dramatic potency of some of Verdi’s later, better-known operas.īut at the same time, at least part of the blame must be placed at the feet of stage director Louisa Muller, who arguably needed to do more to sharpen the identities of the four principal characters and animate the dynamics among them. This rigidity could, of course, have been the result of just the unsettledness or tentativeness of opening night. From 75+ Lyric Opera House - MD - Baltimore, MD Oct 15 Sat 8:00 PM Baltimore Soul Jam From 104+ Lyric Opera House - MD - Baltimore, MD View All Events Lyric Opera House - MD with Seat Numbers The standard sports stadium is set up so that seat number 1 is closer to the preceding section.

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