Bright Young Sings ; a Modern-Dress Production of La Traviataprompts Toby Young to Compare Today's Celebrities with the Courtesans of 19th-Century Paris
Mail on Sunday › June 28, 2004
Linked as:
Summary
LIKE ALL GREAT works of art, La Traviata has been re-imagined many times. The best known modern interpretation is probably the film Pretty Woman except, unlike Verdi's original, Pretty Woman has an upbeat, Hollywood ending.
As the political philosopher Alan Bloom pointed out, Americans like their tragedies to end on a happy note.See the full content of this document
Extract
Bright Young Sings ; a Modern-Dress Production of La Traviataprompts Toby Young to Compare Today's Celebrities with the Courtesans of 19th-Century Paris
On the face of it, it seems a little pretentious to set La Traviata among the world of It-girls and all-night parties, as Welsh National Opera has done in its new production. Yet the fashionable salons of 19th-century Paris weren't so different from the clubs and restaurants in London and New York where the...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
