Berlin Staatsoper Opens Season with Spontini's La Vestale in Handmaid's Tale-Inspired Staging
The Berlin Staatsoper opened its season with a new production of Gaspare Spontini's La Vestale, a staging inspired by The Handmaid's Tale that, according to the review, fails to convince. Spontini's opera, which tells of a vestal virgin's forbidden love, once took Europe by storm. The review questions why this particular staging falls so flat.
Key facts
- The Berlin Staatsoper opened its season with Gaspare Spontini's La Vestale.
- The production is a new staging inspired by The Handmaid's Tale.
- The review states the staging fails to convince.
- Spontini's opera depicts a vestal virgin's forbidden love.
- The opera once took Europe by storm.
- The review questions why the staging falls flat.
- The review was published by the Financial Times.
- The production served as the Berlin Staatsoper's season-opener.
Entities
Artists
- Gaspare Spontini
Institutions
- Berlin Staatsoper
- Financial Times
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Europe