{"id":9513,"date":"2017-01-07T13:16:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T19:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=9513"},"modified":"2017-01-07T13:30:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T19:30:23","slug":"bel-canto-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2017\/01\/07\/bel-canto-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera Based on Ann Patchett&#8217;s &#8216;Bel Canto&#8217; Airs Jan. 13 on NPT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lyric Opera of Chicago\u2019s <strong>Bel Canto the Opera,<\/strong> an adaptation of Nashville author Ann Patchett\u2019s award-winning novel about a hostage crisis in a South American embassy, will air on PBS\u2019 <em>Great Performances<\/em> series, <strong>Friday, Jan. 13, at 8 p.m. <\/strong>on NPT. The new opera was composed by Jimmy L\u00f3pez with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz and curated by legendary soprano Ren\u00e9e Fleming, Lyric\u2019s creative consultant, who hosts the broadcast. This performance was recorded in Chicago last January.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9514\" style=\"width: 517px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/gperf\/blog\/bel-canto-opera-and-terrorism\/#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9514\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bel-Canto-image-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bel-Canto-image-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bel-Canto-image-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bel-Canto-image-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Bel Canto&#8217; world premiere at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. \u00a9Todd Rosenberg Photography 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NPT spoke with Ann Patchett recently about the experience of having her book adapted for the operatic stage, an occurrence none too common these days, but undeniably appropriate for this particular book. Yet Patchett wasn\u2019t entirely convinced it would happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing about <em>Bel Canto<\/em> is that it has almost been so many things,\u201d Patchett said by phone from her home in Nashville. She ran through a list of proposed adaptations: an opera in Santa Fe, a Broadway musical, a stage play. \u201cIt has almost been a movie more times than I can count,\u201d Patchett said. \u201cIt\u2019s not that these things didn\u2019t happen because it was so hard, it\u2019s just the process of doing collaborative art is hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What was different this time around? Patchett\u2019s good friend Ren\u00e9e Fleming approached her after being named creative director at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. \u201cI said, sure, go ahead, knock yourself out. But I didn\u2019t actually think it was going to happen; nor did I think that it wasn\u2019t going to happen. I\u2019d been down this road so many times before that I just didn\u2019t think about it very much,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Not thinking about it meant not being involved in any way; all creative decisions were left to Fleming and others at Lyric Opera. \u201cWhat do I know about opera? I think if you make a decision to sell your work, you\u2019ve sold it,\u201d Patchett said. As it turned out, she didn\u2019t see <strong>Bel Canto the Opera<\/strong> until opening night, after a delayed flight cancelled her plans to attend a dress rehearsal with Fleming. By the time Patchett reached Chicago, there was just enough time to get to the pair\u2019s speaking engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad in a way that\u2019s the way it turned out,\u201d Patchett said. \u201cIt was a beautiful experience and I genuinely loved the opera.\u201d The lighting, the sets, the staging all brought out aspects of the story the author hadn\u2019t previously considered. And she admits to enjoying taking a bow after the performance (though she protested at the time) and staying out late for the cast party. Patchett isn\u2019t planning a party for Friday\u2019s broadcast \u2014 but will be watching.<\/p>\n<p>In the production, internationally acclaimed soprano <strong>Danielle de Niese<\/strong> stars as the American opera diva Roxane Coss, who is making a special appearance at a diplomatic gathering in Lima when terrorists storm the mansion. The hostage situation becomes a siege as government forces surround the compound. During the months-long crisis, lines blur and unexpected alliances form between captors and captives, with Roxane\u2019s singing becoming a powerful, humanizing force.<\/p>\n<p>Among the hostages are Japanese industrialist Katsumi Hosokawa (who is obsessed with the opera singer and who is the reason she was invited to perform) and his translator Gen Watanabe, portrayed by <strong>Jeongcheol Cha<\/strong> and <strong>Andrew Stenson,<\/strong> respectively. <strong>J\u2019nai Bridges<\/strong> sings the role of guerilla Carmen; with <strong>Rafael Davila<\/strong> as General Alfredo; <strong>William Burden<\/strong> as Rub\u00e9n Iglesias, the vice president; <strong>Anthony Roth Costanzo<\/strong> as C\u00e9sar; and <strong>Jacques Imbrailo<\/strong> as Joachim Messner, the Red Cross intermediary for the hostages, captors, and government officials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bel Canto the Opera<\/strong> is sung in Spanish, English, Japanese, Russian, German, French, Latin and Quechua, with projected English translations. 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