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.... unfortunately an awful lot is.
Venturing more into Baroque opera I have looked at some of the 2003 Paris Opera production of Rameau's last (unperformed in his lifetime) opera "Les Boreades". The modern dress is ok in this production and is relatively subdued although the weird hyperactive ballet dancing by the company La La La Human Steps is offputting. IU guess the company's name says it all.
The staging is sparce but fine and the singing very good backed up by William Christie & Les Arts Florissants so overall I would give this production a tick.
On reflection I find the worst Eurotrash are the productions that introduce extraneous and completely unecessary dress and props which are mightliy distracting for me. Althouigh I did like the BD of Handel's Julius Caesar, there seemed no point in having guns and pics of warships in the backdrop.
So each production needs examination on its merits but the trend to "modernise" (interpret as "shock") us with way out interpretations is getting a bit out of hand for me.
John
Sadly (or is it happily?) an incurable audio-video nutter with an indecent number of toys. Classical music forever!!!!
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