Opera gets down to the basics
Spencer Tunick’s en masse nude photo shoots are legendary, as is the Dark Mofo nude winter swim in Tasmania, but now Opera Queensland is getting in on the act.
It is seeking 200 women – no acting experience necessary – to take part in the closing scenes of Mozart's Don Giovanni, which tells the story of the timeless seducer and his conquests.
Opera Queensland wants the volunteers to appear in the seven-minute-long closing scene – either naked or semi-naked.
Director Lindy Hume told ABC news she was aiming to end the opera differently in the #MeToo era.
“As a female director and as a feminist and someone who loves Giovanni and the story, I wanted to frame it in a way that the women are on an even playing field and give him what-for at the end," she said. “He's the anti-hero racing through Europe bedding as many women as he can. He's a bad lad, and this is an era of #MeToo and you can't look at a work like Don Giovanni without that prism."
She explained that the final scene usually saw the main character dragged down “into hell by a creepy spirit”, but had created an alternative ending.
"It is one of the most extraordinary scenes in opera and that's the clincher, but if (the women) are prepared to take some of their kit off then it will be directed and lit tastefully.”
sageman- No doubt about you, fancy having Rudy and Mikhael coaching you to dance with Morgot Fonteyn, they must have had great faith knowing you could pull if off. As Cats said maybe the skating film would be easier because once you leap through the air and land rather gracefully on the ice, there is no stopping you. I reckon "Bolero" is the go, because it starts off slowly and builds up to the climax where you both slide across the ice and hopefully grab on to each other so you won't slide across the arena and over the fence. Think about it. CELIA seems very interested in getting into the show and said "We should all get together and see what we are really like."