Our good friends, Audrey and Aime', invited us to join them this afternoon to see a performance of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. It was a wonderful musical production with an amazing set, wonderful costumes, beautiful lighting, great singing and superb acting.
(photos by the Edmonton Journal)
Written by Victor Hugo in 1841, this melodrama is set in Notre Dame Cathedral and tells of love gone terribly wrong.
Claude Frollo (seen on the right in this picture), a priest in the cathedral, becomes obsessed with the dancing gypsy girl, Esmeralda. She is in love with a soldier, Phoebeus, and is wrongfully convicted of his death. In the dungeons of the cathedral, while awaiting execution, she is rescued by Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer. The play ends with great pathos and many expired characters.
This version of the play is a world premier by Edmonton's Catalyst Theatre and
this is an interesting review. We came home to do some more research on the author and the story. I love when a production stimulates discussion and you come home asking lots of questions!
No comments:
Post a Comment