Review: Opera NexGen's Virtual "Cosi Fan Tutte"
This weekend marked the inaugural production of a new opera company, which is something I don't think a lot of us were expecting in the midst of a still-ongoing pandemic. Opera NexGen made its first foray onto the scene with a virtual presentation of Cosi Fan Tutte , ambitiously presented with live performances from the singers, to a pre-recorded piano track. Oh all the things that can go wrong. I cannot in the least bit hold many of the technical glitches which occurred against the company, cast, or creative team. As we've all learned these past twelve months, these things are difficult and there is no way to be sure of everything working perfectly. There were lag issues, sync issues, sound balance issues, crackling sounds as singers overpowered their microphones, and, during much of the first act, background noise that sounded as though it might have been conversation coming from a control room, which included a little bit of the performance in progress, about two seconds ah