Neue Kritikenmehr...
WNO tackles Vêpres but the vocal fireworks fail to ignite
David Pountney completes his “Verdi trilogy” for the company but although his staging has fluidity, it lacks an explosive ending... and the vocal performances disappoint.
A White House Rigoletto with some impressive voices
Welsh National Opera brought a cast of strong voices to Birmingham for a production of Rigoletto intriguingly set in the White House of the 1960s.
A thrilling Don Giovanni at Welsh National Opera
A strong cast take us to the brink of damnation in Welsh National Opera’s revival of Don Giovanni.