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Stacey Alleaume leads WNO's emotionally-charged Traviata
Leading an international cast in a still-sumptuous revival in Southampton's Mayflower, Stacey Alleaume gives a sovereign performance as the ill-fated courtesan Violetta.
WNO’s belated 75th birthday party gets off to a triumphant start
WNO finally emerges from the pandemic with a performance of The Barber of Seville full of emotion and elation.
Bowler hats and lobsters: WNO's surreal Magic Flute returns
Dominic Cooke’s Magritte-inspired production returns to Wales Millennium Centre to keep the audience giggling.
McVicar's Traviata is still darkly impressive
Even given a routine revival, McVicar's staging has much to recommend it, returning the opera to its literary roots.
Bitter wine: WNO's Le Vin herbé
Frank Martin’s Le Vin herbé is as anti-Wagnerian a work as you could imagine. It is also the odd one out in Welsh National Opera’s “Love’s Poisoned Chalice” spring season.
WNO's musically and visually opulent Bohème
A musically excellent and unpretentious performance of Puccini's masterpiece from Cardiff.