Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar revived by WNO for its 2023 tour

Jaquelina Livieri (Margarita Xirgu) and Hanna Hipp (Lorca)

Jaquelina Livieri (Margarita) and ensemble

Hanna Hipp (Federico García Lorca) and ensemble

Ainadamar

Von Mark Valencia, 11 September 2023

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“Colker’s approach to dramatic action is to supply non-stop eye candy”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wales Millennium Centre: Donald Gordon Theatre, Cardiff, am 9 September 2023

Golijov, Ainadamar (Quelle der Tränen)

Welsh National Opera

Matthew Kofi Waldren, Musikalische Leitung

Deborah Colker, Regie

Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Welsh National Opera Chorus

Jaquelina Livieri, Margarita Xirgu

Hanna Hipp, Federico García Lorca

Julieth Lozano Rolong, Nuria

Alfredo Tejada, Ruiz Alonzo

Annie Reilly, First Solo Niña

Jasey Hall, Second Solo Niña

Gareth Dafydd Morris, Torero

Alun Rhys-Jenkins, Maestro

Pelléas et Mélisande

Simon Rees, 29th May

Mélisande als Lulu in David Pountneys unbefriedigender Inszenierung von Debussys Pelléas et Mélisande für die Welsh National Opera.

****1

A magnificent Tosca from Welsh National Opera at the Mayflower
David Truslove, 3rd October

WNO imports Edward Dick’s exceptionally fine production, which benefits from from superb casting and outstanding performances led by Natalya Romaniw.

*****

Bancroft and BBCNOW at the Proms: a deeply satisfying Mahler 3
David Karlin, 11th August

Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales provide a Mahler 3 of exceptional clarity and forward momentum, with terrific posthorn solos from Corey Morris and Beth Taylor an outstanding soloist.

****1

A dark and disturbing Rigoletto from WNO at the Mayflower
David Truslove, 14th November

Fine performances in a punchy new production that coats this tragic opera in a large dollop of debauchery.

****1

WNO stages Death in Venice for the first time and it’s a triumph
Mark Valencia, 7th March

Olivia Fuchs solves the problems of Britten's thorny opera in a brilliant new production that hits the heights, featuring Mark Le Brocq as earthbound scholar, Gustav von Aschenbach.

*****

Musical performances keep WNO's new Così afloat
Mark Valencia, 6th March

Max Hoehn takes Così‘s subtitle, La scuola degli amanti (The School for Lovers), and connects it to Monty Python’s sex education sketch in The Meaning of Life. What larks, eh?

***11

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Ainadamar (Quelle der Tränen)Alfredo Tejada Alun Rhys-Jenkins Annie ReillyDeborah Colker Gareth Dafydd Morris Hanna Hipp Jaquelina Livieri Julieth Lozano Rolong Matthew Kofi Waldren Osvaldo Golijov Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera Chorus Welsh National Opera Orchestra

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Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.

Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar revived by Welsh National Opera for its 2023 tour