Ballo II, the American cut: an indigestible staging at WNO

Von Mark Valencia, 11 Februar 2019

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“slathered in naff and shorn of narrative coherence”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, am 9 Februar 2019

Verdi, Un ballo in maschera

Welsh National Opera

Carlo Rizzi, Musikalische Leitung

Sir David Pountney, Regie

Raimund Bauer, Bühnenbild

Marie-Jeanne Lecca, Kostüme

Gwyn Hughes Jones, Riccardo

Roland Wood, Renato

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Amelia

Sara Fulgoni, Ulrica

Julie Martin du Theil, Oscar

Jihoon Kim, Samuel

Tristan Hambleton, Tom

Gareth Dafydd Morris, Richter

Jason Howard, Silvano

Fabrice Kebour, Licht

Welsh National Opera Chorus

Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Michael Spenceley, Chorleitung

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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Carlo Rizzi Fabrice Kebour Gareth Dafydd Morris Giuseppe Verdi Gwyn Hughes Jones Jason Howard Jihoon Kim Marie-Jeanne Lecca Mary Elizabeth Williams Raimund Bauer Roland Wood Sara Fulgoni Sir David Pountney Tristan Hambleton Un ballo in maschera Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera Chorus Welsh National Opera Orchestra

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Mark Valencia

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.

Ballo II, the American cut: an indigestible staging by David Pountney for WNO