WNO's Chorus leads Carmen at the Bristol Hippodrome

Von Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 14 November 2014

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol, am 12 November 2014

Bizet, Carmen

Welsh National Opera

Erik Nielsen, Musikalische Leitung

James Southall, Musikalische Leitung

Patrice Caurier, Regie

Unknown, Kostüme

Christian Fenouillat, Bühnenbild

Jessica Muirhead, Micaëla

Alessandra Volpe, Carmen

Peter Wedd, Don José

Kostas Smoriginas, Escamillo

Amy Freston, Frasquita

Emma Carrington, Mercédès

Aidan Smith, Zuniga

Moshe Leiser, Regie

Kirstin Chávez, Mezzosopran

Gwyn Hughes Jones, Tenor

Simon Thorpe, Bariton

Madeleine Shaw, Sopran

Samantha Hay, Sopran

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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Aidan Smith Alessandra Volpe Amy Freston Carmen Christian Fenouillat Emma Carrington Erik Nielsen Georges Bizet Gwyn Hughes Jones James Southall Jessica Muirhead Kirstin Chávez Kostas Smoriginas Madeleine Shaw Moshe Leiser Patrice Caurier Peter Wedd Samantha Hay Simon Thorpe Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera Chorus Welsh National Opera Orchestra

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.