WNO stages Death in Venice for the first time and it’s a triumph

Mark Le Brocq (Gustav von Aschenbach) and Antony César (Tadzio)

Alexander Chance (Voice of Apollo), Mark Le Brocq (Aschenbach), Roderick Williams (Dionysus)

Diana Salles (Polish Mother)

Antony César (Tadzio), Riccardo Frederico Saggese (Jaschiu) and ensemble

Mark Le Brocq (Gustav von Aschenbach)

Von Mark Valencia, 09 März 2024

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“director Olivia Fuchs has solved the opera’s every problem”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wales Millennium Centre: Donald Gordon Theatre, Cardiff, am 7 März 2024

Britten, Der Tod in Venedig

Welsh National Opera

Leo Hussain, Musikalische Leitung

Olivia Fuchs, Regie

Nicola Turner, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Robbie Butler, Licht

Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Welsh National Opera Chorus

Sam Sharples, Video

Mark Le Brocq, Gustav von Aschenbach

Roderick Williams, Traveller/ Elderly fop/ Old gondolier/ Hotel manager/ Hotel barber/ Leader of the players/ Voice of Dionysus

Alexander Chance, Voice of Apollo

Carolyn Jackson, Danish Lady

Meriel Andrew, English Lady, Lace seller

Angharad Morgan, Newspaper seller

Fiona Harrison-Wolfe, Russian mother

Helen Greenaway, Nurse-governess

Emily Christina Loftus, Strawberry seller

Stella Woodman, German mother

Claire Hampton, Strolling player

Alun Rhys-Jenkins, Glassmaker

Peter Van Hulle, Hotel porter

Rhodri Prys-Jones, Strolling player

Stephen Wells, A guide

Gareth Brynmor John, English clerk

Martin Lloyd, Hotel waiter

Alastair Moore, Russian father

Antony César, Tadzio

Riccardo Saggese, Circus artist

Firenza Guidi, Circus director

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

Welsh National Opera’s Dutchman docks in Birmingham
Rohan Shotton, 7th May

This bracing performance of The Flying Dutchman is a powerful reminder of the extraordinary musical standards which are at risk in the face of WNO’s subsidy cuts.

****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

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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Alastair Moore Alexander Chance Alun Rhys-Jenkins Angharad Morgan Benjamin Britten Carolyn Jackson Claire Hampton Der Tod in Venedig Fiona Harrison-Wolfe Gareth Brynmor John Helen Greenaway Leo Hussain Mark Le Brocq Martin Lloyd Meriel Andrew Nicola Turner Olivia Fuchs Peter Van Hulle Rhodri Prys-Jones Robbie Butler Roderick Williams Sam Sharples Stephen Wells 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.

Welsh National Opera stages Death in Venice for the first time... and it’s a triumph