A thrilling Don Giovanni at Welsh National Opera

Von Benjamin Poore, 23 Februar 2018

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“The characters – and the audience – all have one foot in Satan’s departure lounge”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, am 22 Februar 2018

Mozart, Don Giovanni

Welsh National Opera

James Southall, Musikalische Leitung

John Caird, Regie

John Napier, Bühnenbild

Yoon Bae, Kostüme

Gavan Ring, Don Giovanni

David Stout, Leporello

Emily Birsan, Donna Anna

Elizabeth Watts, Donna Elvira

Katie Bray, Zerlina

Miklós Sebestyén, Komtur

Benjamin Hulett, Don Ottavio

Gareth Brynmor John, Masetto

Caroline Chaney, Wiederaufnahmeleitung

Welsh National Opera Chorus

Welsh National Opera Orchestra

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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Benjamin Hulett Caroline Chaney David Stout Don Giovanni Elizabeth Watts Emily Birsan Gareth Brynmor John Gavan Ring James Southall John Caird John Napier Katie Bray Miklós Sebestyén Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera Chorus Welsh National Opera Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Benjamin Poore

Benjamin Poore is a writer and critic. His book on psychoanalysis and literature is forthcoming in 2019. He has previously written about literature and culture for the Independent, the Times Literary Supplement, and Times Higher Education. In his spare time he tries to sing Schubert; he has a very patient teacher.