WNO’s Figaro revival crackles with humour and exudes joie de vivre

Von Alice Hughes, 19 Februar 2020

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Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (Die Hochzeit des Figaro)

Welsh National Opera

Carlo Rizzi, Musikalische Leitung

Tobias Richter, Regie

Ralph Koltai, Bühnenbild

Sue Blane, Kostüme

Jonathan McGovern, Graf Almaviva

Anita Watson, Gräfin Almaviva

David Ireland, Figaro

Soraya Mafi, Susanna

Anna Harvey, Cherubino

Henry Waddington, Doktor Bartolo

Leah-Marian Jones, Marcellina

Richard Roberts, Don Curzio, Don Basilio

Harriet Eyley, Barbarina

Laurence Cole, Antonio

Max Hoehn, Regie

Linus Fellbom, Licht

Denni Sayers, Choreographie

Robin Don, Bühnenbild

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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Anita Watson Anna Harvey Carlo Rizzi David Ireland Denni Sayers Harriet Eyley Henry Waddington Jonathan McGovern Laurence Cole Le nozze di Figaro (Die Hochzeit des Figaro)Leah-Marian Jones Linus Fellbom Max Hoehn Ralph Koltai Richard Roberts Soraya Mafi Sue Blane Tobias Richter Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera Chorus Welsh National Opera Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Alice Hughes

Alice studied Music and French Literature at the universities of Cardiff and Oxford. An avid concert-goer from a young age, she has a particular fondness for the music of Debussy, Satie and Rachmaninov and a lifelong interest in Paris as a hub of musical activity from the Belle Epoque onwards.