Wheel of Fortune: Preziosilla spins Pountney's Force of Destiny

Von Mark Pullinger, 02 Februar 2018

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“a series of unwieldy tableaux, but Pountney makes something coherent from it”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, am 2 Februar 2018

Verdi, La forza del destino (Die Macht des Schicksals)

Welsh National Opera

Carlo Rizzi, Musikalische Leitung

Sir David Pountney, Regie

Raimund Bauer, Bühnenbild

Marie-Jeanne Lecca, Kostüme

Miklós Sebestyén, Marquis of Calatrava, Padre Guardiano

Luis Cansino, Don Carlo

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Leonora

Gwyn Hughes Jones, Don Alvaro

Justina Gringytė, Preziosilla, Curra

Donald Maxwell, Fra Melitone

Alun Rhys-Jenkins, Trabuco

Wyn Pencarreg, Alcade

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.

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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

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.

*****

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Alun Rhys-Jenkins Carlo Rizzi Donald Maxwell Giuseppe Verdi Gwyn Hughes Jones Justina Gringytė La forza del destino (Die Macht des Schicksals)Luis Cansino Marie-Jeanne Lecca Mary Elizabeth Williams Miklós Sebestyén Raimund Bauer Sir David Pountney Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera Chorus Welsh National Opera Orchestra Wyn Pencarreg

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.