WNO’s abstract Magic Flute proves more contemporary than cohesive

Julia Sitkovetsky (Queen of the Night)

April Koyejo-Audiger (Pamina) and Neal Davies (Papageno)

Thando Mjandana (Tamino) and Nazan Fikret (First Lady)

Von Robert Gainer, 04 Mai 2023

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“Julia Sitkovetsky, who did not flinch an iota at the high F staccato sequences”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham, am 3 Mai 2023

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (sung in English)

Welsh National Opera

Frederick Brown, Musikalische Leitung

Daisy Evans, Regie

Loren Elstein, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Jake Wiltshire, Licht

Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Welsh National Opera Chorus

April Koyejo-Audiger, Pamina

Julia Sitkovetsky, Königin der Nacht

Thando Mjandana, Tamino

Neal Davies, Papageno

Jonathan Lemalu, Sarastro

Nazan Fikret, Erste Dame

Kezia Bienek, Zweite Dame

Claire Barnett-Jones, Dritte Dame

Jenny Stafford, Papagena

Thomas Kinch, Erster Geharnischter

Laurence Cole, Zweiter Geharnischter

Alun Rhys-Jenkins, Monostatos

Chuma Sijeqa, Sprecher

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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Alun Rhys-Jenkins April Koyejo-Audiger Chuma Sijeqa Claire Barnett-Jones Daisy Evans Die Zauberflöte Frederick Brown Jake Wiltshire Jenny Stafford Jonathan Lemalu Julia Sitkovetsky Kezia Bienek Laurence Cole Loren Elstein Nazan Fikret Neal Davies Quirijn de Lang Raven McMillon Samantha Hay Thando Mjandana Thomas Kinch Trystan Llŷr Griffiths Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera Chorus Welsh National Opera Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Robert Gainer

Robert Gainer has completed a BA in European Studies at the University of Warwick and an MSc in Criminology at the University of Leicester. He is currently completing further study in English and Cultural Studies, again at Warwick. He plays trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn and his musical background is in brass band and orchestra. In his spare time he enjoys writing fiction and poetry.