The Magic Flute given Magritte makeover by WNO

Von Simon Rees, 15 Februar 2015

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, am 13 Februar 2015

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte

Welsh National Opera

Lothar Koenigs, Musikalische Leitung

Dominic Cooke, Regie

Kevin Pollard, Kostüme

Julian Crouch, Bühnenbild

Sophie Bevan, Pamina

Samantha Hay, Königin der Nacht

Allan Clayton, Tamino

Jacques Imbrailo, Papageno

Scott Wilde, Sarastro

Camilla Roberts, Erste Dame

Claire Hampton, Papagena

Máire Flavin, Zweite Dame

Emma Carrington, Dritte Dame

Philip Lloyd Holtam, Erster Geharnischter

Howard Kirk, Monostatos

Ashley Holland, Sprecher

Aidan Smith, Zweiter Geharnischter

Caroline Chaney, Wiederaufnahmeleitung

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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Aidan Smith Allan Clayton Ashley Holland Camilla Roberts Caroline Chaney Claire Hampton Die Zauberflöte Dominic Cooke Emma Carrington Howard Kirk Jacques Imbrailo Julian Crouch Kevin Pollard Lothar Koenigs Máire Flavin Samantha Hay Scott Wilde Sophie Bevan Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera Chorus Welsh National Opera Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Simon Rees

Simon Rees writes programme articles and surtitles for most British opera companies, and reviews for Opera, Opera Now, Musical Opinion, Early Music Today and a wide range of other publications. A novelist, poet and librettist, from 1989 to 2012 he was dramaturg at Welsh National Opera. He lives in Cardiff.

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