McVicar's Traviata is still darkly impressive

Von Mark Pullinger, 23 November 2018

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“the atmosphere reeks of claustrophobia and decay”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, am 23 November 2018

Verdi, La traviata

Welsh National Opera

James Southall, Musikalische Leitung

Sir David McVicar, Regie

Tanya McCallin, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Anush Hovhannisyan, Violetta Valéry

Kang Wang, Alfredo Germont

Roland Wood, Giorgio Germont

Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Flora Bervoix

Howard Kirk, Gastone de Letorières

Sian Meinir, Annina

Philip Lloyd-Evans, Marquis d'Obigny

Martin Lloyd, Dr Grenvil

Simon Crosby Buttle, Giuseppe

Laurence Cole, Flora's servant

Wyn Pencarreg, Baron Douphol

Sarah Crisp, Wiederaufnahmeleitung

Jennifer Tipton, Licht

Andrew George, Choreographie

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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Andrew George Anush Hovhannisyan Giuseppe Verdi Howard Kirk James Southall Jennifer Tipton Kang Wang La traviata Laurence Cole Martin Lloyd Philip Lloyd-Evans Rebecca Afonwy-Jones Roland Wood Sarah Crisp Sian Meinir Simon Crosby Buttle Sir David McVicar Tanya McCallin 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.