Sumptuous performances from WNO in Der Rosenkavalier

Von David Truslove, 06 Juni 2017

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, am 4 Juni 2017

Strauss R., Der Rosenkavalier

Welsh National Opera

Tomáš Hanus, Musikalische Leitung

Olivia Fuchs, Regie

Niki Turner, Bühnenbild

Rebecca Evans, Feldmarschallin

Louise Alder, Sophie

Lucia Cervoni, Octavian

Brindley Sherratt, Baron Ochs

Madeleine Shaw, Annina

Paul Charles Clarke, Sänger

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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Brindley Sherratt Der Rosenkavalier Louise Alder Madeleine Shaw Niki Turner Olivia Fuchs Paul Charles Clarke Rebecca Evans Richard Strauss Tomáš Hanus Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera Chorus Welsh National Opera Orchestra

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David Truslove

After many years as a musician – conducting choirs, singing as a lay clerk at Winchester Cathedral and an involvement in education, David now writes programme notes, occasionally composes and enjoys a busy schedule of reviewing.