Glitter and black ostrich feathers prevail in WNO's Nabucco

Por Simon Rees, 04 junio 2014

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“most promising newcomer was Robyn Lyn Evans as Ismaele... his tenor voice is clear and well-nuanced”

Crítica hecha desde Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff el 31 mayo 2014

Verdi, Nabucco

Welsh National Opera

Xian Zhang, Dirección

Rudolf Frey, Dirección de escena

Ben Baur, Diseño de escena

Silke Willrett, Diseño de vestuario

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Abigaille

Justina Gringytė, Fenena

Robyn Lyn Evans, Ismaele

David Kempster, Nabucco

David Soar, High Priest

Kevin Short, Zaccaria

Marc Weeger, Diseño de vestuario

Beate Vollack, Coreografía

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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.