Artiste: Orchestra of Welsh National Opera

Olivia Fuchs gives a powerful staging of Janáček's morality tale of the perils of eternal youth, with an excellent cast, but there are reservations about the title role.

****1

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Welsh National Opera on tour: a musically powerful Madama Butterfly

Mark Valencia, 26 oct.

Lindy Hume's new production works reasonably well in allowing the story to be told with sufficient emotional weight.

****1

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WNO’s belated 75th birthday party gets off to a triumphant start

Simon Cummings, 09 sept.

WNO finally emerges from the pandemic with a performance of The Barber of Seville full of emotion and elation.

*****

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WNO’s Figaro revival crackles with humour and exudes joie de vivre

Alice Hughes, 16 févr.

A solid Figaro in Cardiff, in which individual performances are a joy, and humour abounds.

****1

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WNO tackles Vêpres but the vocal fireworks fail to ignite

Mark Pullinger, 08 févr.

David Pountney completes his “Verdi trilogy” for the company but although his staging has fluidity, it lacks an explosive ending... and the vocal performances disappoint.

***11

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A White House Rigoletto with some impressive voices

Robert Gainer, 06 nov.

Welsh National Opera brought a cast of strong voices to Birmingham for a production of Rigoletto intriguingly set in the White House of the 1960s.

***11

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