Ivory Gothic madness: a visceral Guglielmo Ratcliff

Par Mark Pullinger, 23 octobre 2015

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“Villari's... huge, unbuttoned tenor thrilling with its ringing top and vehement delivery”

Critique faite à National Opera House: O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, le 22 octobre 2015

Mascagni, Guglielmo Ratcliff

Wexford Festival Opera

Francesco Cilluffo, Direction

Fabio Ceresa, Mise en scène

Tiziano Santi, Décors

Giuseppe Palella, Costumes

Angelo Villari, Guglielmo Ratcliff

Mariangela Sicilia, Maria

David Stout, Count Douglas

Annunziata Vestri, Margherita

Gianluca Buratto, MacGregor

Alex Tsilogiannis, Lesley

Quentin Hayes, Tom

Sarah Richmond, Willie

Ciro Aroni, Dick

Raffaele D'Ascanio, Taddle

Rory Musgrave, Bell

Matthew Wright, John

Henry Grant Kerswell, Robin

Delius’ The Magic Fountain disappoints at Wexford

Eleanor Knight, 19th October

Frederick Delius' gigantic score is worth a listen but Christopher Luscombe doesn’t circumvent the problems of directing this opera in 2025.

**111

Handel’s Deidamia a triumph for Wexford Festival Opera

Eleanor Knight, 18th October

A rare opportunity to see Handel’s final operatic work, Deidamia, conducted – and staged – by George Petrou at Wexford Festival Opera.

*****

Spanish Civil War Trouvère opens Wexford Festival Opera

Eleanor Knight, 17th October

The 74th Wexford Opera Festival opens with the French revision of Il trovatore that Verdi reforged for the Paris Opera.

***11

Orpha Phelan delivers farcical Donizetti at the Wexford Festival Opera

Andrew Larkin, 20th October

Superlative singing, hilarious antics and an energetic production make Donizetti's Le Convenience ed inconvenience an exhilarating success.

****1

Stanford's hilarious The Critic proves a Wexford knockout

Andrew Larkin, 19th October

Conor Hanratty's humorous production is a triumph from beginning to end, a must see at this year's Wexford Festival.

*****

Mascagni's Le maschere struggles to take flight in Wexford opener

Andrew Larkin, 18th October

Excellent singing, an amusing production and lively staging showcases Mascagni's Le maschere in the best possible light at Wexford Festival Opera.

***11

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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.

Ivory Gothic madness: a visceral Guglielmo Ratcliff in Wexford