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Mosè in Egitto

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Wales Millennium CentreBute Place, Cardiff , Cardiff, Wales, CF10 5AL, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Performers
Welsh National Opera
Carlo RizziConductor
Simon PhillippoConductor
Sir David PountneyDirector
Raimund BauerSet Designer
Marie-Jeanne LeccaCostume Designer
Lucia CirilloMezzo-sopranoAmaltea
Christine RiceMezzo-sopranoAmaltea
Claire BoothSopranoElcia
Leah-Marian JonesMezzo-sopranoAmenofi
Barry BanksTenorAronne
Nicky SpenceTenorMambre
David AlegretTenorOsiride
Miklós SebestyénBassMosè
Andrew Foster-WilliamsBassFaraone

Rossini

New Production

We promise this: Moses in Egypt is spectacular. Rossini’s bel canto interpretation of the Exodus story harnesses music of huge scale and awesome beauty. Powerful and intense, it convincingly frames the miracles that the opera pivots around. It also lets us experience the unbelievably zealous relationship Moses has with both his maker and his people. We get to walk the journey and share the immensity of their desperate, daunting task.

But it is never bleak. The Chagall-inspired production is both vibrant and colourful. As foreboding as the chasing, enclosing shadows seem, we know that freedom could be just one moment away.Running time approximately three hours including one interval.

  • Running time approximately three hours including one interval

  • Sung in Italian with surtitles in English and Welsh

  • Co-production with Houston Grand Opera

Supported by the WNO Bel Canto Syndicate.

Reviews of Mosè in Egitto / Moïse et Pharaon directed by Sir David Pountney

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