Cape Town Opera: Mandela Trilogy at Wales Millenium Centre

By Verity Quaite, 22 June 2012

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Reviewed at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff on 20 June 2012

Various, Mandela Trilogy

Cape Town Opera

Michael Williams, Director

Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Thato Machona, Bass

Aubrey Poo, Baritone

Aubrey Lodewyk, Baritone

Siphamandla Yakupa, Soprano

An entertaining Mandela Trilogy

Andrew Larkin, 14th September

Good singing, incisive production and colourful choreography in The Mandela Trilogy make for many entertaining moments though inherent flaws in libretto and music fail to make it a satisfying, coherent whole.

***11

Stellar Lost in the Stars at Glimmerglass Festival

Gale Martin, 3rd August

The seldom-seen opera musical Lost in the Stars found prominence Friday night, enrapturing a full house at Glimmerglass Festival in New York, moving some of the actors themselves to tears, and stirring the audience to its feet for curtain call.

*****

Mal was Anderes: Salome in Kapstadt

Freya Apffelstaedt, 17th March

Kapstadt wagt den lohnenden Blick über den Tellerrand des Belcanto und zeigt eine Salome von begeisternder gesanglicher Leistung.

****1

Postales desde Soweto

Juan José Freijo, 10th June

La Ópera de Ciudad de Cabo trae a Madrid una versión sin demasiadas sutilezas pero rebosante de movimiento, energía y pasión.

***11

The triumph of virtue: Rossini’s Cenerentola in Brisbane

Sandra Bowdler, 29th April

Margarita Gritskova leads a fine ensemble performance of Rossini’s most under-appreciated opera by Opera Queensland.

****1

Grigolo shines in a mixed new Roméo et Juliette at the Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 28th April

With its 1940s setting, Luca Del Fusco’s direction alienates in a new production of Gounod's Shakespeare-inspired opera.

***11

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Verity Quaite

Having graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Music from Cardiff University, Verity is currently studying for an MA in Music, Culture and Politics. With wide and eclectic music tastes, but a particular passion for live performance, Verity reviews mainly in the Cardiff area.