Stacey Alleaume leads WNO's emotionally-charged Traviata

Stacey Alleaume (Violetta)

Mark S Doss (Germont) and Stacey Alleaume (Violetta)

Stacey Alleaume (Violetta) and David Junghoon Kim (Alfredo)

By David Truslove, 27 November 2023

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“a sovereign performance as Violetta, pouring her heart into the role”

Reviewed at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton on 24 November 2023

Verdi, La traviata

Welsh National Opera

Alexander Joel, Conductor

Sir David McVicar, Director

Tanya McCallin, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Jennifer Tipton, Lighting Designer

Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Welsh National Opera Chorus

Sarah Crisp, Revival Director

Stacey Alleaume, Violetta Valéry

David Junghoon Kim, Alfredo Germont

Mark S Doss, Giorgio Germont

Sian Meinir, Annina

Francesca Saracino, Flora Bervoix

Howard Kirk, Gastone de Letorières

Philip Lloyd-Evans, Marquis d'Obigny

Martin Lloyd, Dr Grenvil

James Cleverton, Baron Douphol

Simon Crosby Buttle, Giuseppe

A magnificent Tosca from Welsh National Opera at the Mayflower

David Truslove, 3rd October

WNO imports Edward Dick’s exceptionally fine production, which benefits from from superb casting and outstanding performances led by Natalya Romaniw.

*****

Bancroft and BBCNOW at the Proms: a deeply satisfying Mahler 3

David Karlin, 11th August

Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales provide a Mahler 3 of exceptional clarity and forward momentum, with terrific posthorn solos from Corey Morris and Beth Taylor an outstanding soloist.

****1

A dark and disturbing Rigoletto from WNO at the Mayflower

David Truslove, 14th November

Fine performances in a punchy new production that coats this tragic opera in a large dollop of debauchery.

****1

WNO stages Death in Venice for the first time and it’s a triumph

Mark Valencia, 7th March

Olivia Fuchs solves the problems of Britten's thorny opera in a brilliant new production that hits the heights, featuring Mark Le Brocq as earthbound scholar, Gustav von Aschenbach.

*****

Musical performances keep WNO's new Così afloat

Mark Valencia, 6th March

Max Hoehn takes Così‘s subtitle, La scuola degli amanti (The School for Lovers), and connects it to Monty Python’s sex education sketch in The Meaning of Life. What larks, eh?

***11

Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar revived by WNO for its 2023 tour

Mark Valencia, 9th September

Deborah Colker's production, seen last season at Scottish Opera, moves to the Wales Millennium Centre for an autumn tour.

****1

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David Truslove

After many years as a musician – conducting choirs, singing as a lay clerk at Winchester Cathedral and an involvement in education, David now writes programme notes, occasionally composes and enjoys a busy schedule of reviewing.

Stacey Alleaume leads Welsh National Opera's emotionally-charged Traviata