Sumptuous performances from WNO in Der Rosenkavalier

By David Truslove, 06 June 2017

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Reviewed at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff on 4 June 2017

Strauss R., Der Rosenkavalier

Welsh National Opera

Tomáš Hanus, Conductor

Olivia Fuchs, Director

Niki Turner, Set Designer

Rebecca Evans, Feldmarschallin

Louise Alder, Sophie

Lucia Cervoni, Octavian

Brindley Sherratt, Baron Ochs

Madeleine Shaw, Annina

Paul Charles Clarke, Italian Singer

Welsh National Opera Chorus

Welsh National Opera Orchestra

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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.