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James Ellis reviews Carmen, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre

March 8, 2020

Carmen returned to the WMC much quicker than expected. WNO’s recent production has Latin American revolution vibes circa 1970s, originally…

James Ellis reviews The Marriage of Figaro, Welsh National Opera

February 18, 2020

With all honesty, this production of the Mozart opera is the one part of the Figaro season from 2016 by…

The Marriage of Figaro, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre

February 17, 2020

This is a dramatically reworked version of Tobias Richter’s 2016 production and sung in Italian rather than English. It is…

Mike Smith reviews Les vêpres siciliennes, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre

February 9, 2020

WNO’s new Les vêpres siciliennes boasts some fine singing, excellent orchestral playing, a number of interesting interpretative ideas. But all…

Chiara Strazzulla reviews Les Vêpres Siciliennes, WNO

February 9, 2020

First performed in 1855 at the Paris Opéra, Les Vêpres Siciliennes is a less frequently revisited entry in the Verdi catalogue, and…

Welsh National Opera 2020 season kicks off

February 8, 2020

Welsh National Opera’s new season opens tonight (January 8th) with a new production of Verdi’s grand opera, Les vêpres siciliennes. Directed…

The Cunning Little Vixen, WNO, WMC

October 6, 2019

One of the best things about the past few seasons at the WNO has been their commitment in exploring and…

Rigoletto, WNO, WMC

October 5, 2019

Giuseppe Verdi once described Rigoletto as his best opera, and it is certainly, from a musical standpoint, one of his…

Welsh National Opera, Don Pasquale, The Riverfront, Newport

May 28, 2019

Switch a greasy doner kebab stack for a huge carrot on a vertical rotisserie and you can see why this…

Roberto Devereux, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre

March 6, 2019

The tragic story based on the life of a favourite of Elizabeth I was delivered fantastically by the Welsh National…

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