Valiant attempt but WNO’s new Les vȇpres siciliennes can’t quite persuade one of its merits

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, Les vȇpres siciliennes: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 8.2.2020. (GPu)

Wotjek Gierlach (Jean Procida), Anush Hovhannisyan (Helene) & Jung Soo Yun (Henri)
(c) Johan Persson

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Beethoven: the 1808 concert in Cardiff

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, the 1808 concert: Alwyn Mellor, Harriet Eyley (sopranos), Angharad Lyddon (mezzo-soprano), Alexander Sprague (tenor), Steffan Lloyd Owen (baritone), Steve Osborne, Llŷr Williams (pianos), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Jaime Martin (conductor), Welsh National Opera Orchestra / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 19.1.2020. (PCG)

Carlo Rizzi © Tessa Traeger

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