United Kingdom John Metcalf, Under Milk Wood: Production by Taliesin Arts Centre (Wales) with Le Chien Qui Chante (Quebec) and Companion Star (New York) in association with Welsh National Opera / Wyn Davies (music director), Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 11.4.2014 (PCG)
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Shoestring Macbeth Provides Impressive Performances
United Kingdom Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Derek Clark (conductor), King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 8.4.2014 (SRT)
Hardly a Good Night for Puccini or WNO’s Reputation
United Kingdom Giacomo Puccini (1858-1925), Manon Lescaut (1893): (Sung in Italian with subtitles in English and Welsh.) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 2.4.2014.
American Hero and Trojan King Tour Britain Together
United Kingdom Britten, Paul Bunyan; Tippett, King Priam: English Touring Opera /Philip Sunderland, Michael Rosewell (conductors), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 1/2.4.2014 (RJ)
A Superb Performance Holds this Henze Opera Together.
United Kingdom Hans Werner Henze, Boulevard Solitude (1951): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 3.4.2014. (RJF)
Bedford’s Brilliant New Opera Takes Deceit as its Theme
United Kingdom Luke Bedford:Through His Teeth: Soloists, Chroma / Sian Edwards (conductor),. Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 3.4.2014 (CC)
Compelling Adès Opera Succeeds in Subterranean Space
United Kingdom Adès,Powder Her Face: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Timothy Redmond (conductor). Ambika P3, University of Westminster, London, 2.4.2014 (CC)
WNO’s Winning La Traviata Gets Another Outing
United Kingdom Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata (Sung in Italian with subtitles in English and Welsh): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Simon Phillippo (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 1.4.2014.(RJF)