United Kingdom Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 5.10.2018. (GPu)
WNO’s La Cenerentola Makes Us Laugh, Think and Feel
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ENO’s Cast Deserved Better Than This Incompetent, Incoherent Production of Salome
United Kingdom Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Orchestra of the English National Opera / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). London Coliseum, 3.10.2018. (MB)
A Funeral for the Queen of Carthage is a Remarkable Evening of Purcell
United Kingdom Purcell: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr (harpsichord). Barbican Hall, London, 2.10.2018. (CC)
Superb Production of Rigoletto from Northern Ireland Opera
United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists and Chorus of Northern Ireland (NI) Opera, Ulster Orchestra / Gareth Hancock (conductor), Grand Opera House, Belfast, 30.10.2018. (RB)
Pop-Up Opera’s Thought-Provoking Approach to La Tragédie de Carmen
United Kingdom Bizet/Brook, La Tragédie de Carmen: Soloists of Pop-Up Opera / Berrak Dyer (musical director). Asylum Chapel, Peckham, London, 25.9.2018. (MB)
McVicar’s Traviata for WNO Tells the Story Well and Moves an Audience as it Should
United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / James Southall (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.9.2018. (GPu)
A Tosca of Belly Punching Power from Opera North
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Anthony Hermus (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, 22.9.2018. (JL)
WNO’s Stirring Production of Prokofiev’s Unwieldy Theatrical Epic Rewards Ambition
United Kingdom Prokofiev, War and Peace: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 15.9.2018. (GPu)
