United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Theatre Cymru, Llandudno. 20.4.2018. (RJF)
Evergreen WNO Production Allows Audience to Appreciate Puccini’s Tosca At Its Best
Robert J Farr
Strong Start to Festive Season with Colourful Staging and Magnificent Singing of Lehar’s Masterpiece
United Kingdom Franz Lehar. The Merry Widow (Sung in English with titles): Soloists, RNCM Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Wyn Davies (conductor), Royal Northern College of Music Theatre, Manchester, 3.12.2014. (RJF)
New Traviata a Mixture of Innovative Ideas with Crude Banality
United Kingdom Verdi, La Traviata (sung in English with surtitles): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Gianluca Marciano (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 19.11.2014. (RJF)
Communist Setting Adds Little to an Average Performance of Smetana’s Masterpiece.
United Kingdom Bedrich Smetana. The Bartered Bride (sung in English with surtitles): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/Anthony Kraus. (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 18.11.2014.
RNCM Keeps Up High Standards at Concert Hall Reopening
United Kingdom Schubert , Winterreise: Sir Thomas Allen (baritone, Joseph Middleton (piano), Royal Northern College of Music Concert Hall, Manchester, 7.11.2014. (RJF)
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A Great Performance of Rossini’s Last and Greatest Operatic Achievement
United Kingdom Gioachino Rossini, William Tell. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/Carlo Rizzi (conductor)Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 24.10. 2014.(RJF)
Rarely Heard Rossini Gets Superb Treatment from Soloists, WNO and Rizzi.
United Kingdom Gioachino Rossini, Mosé in Egitto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 25.10. 2014. (RJF)
An Undercast and Faded Production Does Little for Bizet’s Masterpiece.
United Kingdom Georges Bizet. Carmen: Welsh National Opera on Tour / James Southall (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 22.10.2014. (RJF)