Llandudno – Seen and Heard International

Carlo Rizzi’s conducting and WNO’s chorus make Les vêpres siciliennes a worthwhile experience

13/03/202013/03/2020 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Verdi, Les vêpres siciliennes: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Theatre Cymru, Llandudno, 7.3.2020. (RJF)

WNO’s *Les vêpres siciliennes* (c) Johan Persson

Sizeable Llandudno audience rewarded with memorable performance of WNO’s Cunning Little Vixen

15/11/201905/11/2019 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Janáĉek, The Cunning Little Vixen (sung in Czech): Soloists, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Theatre Cymru, Llandudno, 31.10.2019

Aiofe Miskelly (Vixen) & Lucia Cervoni (Fox) (c) Richard Hubert Smith

Fine singing but Verdi’s seminal musical masterpiece deserves better than this WNO Rigoletto

15/11/201904/11/2019 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Alexander Joel (conductor). Theatre Cymru, Llandudno, 30.10.2019. (RJF)

Alastair Moore (Marullo) and Mark S. Doss (Rigoletto) (c) Richard Hubert Smith

Tomáš Hanus’s conducting is a highlight of WNO’s new Carmen in Llandudno

15/11/201904/11/2019 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Theatre Cymru, Llandudno, 29.10.2019. (RJF)

Benjamin Bevan, Harriet Eyley, Virginie Verrez, Joe Roche & Angela Simkin in *Carmen*
(c) Bill Cooper

Some Outstanding Singing Gives Pleasure in WNO’s Spidery Roberto Devereux

19/05/201930/04/2019 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Donizetti, Roberto Devereux: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / James Southall (conductor). Theatre Cymru, Llandudno, 25.4.2019. (RJF)

Joyce El-Khoury (Elisabeth) & Barry Banks (Roberto Devereux) (c) Bill Cooper

WNO’s Scintillatingly Sung and Played The Magic Flute Deserved a New Staging

19/05/201928/04/2019 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Damian Iorio (conductor). Theatre Cymru, Llandudno, 24.4.2019. (RJF)

WNO’s Very Well Sung Un ballo in maschera in Llandudno

19/05/201928/04/2019 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Gareth Jones (conductor). Theatre Cymru, Llandudno, 24.4 2019. (RJF)

(l to r) Gwyn Hughes Jones (Riccardo), Roland Wood (Renato),
& Mary Elizabeth Williams (Amelia) (c) Bill Cooper

No Gimmicks Just Sheer Professionalism from McVicar’s Traviata for WNO

04/11/201824/10/2018 by Robert Farr

United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/ James Southall (conductor). Theatre Cymru, Llandudno, 19.10.2018. (RJF)

Kang Wang (Alfredo) & Linda Richardson (Violetta). (c) Betina Skovbro

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