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Llandudno

WNO’s Enjoyable Cenerentola has a Rare Operatic Happy Ending

04/11/201823/10/2018 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rossini. La Cenerentola: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Theatre Cymru, Llandudno, 19.10.2018. (RJF)

Tara Erraught (Angelina) & Rats (c) JaneHobson

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Despite the Production’s Limitations and Gimmicks, Musically La forza was Memorable

29/04/201824/04/2018 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, La forza del destino: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Theatre Cymru, Llandudno, 21.4.2018. (RJF)

Justina Gringytė & Luis Cansino in WNO’s La forza del destino (c) Richard Hubert Smith

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Evergreen WNO Production Allows Audience to Appreciate Puccini’s Tosca At Its Best

25/04/201824/04/2018 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Theatre Cymru, Llandudno. 20.4.2018. (RJF)

WNO’s Tosca (c) Richard Hubert Smith

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A Fast-moving WNO Don Giovanni Keep Singers and Audience On Their Toes

29/04/201824/04/2018 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / James Southall (conductor). Theatre Cymru, Llandudno, 19.4.2018.(RJF)

Elizabeth Watts (Donna Elvira) & David Stout (Leporello) (c) Richard Hubert Smith

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Rather A Divided Audience Response for WNO’s From the House of the Dead

09/11/201704/11/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Janáček, From the House of the Dead: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 26.10.2017. (RJF)

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WNO’s From the House of the Dead (c) Clive Barda

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Music and Singing Ensures this WNO Fledermaus Staging Deserves Longevity

05/11/201702/11/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / James Southall (conductor), Venue Cymru, Llandudno, 27.10.2017. (RJF)

DIE FLEDERMAUS_WELSH NATIONAL OPERA, Rosalinde; Mary Elizabeth Williams, Eisenstein; Mark Stone, Falke; Ben McAteer, Adele; Rhian Lois, Orlofsky; Emma Carrington, Alfred; Paul Charles Clarke, Frank; Alan Opie, Frosch; Steve Speirs, Conductor Tomas Hanus ,
WNO’s Die Fledermaus – Mary Elizabeth Williams Rosalinde) & Mark Stone (Eisenstein)
(c) Bill Cooper

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Some Good Singing and Acting Rescues WNO’s Eugene Onegin from Mediocrity

05/11/201701/11/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Ainár Rubiķis (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 25.10.2017. (RJF)

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Natalya Romaniw (Tatyana) (c) Betina Skovbro

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Good to Hear Khovanshchina Again, Albeit in the Softened Shostakovich Edition

05/11/201701/11/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 24.10.2017. (RJF)

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WNO’s Khovanshchina (c) Clive Barda

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