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Robert J. Farr

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

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

United KingdomUnited 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

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Rare, abbreviated, yet superbly staged performance of Handel’s Giulio Cesare from Opera North

09/12/201917/11/2019 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Orchestra members of Opera North / Christian Curnyn (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 12.11.2019. (RJF)

Heather Lowe (Sesto), James Laing (Tolomeo) and Darren Jeffery (Achilla)
(c) Alastair Muir

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Renato Balsadonna conducts Opera North’s La bohème empathetically, but time this production was retired

26/11/201914/11/2019 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North / Renato Balsadonna (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 12.11.2019. (RJF)

Eleazar Rodriguez (Rodolfo) & Lauren Fagan (Mimì) (c) Richard Hubert Smith

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

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

United KingdomUnited 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

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

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

United KingdomUnited 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

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

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

United KingdomUnited 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

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

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

United KingdomUnited 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

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

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

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

Ben Johnson (Tamino) (c) Bill Cooper

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