Robert J. Farr – 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

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

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

United 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

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

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

United 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

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)

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