Welsh National Opera
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Tomáš Hanus marshalled his forces – including a stellar Karen Cargill – for a performance that seized the audience from the outset
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Musically and dramatically it’s variable, but with a strong staging and Lester Lynch’s compelling Shylock, this WNO production should be seen
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WNO Youth Opera bring the heat of protest to every inch of the hall in a vivid, stirring tribute to the late composer
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Claire Booth gives an unforgettably intense performance as the abandoned mistress in WNO’s stylish immersive Poulenc/Cocteau staging
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Themes of love and betrayal find fresh emotional force in the Welsh National Opera’s 70th-anniversary revival
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One of the great British composers and a former Master of the Queen’s Music
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Top marks for Glyndebourne Youth Opera’s world premiere
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Iain Bell’s operatic treatment of the Dickens fable at WNO brings a frenetic series of mini-cameos, with a festive dressing of contemporary politics
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There were masterly turns by prodigious youngsters, and vigorous performances by mature masters – across the UK, it’s been a fascinating classical year
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A special 50th-birthday performance for the Welsh bass baritone brought venality, the tortures of hell, and an audience singalong to finish
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John Humphrys is just the latest to repeat the myth that opera tickets are prohibitively expensive. Look at the figures. In fact, opera houses offer tickets that are among the cheapest for any live event in the country
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The production’s opera singers and conductor shine in WNO’s somewhat uneven take on Sondheim’s musical of deranged vengeance
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Making Orlando a traumatised second-world-war RAF pilot treated by a magician/psychiatrist brings clarity to Handel’s 1733 opera, enlivened by a stellar cast and characterful playing
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Welsh National Opera’s David Poutney adds layers of mystery to Debussy’s enigmatic work
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Richard Ayres’s operatic adaptation of JM Barrie’s story wavers between family panto and a darker, more psychological treatment
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This bite-sized chunk of Wagner – led by Iréne Theorin’s authoritative Brünnhilde and a demonic but tender Bryn Terfel as Wotan – could induce serious Ring addiction
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The singing is wholly delightful, and the voices are better matched than any to date, writes Rian Evans
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Soloist Olga Scheps indulged her romantic side in a preview of the company’s Spellbound season, but was ultimately bewitching, writes Rian Evans
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Images from some of the UK’s best opera productions this year
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Welsh National Opera performing project puts the spotlight on the stagehands
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The Welsh National Opera delivers a striking performance of Rossini’s three-act opera , writes Rian Evans
Topics
- Classical music
- Opera
- English National Opera (ENO)
- Opera North
- Royal Opera House
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- Glyndebourne
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- William Shakespeare
- Musicals
- Scotland
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Young people
- Charles Dickens
- John Eliot Gardiner
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- Second world war
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