| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 5-Mar-2013 Birmingham Hippodrome | David Pountney and Welsh National Opera's superb new Lulu in Birmingham |
 photo credit Clive Barda 4067.jpg) Is it possible for us to feel a shred of sympathy for Lulu, surely one of opera’s most notorious anti-heroines, even when she meets her grizzly demise at the coda of Berg’s eponymous masterwork? I think it speaks volumes about the astonishing quality of soprano Marie Arnet’s performance that my answer to this question after seeing Welsh National Opera’s new production of Lulu is a most definite “no”.
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| 20-Jun-2012 Wales Millennium Centre | Cape Town Opera: Mandela Trilogy at Wales Millenium Centre |
 Whatever I was expecting from the European première of Mandela Trilogy, a musical tribute to the life of the iconic Nelson Mandela, it certainly wasn’t humour. Yet it is to writer and director Michael Williams’ credit that he has managed to convey what could have been extremely tense and serious subject matter with vibrancy and flair. The question remains, however, whether the production really allowed the story the depth and decorum it deserved.Read full review... | |
| 17-Apr-2012 Hall for Cornwall | The Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera Perform Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky in Cornwall |
 The vibrant tapestry of the orchestra – the most expansively diverse of ensembles – can convey anything from the innermost reaches of the psyche to vast landscapes of endless imaginative scope. Surely the genius of late Romantic Russian society found his voice through this medium, whose glorious Violin Concerto in D major and Symphony No. 5 in E minor were brought to life by the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera at Hall for Cornwall.Read full review... | |
