It was with some mild trepidation that I took my seat for Welsh National Opera’s Kiss Me, Kate. The musical…
Mahler – Symphony No 2 (Resurrection) Welsh National Opera Orchestra, conductor Tomáš Hanus St David’s Hall, Cardiff
October 23, 2016If ever a conductor, new to a city orchestra and its audiences needed a suitable vehicle with which to showcase…
Tomas Hanus: Making Music with Mahler
October 11, 2016I consider Gustav Mahler’s music to be one of the most important gifts of what art can give to the…
Kiss Me Kate, Welsh National Opera, WMC
September 30, 2016It isn’t often that one has the opportunity to experience one of the classic Broadway musicals performed by a world-renowned…
Jo Davies: directing two separate worlds in Kiss Me, Kate
September 25, 2016Directing Kiss Me, Kate is to direct two shows at the same time. The first – the backstage romance of…
Merchant of Venice, Welsh National Opera
September 18, 2016Shakespeare’s Portia may be right that the quality of mercy is not strained but by curtain call the audience was…
Keith Warner: Directing Merchant of Venice, WNO
September 14, 2016The very story of The Merchant of Venice is controversial. Anyone touching the material would seem to tip-toe through…
Bold British debut to popular musical for Bard-themed season from WNO
September 1, 2016Welsh National Opera continues its themed season of programme from Artistic Director David Pountney with three very different Shakespeare inspired works….
Kommilitonen! WNO Youth Opera, Barry Memo
July 30, 2016It is an interesting juxtaposition – the late Peter Maxwell Davies’ interwoven stories of young people who make a stand against conforming, convention and…
La Voix Humaine, Welsh National Opera, Festival of Voice, Penarth
June 12, 2016It is much to the credit of singer Claire Booth that she had her audience totally in her grip in…