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