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Welsh National Opera – Janáček’s The Makropulos Affair – Ángeles Blancas Gulin, Nicky Spence, David Stout; directed by Olivia Fuchs; conducted by Tomáš Hanus

Welsh National Opera was instrumental in bringing The Makropulos Affair (completed 1925, premiered the following year) to attention in the UK when they gave one of its first outings here in 1978 and, happily, the company does more than justice to this thought-provoking opera again now in Olivia Fuchs’s new production. It sets each Act in more …

Welsh National Opera – Janáček’s The Makropulos Affair – Ángeles Blancas Gulin, Nicky Spence, David Stout; directed by Olivia Fuchs; conducted by Tomáš Hanus Read More »

Welsh National Opera – Annabel Arden’s production of Puccini’s La bohème – Jung Soo Yun, Elin Pritchard, Germán Enrique Alcántara; conducted by Pietro Rizzo

The revival of Annabel Arden’s production of La bohème for Welsh National Opera this autumn season neatly coincides with Floris Visser’s new production for Glyndebourne this summer and also on tour in recent months. Where the latter provides a deliberately haunting and effective monochrome austerity within the same set throughout, Arden’s staging offers striking contrasts, both as …

Welsh National Opera – Annabel Arden’s production of Puccini’s La bohème – Jung Soo Yun, Elin Pritchard, Germán Enrique Alcántara; conducted by Pietro Rizzo Read More »