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Review: The Marriage of Figaro, Welsh National Opera at Birmingham Hippodrome Mar 16 2012

It’s occasionally been suggested that Mozart’s greatest opera should be retitled The Marriage of Susanna. Last night, it was hard to disagree. This whole evening was illuminated, energised and at times effectively carried by its Susanna.Read

Review: Beatrice and Benedict, Welsh National Opera at Birmingham Hippodrome Mar 16 2012

Béatrice et Bénédict is Much Ado About Nothing without the Ado.Read

Review: La Traviata, Welsh National Opera at Birmingham Hippodrome Mar 09 2012

Not every composer would have attempted ‘the Fallen Woman’ as a subject for a new opera in Venice 1853, but Verdi was of stronger stuff. Carnival season welcomed “the subject of our time” with mixed reviews and certain scandal. However, ‘La Traviata’ soon became one of his most popular works.Read

Classical music review of the year Dec 23 2011

Christopher Morley looks back at the highs – and lows – of 2011Read

Review: The Barber Of Seville, Welsh National Opera, at Birmingham Hippodrome Nov 25 2011

Far from creaking after 25 years, Welsh National Opera’s production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is in fact one of the most joyous operatic shows I have ever witnessed.Read

Review: Katya Kabanova, Welsh National Opera, at Birmingham Hippodrome Nov 25 2011

All superlatives can be aired for this staggering achievement of Jánaèek’s opera Katya Kabanova. Katie Mitchell’s evocative 1950’s style production has been in the WNO’s repertoire since 2001, currently supported by the Friends of WNO. Sung in confident, original Czech (helpfully with discreet surtitles), this is a story of passions and inevitable tragedy.Read

Review: Don Giovanni, at Welsh National Opera at Birmingham Hippodrome Nov 18 2011

“He commands light and shade” wrote Ferruccio Busoni of Mozart “but his light never blinds, and his darkness still shows clear outlines”. Judging from his new Welsh National Opera production of Don Giovanni, no-one mentioned this to director John Caird. Read