WNO have announced their Spring 2012 season today - details below. Of especial interest are Beatrice and Benedict whose cast includes Sara Fulgoni as Beatrice. Sara of course, performed Grange Parks fine, if idiosyncratic, Brangäne (as Isolde's PA) in their first Wagner production this year. We have been meaning to catch-up with her performances and this seems like a good occasion as any - and it is Berlioz after all.Of equal interest to any Wagnerian will be the revival of Lluis Pasqual’s The Marriage of Figaro which next year will be conducted by Longborough Opera Festivals wagnerian conductor Anthony Negus - just before he gets ready for the premiere of LFO's Gotterdammerung in the summer. We are expecting a very interesting night in the theater. Full details of all productions below.
Welsh National Opera Spring 2012
Our new season focuses on matters of the heart, seen from a women’s perspective. Rebecca Evans, Sara Fulgoni and Joyce El-Khoury, a rising star from the New York Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artists Development Programme, take centre stage….
· Frederic Chaslin will also conduct WNO Orchestra in concert at St David’s Hall in Cardiff on 27th January 2012, featuring Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Adams, The Chairman Dances and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2.
WNO’s Spring Season 2012 can be seen in Cardiff, Birmingham, Llandudno, Milton Keynes, Southampton, Plymouth, Bristol and Swansea.
Welsh National Opera Spring 2012
CAST LISTS
Le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart
Revival
Sung in Italian
With English surtitles and Welsh surtitles at Wales Millennium Centre, Venue Cymru and Swansea Grand Theatre
First night 25 February
Figaro David Soar
Countess Almaviva Rebecca Evans (ex 22, 24, 29, 31 March & 3 April)
Camilla Roberts (22, 24, 29, 31 March & 3 April)
Count Almaviva Dario Solari
Susanna Elizabeth Watts
Cherubino Cora Burggraaf (until 17 March)
Patricia Orr (from 22 March)
Doctor Bartolo Henry Waddington
Marcellina Sarah Pring
Barbarina Joanne Boag
Don Basilio Timothy Robinson
Don Curzio Timothy Robinson
Antonio Julian Boyce
Conductor Anthony Negus
Director Lluis Pasqual
Revival Director Caroline Chaney
Designer Paco Azorín
Costume Designer Franca Squarciapino
Lighting Designer Albert Faura
Choreographer Montse Colome
Co-production with Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Supported by WNO Sponsors’ Group
La traviata - Verdi
Revival
Sung in Italian
With English surtitles and Welsh surtitles at Wales Millennium Centre, Venue Cymru and Swansea Grand Theatre
First night 11 February
Violetta Joyce El-Khoury
Alfredo Carlos Osuna
Giorgio Germont Jason Howard
Baron Douphol Eddie Wade
Doctor Grenvil Martin Lloyd
Annina Sian Meinir
Flora Amanda Baldwin
Marquis of Obigny Philip Lloyd Evans
Giuseppe Simon Buttle
Conductor Julia Jones (until 5 April)
Simon Phillippo (from 7 April)
Director David McVicar
Revival Director Marie Lambert
Designer Tanya McCallin
Lighting Designer Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer Andrew George
Co-production with Scottish Opera and Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Beatrice and Benedict - Berlioz
Revival
With English surtitles and Welsh surtitles at Wales Millennium Centre, Venue Cymru and Swansea Grand Theatre
First night 17 February.
Beatrice Sara Fulgoni
Benedict Robin Tritschler
Hero Laura Mitchell
Somarone Donald Maxwell (Ex 19 April)
William Robert Allenby (19 April)
Ursula Anna Burford
Claudio Gary Griffiths
Don Pedro Piotr Lempa
Leonato Michael Clifton-Thompson
Conductor Michael Hofstetter
Director Elijah Moshinsky
Revival Director Robin Tebbutt
Designer Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer Dona Granata
Lighting Designer Howard Harrison
Co-production with Opera Australia
Supported by WNO Idloes Owen Society.
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