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THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | OPERA REVIEW
It’s like Upstairs Downstairs, with a clear class hierarchy. This is as modern as the team felt it could be pushed, while keeping the central (and entirely fictional) droit de signeur plot device credible. It looks distinctive, while retaining all the strengths of a traditional production.
ELEKTRO KIF | DANCE REVIEW
I expected the attitude, energy and loud beats. The creativity and upbeat entertainment value were more of a surprise.
BEATRICE & BENEDICT | OPERA REVIEW
It’s a surprise that WNO have waited a decade before reviving this highly enjoyable production.
AL LEWIS, ZERVAS & PEPPER, IVAN MOULT | LIVE PREVIEW
The annual newsoundwales showcase concert of up-and-coming Welsh artists will be held at St John’s Church in Canton, Cardiff, on Saturday 26 November.
DON GIOVANNI | OPERA REVIEW
Setting the Mozart/da Ponte opera Don Giovanni against a backdrop of sculpture by Auguste Rodin, in particular his monumental The Gates of Hell, is such a good idea that you wonder why no-one had thought of it before.
GREEN MAN 2011 | FESTIVAL REVIEW
The sun shone for much of Green Man 2011, which was a welcome change to last year’s deluge. The signature sound was alt-folk with an American accent, and the predominant mood was laidback. Stephen Nottingham reviews this year’s Green Man Festival
GREEN MAN FESTIVAL PREVIEW
Regularly topping the charts as one of the UK’s best festivals, Stephen Nottingham profiles this year’s Green Man as it continues to prove why it’s one of the most eagerly anticipated festivals of the summer.
THE SLEEPER | OPERA REVIEW
Welsh National Youth Opera take the audience on a compelling journey in The Sleeper: physically through The Coal Exchange building in Cardiff Bay and imaginatively into a world where sleep is a distant memory.
TURANDOT | OPERA REVIEW
After 17 years, this production still pulses with life… And it is great to hear the much-travelled Nessun dorma again in its proper operatic context (where the words make sense!). Sung with great authority by Gwyn Hughes Jones, it’s worth the price of admission alone.
COSI FAN TUTTE | OPERA REVIEW
This new Welsh National Opera production relocates Mozart’s Così fan tutte to south Wales in the 1960s. Staff Director Benjamin Davis and Designer Max Jones visited Penarth and Barry Island as research.
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