| Welsh National Opera - La Forza del Destino Reviews | 27 April 2024 |
Wyn Pencarreg (Alcade), Alun Rhys-Jenkins (Mastro Trabuco), Mary Elizabeth Williams (Donna Leonora)
Mary Elizabeth Williams (Donna Leonora)
Luis Cansino (Don Carlos di Vargas), Justina Gringyté (Preziosilla)
Donald Maxwell (Fra Melitone), Chorus
Gwyn Hughes Jones (Don Alvaro), Mary Elizabeth Williams (Donna Leonora)
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La Forza del DestinoWelsh National OperaNo. of reviews: 16 | |
Despite the production’s limitations and gimmicks, musically La forza was memorable |
 25 Apr 18 / Seen and Heard |
In the end, it’s best to just feel the force of the sublime music and song |
| 16 Apr 18 / The Reviews Hub |
WNO's Wheel of Destiny rolls into Birmingham |
| 9 Mar 18 / Opera Today |
The Welsh National Opera’s production was a spectacle |
| 9 Mar 18 / Redbrick |
La fuerza de Preziosilla |
| 22 Feb 18 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
In the orchestra pit, Carlo Rizzi drives Verdi’s music forward with lyrical eloquence |
| 14 Feb 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
David Pountney stages one of his finest ever productions for Welsh National Opera |
| 14 Feb 18 / The Stage |
Say your prayers |
| 13 Feb 18 / The Critics' Circle |
The lead trio is wonderfully cast |
| 13 Feb 18 / Independent |
WNO's new production of Verdi's massive opera is a musical triumph |
| 13 Feb 18 / What's on Stage |
WNO’s new La forza del destino packs a considerable punch |
| 8 Feb 18 / Seen and Heard |
Conductor Carlo Rizzi brings about glorious musicianship |
| 6 Feb 18 / South Wales Argus |
David Pountney turns this notoriously cumbersome opera into a taut thriller |
| 5 Feb 18 / The Times |
Wheel of Fortune: Preziosilla spins Pountney's Force of Destiny |
| 5 Feb 18 / Bachtrack |
A jolly good stab at this unwieldy opera |
| 5 Feb 18 / Telegraph |
Sprawling saga brought into sharper focus |
| 5 Feb 18 / The Guardian |
Production details
Cast
Sebestyen, Williams/Rutter, Cansino, Jones, Gringytė, Sebestyen, Maxwell, Gringytė, Pencarreg, Rhys-Jenkins
(c) Rizzi/Hasan (d) Pountney
Performance dates
2, 10, 17 February, 6, 21, 27 March, 7, 14, 21 April 2018 (various locations)
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