Welsh National Opera - Macbeth Reviews | 29 March 2024 |
Performance reviews
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MacbethWelsh National OperaNo. of reviews: 16 |
WNO’s current Macbeth compares poorly with other Verdi productions over past 50 years |
1 Dec 16 / Seen and Heard |
A masterful blend of high culture music and storytelling |
14 Nov 16 / Redbrick |
Conductor Andriy Yurkevych drew swirling, baleful sounds from the pit |
11 Nov 16 / The Birmingham Post |
Miriam Murphy’s Lady Macbeth stood out as the driving force behind the grisly machinations |
28 Oct 16 / Classical Source |
While the chorus and Lady Macbeth are on stage the evening soars |
14 Oct 16 / The Reviews Hub |
This Macbeth sometimes seems silly, but is never dull and frequently exhilarating |
14 Oct 16 / Bristol 24/7 |
Let’s hope Oliver Mears’s new production is a lapse from an operatic risk-taker, not a portent of things to come at the ROH |
29 Sep 16 / The Spectator |
Mary Elizabeth Williams has a voice of such range and power to send a shiver through Scotland |
26 Sep 16 / Goucestershire Live |
Musically excellent but excessively brutal |
21 Sep 16 / Bachtrack |
Macbeth abre la nueva temporada de la Welsh National Opera |
21 Sep 16 / Opera World (Spanish) |
Darkness rising |
20 Sep 16 / The Critics' Circle |
Wonderfully vigorous but lacking psychopathic chemistry |
17 Sep 16 / Independent |
Oliver Mears’ poorly thought out Macbeth doesn’t inhibit some fine singing and playing |
16 Sep 16 / Seen and Heard |
Conducting by Andriy Yurkevych brought out the energy and rhythm of the music |
14 Sep 16 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
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12 Sep 16 / The Guardian |
An uneasy, yet gritty experience |
12 Sep 16 / The Reviews Hub |
Production details
Cast
Newton-Fitzgerald, Cansino, Williams/Murphy, Sebestyen, Murphy/Harrison-Wolfe, Sledge, Buttle, Lloyd, Lloyd
(c) Yurkevych (d) Mears
Performance dates
10, 15, 17, 24 September, 12, 26 October, 2, 9, 23 November 2016 (various locations)
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