Welsh National Opera - Macbeth Reviews
29 March 2024
Luis Cansino (Macbeth), Chorus (Witches)
Luis Cansino (Macbeth), Mary Elizabeth Williams (Lady Macbeth), Bruce Sledge (Macduff), Miriam Murphy (Lady-in-waiting)
Mary Elizabeth Williams (Lady Macbeth)
General scene
Miklós Sebestyén (Banquo), Tomi Llewelyn(Fleance)

Performance reviews

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Macbeth

Welsh National Opera


No. 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
Welsh National Opera sing the Caledonian Troubles
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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